Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 In a message dated 3/15/2005 8:54:28 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, m_womack@... writes: For the record, The Colon Cancer Alliance: Glossary defines it as: " BRAT diet Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, and Toast diet; this combination of foods can sometimes be used to stop or slow down diarrhea. " The National Cancer Society: " A diet of bananas, rice, apples, and toast (the BRAT diet).... " Cancercare Connect booklet on " Managing Diarrhea " : " A useful way to reduce or stop diarrhea is to switch to the BRAT diet - bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast. " I had just looked this up, because when my husband was having treatment yesterday and elderly man was there for fluids because of diarrhea, and I told him about the Brat diet. The nurse said she had never heard of it and wrote it down. I printed out these pages to take to her today. MA Hi Ann...I think any nurse should know this " basic " ...makes me wonder!! Donelle Caregiver to Glenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 For the record, The Colon Cancer Alliance: Glossary defines it as: " BRAT diet Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, and Toast diet; this combination of foods can sometimes be used to stop or slow down diarrhea. " The National Cancer Society: " A diet of bananas, rice, apples, and toast (the BRAT diet).... " Cancercare Connect booklet on " Managing Diarrhea " : " A useful way to reduce or stop diarrhea is to switch to the BRAT diet - bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast. " I had just looked this up, because when my husband was having treatment yesterday and elderly man was there for fluids because of diarrhea, and I told him about the Brat diet. The nurse said she had never heard of it and wrote it down. I printed out these pages to take to her today. MA > > > Date: 2005/03/14 Mon PM 11:16:50 EST > To: colon_cancer_support > > Subject: Re: BRAT Diet > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 And don't forget to eat marshmallows . they also slow down the diarrhea. NO JOKE. I use them all the time. Karima Re: BRAT Diet > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 I agree, although she is overall very knowledgable and the one we ask the most questions of. She has also been through chemo for breast cancer which I guess makes us moe confident in her advise . She was telling the man much the same food categories to eat, and the foods to stay away from that I have read to avoid. She had just never heard it called the BRAT diet. Much more simple to remember than a list. My husband hasn't had this to worry about, he is having to take prescription laxative and stool softeners but I do have a question. When one is doing the BRAT diet is that all they are to eat? I got that impression when I was looking up the info. What I was finding is the the Pediatric Association is no longer recommending it because it lacked zinc and other nutrients. I personally feel the diarrhea would/could kill one before any nutrient issues. I mean BRAT is not a way of life, it is an aid to getting a handle on diarrhea. > > From: Grandmommyandme@... > Date: 2005/03/15 Tue AM 09:15:14 EST > To: colon_cancer_support > Subject: Re: BRAT Diet > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 The BRAT diet is also a way to help control that nauseous feeling, learned with my all day morning sickness. The trick is to eat just a little more often, keep something in your tummy, like every hour, drink on the opposite half hour. The toast category can also include things like dry cheerios, cream-of-wheat, saltines. Oh, and the toast is supposed to be dry (ie. no butter/margarine) so applesauce works good as a spread. Rice too, no butter. I found I could tollerate bland cereal (cheerios, rice krispies) with rice milk. Just finished last week of my first week of chemo (5F + Leuc), and was sure glad I knew how to do the BRAT diet. I feel like such a wimp, but it was miserable, and I'm still am. It is supposed to be not as harsh a one as most of you have to deal with, or most of the other patients in the infusion room. But lucky me, I got most of the side effects: nausea, consipation, then diarrhea, face rash, mouth sores with sore throat, and yes they did give me appropriate medicine/advice to deal with each of them. The mouth sores/sore throat and diarreha didn't even start until Sunday, when the last infusion was Friday. I expected to be feeling better this week, not starting new symptoms. Sigh. The hardest part is this was a marginally needed chemo (I'm stage II, T3,n0,m0). They let me decide if I 'wanted' to do it or not, but as I'm only 42 we decided to go ahead. It will be really, really hard to continue with it when I'm supposed to go back in April. > I agree, although she is overall very knowledgable and the one we ask the most questions of. She has also been through chemo for breast cancer which I guess makes us moe confident in her advise . > > She was telling the man much the same food categories to eat, and the foods to stay away from that I have read to avoid. She had just never heard it called the BRAT diet. Much more simple to remember than a list. > > My husband hasn't had this to worry about, he is having to take prescription laxative and stool softeners but I do have a question. When one is doing the BRAT diet is that all they are to eat? I got that impression when I was looking up the info. What I was finding is the the Pediatric Association is no longer recommending it because it lacked zinc and other nutrients. I personally feel the diarrhea would/could kill one before any nutrient issues. I mean BRAT is not a way of life, it is an aid to getting a handle on diarrhea. > > > > > > From: Grandmommyandme@a... > > Date: 2005/03/15 Tue AM 09:15:14 EST > > To: colon_cancer_support > > Subject: Re: BRAT Diet > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 I forgot to mention that neither tapioca or yogurt are part of the BRAT diet because they have milk products in them which can worsen nausea and diarrhea. However, they are great foods for when you are getting better and are starting to add back foods. Especially active culture yogurt. And they are great for that mouth sore stage, so thanks for the idea, I went out and bought some tapioca today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 In my case, I had to move to the low-carb version of SCD to reduce the symptoms. That means no bananas and no apple sauce. Chronic D since 2005 (Now in remission) SCD April 29 Intro May 29 Low-carb Jun 11 > > First off, I KNOW RICE AND TOAST ( other than SCD toast I mean ) ARE > NOT LEGAL!!! But bananas and applesauce are. My mom is SUPER into > (*cough* obsessed *cough*) the BRAT diet. But I'm not sure if the > extra sugar in the bananas and applesauce will do more harm than good, > and I'm also not sure if it will work for someone with IBD, which > involves not-quite-normal diarrhea. But I do want to stop the D, so do > any of you have thoughts on the BRAT diet? (or in our case, the BA > diet?) I tried looking up the science behind the BRAT diet and only > found that they were low residue (ha) and easy on the gut (HA). > > Another question I have is: aren't baked apples basically the same as > applesauce? Would they technically have the same effect (if any)? > > Thanks guys! > > Pour Dieu, pour terre, > Alyssa 15 > UC April 2008, diagnosed Sept 2008 > SCD June 2009 (restarted) > No meds!!! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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