I am glad that you have found a diet that works for you... I assume with the help of a medical professional. Obviously, it is possible to make good dietary choices even when limiting your intake of foods that are very beneficial to other people. And there are many people who have a problem with dietary roughage with conditions such as diverticulitis. There are also those who have difficulty with gluten. However vegetables, fruits, and whole grains have very beneficial effects for the majority of people, especially when combined with healthy sources of protein.
>>And there are many people who have a problem with dietary roughage with conditions such as diverticulitis. There are also those who have difficulty with gluten. However vegetables, fruits, and whole grains have very beneficial effects for the majority of people, especially when combined with healthy sources of protein.
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Yes, husband has diverticulitis and has found success with this diet.
You group together and characterize as good, vegetables, fruits, and whole grains. We make distinction between these three.
Vegetables are great, no question. Fruits have fructose, a form of sugar. Fruits lowest in sugar and therefore best for us are berries, and an occasional melon.
Whole grains are not essential for healthy living. If roughage levels are desired for the purpose of ease of defacation, successful results are achieved through use of extra virgin, cold-pressed coconut oil (and fish oil, MCT oil).
I will also add, for the benefit of others who may be suffering from diverticulitis: After some frightening incidents, and having to be on anti-biotics for a month at a time, we were finally blessed with a healing tip.
We began drinking several ounces of pure aloe juice (not the flavored kind) in the a.m. on an empty stomach, (and in the p.m. if needed), and it has kept us incident-free for years.
The gastro doctor remarked in his 27 year career he had never seen such a clean colon. Aloe juice is a God-send!