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Readers Respond: What Foods Do You Not Eat When You Have Diarrhea?
Responses: 7

By Barbara Bradley Bolen, Ph.D., About.com

Updated June 18, 2009

User responses are not monitored by About.com's Medical Review Board.

When you have diarrhea, it is hard to know what to eat. It is also important to know what not to eat. It may seem like common sense to avoid eating a bowl of spicy chili, but maybe you didn't know that diet soda might aggravate your symptoms. Find out what foods other people avoid when they have diarrhea and share your experience regarding foods that have the potential for making you feel worse. Name the Culprit!

dairy

I find dairy really does a number on my stomach so I avoid it.
—Guest Robin

Eggs

I dearly love eggs, but whenever I eat them I take a chance that diarrhea will occur, so I most definitely would not eat eggs or most dairy products if I already was suffering with diarrhea. That would be cruel to a body that needs to recuperate.
—Guest lila

Flaxseed

I normally have flaxseed on my cereal each morning. But when diarrhea starts, the flaxseed is the first thing I cut out. I hate that I can't always benefit from the health benefits of flaxseed, but I can't take the risk that it is going to make my IBS-D worse.
—Guest powergirl

sufferer

chronic diarrhea is getting me down and I would like to know what to eat to stop it.
—Guest Arlene Bravo

contradiction

this article contradicts the article entitles "what to eat when you have diarrhea". that article states eating dairy foods like yoghurt.
—Guest frank

Wheat/Glutenous Foods

Anything wheat-laden kills my system. Pizza, bread, cereal, cakes, cookies etc...
—CMUL099539

fast food

i try to stay away from fast foods when i have diarrhea.
—Guest katie

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