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Nuts and seeds and diverticulitis
The old Nuts and Seeds argument.
You bring this up with a room full of Diverticulitis suffers and you are likely to start a fight.
The
current scientific thinking is that nuts and small seeds, like
strawberry seeds have do not cause the diverticulitis sufferer any
problems.
The traditional thinking was that these small seeds and pieces of nuts
would get caught in the Diverticuli (small pouches) in the lower
intestine and cause an inflamation. The thinking is that the
sharp edges especially with seeds and nuts would aggrivate the
Diverticuli and generally cause lots of problems.
Well is this ture on not.
To be honest I tend to agree with the scientest on this one. That
nuts and small seeds will not cause problems with Diverticulitis,
at least due to the rough edges and sometimes pointy bits on the
foods. I tend to think that for most people nuts and small seeds
will not directly cause a flare up of their Diverticulits, at least due
to the sharpness of the food items and bits of them getting trapped in
the Diverticuli.
HOWEVER.
In saying that I do beleive that nuts and some small seeds do cause problems with some people.
The reason is likely to be more what is contained in or on the small seeds and nuts than the nuts and seeds themselves.
In the survey we did for the End Diverticulitis Reference
nuts and seeds rated as a problem, but they didn't rate as high as we
expected. Which means a lot of you out there have little or no problem
with nuts and seeds.
So where does this leave you?
Well due to the contraversial nature of this subject I beleive it is best to err on the safe side. Avoid them.
Why suffer a flare up just to have some peanuts or some strawberry jam.
Avoid them, at least until you are feeling better again and have
a better understanding of what causes problems with your
Diverticulitis. Once you are feeling on top of things, and
getting back to a normal diet. Then it is time to experiment a
little, if you feel you would like to try them, then do so.
Remembering to err of the side of caution. Try a few of one
specific type and see how you go.
You will probably discover that a few do not cause any problems at all.
However a lot might. Like in all things variety is good.
You should never have excessive ammounts of one type of food or
drink.
Test the nuts and seeds a little at a time, if you have no
problems you will be able to put them on the safe list. Or at
least on the list that means they are something not to be concerned
about. This doesn't mean you should have them every day, however
if you are out and some foods contain them at least you do not have to
worry about eating them.
For example,
A bowl full of peanuts, might be best not to have any. As you would tend to have a lot at once.
But
Icecream with nuts in it, or a bun with sesame seeds on it, will be of less of a concern.
To try and sum all this up. As it is a little confusing.
Nuts and Seeds will probably be OK for you personally to eat.
HOWEVER they were rated as a food that is risky by our End Diverticulitis Survey Results.
So.
Avoid them to begin with.
When you feeling better try a few if you really miss having them.
If they still cause probelms. Just leave them out fo your diet.
If they do not cause problems, then you are most likely not to have
problems with nuts and seeds. I would still avoid them in large
quantities, but in small quantities at least you will have less
concerns.
The nuts and seed we are talking about are.
sesame seeds
strawberry seeds
peanuts,
cashure nuts,
wall nuts
etc...
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