Diverticulosis Diet: Should Nuts, Seeds, and Popcorn Be Avoided?
From a rarity to an epidemic disease, diverticulosis is a disease of fiber deficiency.
For more on diverticulosis, see Diverticulosis: When Our Most Common Gut Disorder Hardly Existed ( ) and Does Fiber Really Prevent Diverticulosis? ( ).
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Eat more plants basically ❤
more whole unprocessed foods too
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Thanks for sharing 👍
I had severe DV for several years in my twenties and almost died from antibiotic-induced C-Diff. I finally learned to manage the condition with a WFPB diet, but more than a decade later I do not believe the unproven “high colonic pressure” theory holds up. IMO, DV is an inflammatory disease similar to IBD that results from processed food additives disrupting and destroying the protective biofilms lining the colon. For me, eating foods that contain gums, thickeners, and preservatives which are known to be harmful to gut bacteria will still quickly induce a flare, which is unfortunate because these ingredients are now everywhere.
Is this your opinion, or is there science to back you? We come here for nutrition facts.
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Prunes works for me. Also corn on the cob.
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Here in England, wholemeal bread, high-fibre diets and vegetarianism became fashionable in the 1960s…when hippies returned West from their (supposedly!) enlightening travels…and their newly acquired Eastern tastes. Some top business minds jumped on the trend…like Cranks restaurant in Soho…and sowed the seeds of a nationwide movement. And yet…despite so many adherents to this kind of diet…those chronic diseases haven’t escaped them. Far from it.
It appears that there’s always someone ready wand willing to deny the hard cold facts of good scientific studies. QED
Please make a video on how did Dr. Baxter pass away with a healthy diet and lifestyle
Perhaps congenital defect?
N of 1… individuals pass away for many varied reasons. At a broader population scale, healthy diet and lifestyle choices meaningfully prolong and improve life
I would like to know too and if someone would adress thiS. He died so young eating whole food plant based diet.. it is very shocking..
No guarantees even with the most healthy diet. It can increase your chances of a long and healthy life, though.
Hello Dr. Greger! Thank you again for another great video! My mom has diverticulitis and avoids seeds, strawberries, kiwi, anything with small seeds in it. Her doctor has told her that he always sees those types of seeds inside the little “pockets” during colonoscopies. Dr. Greger is there a possibility that your channel can provide audio track options in other languages? My mom lives in Brazil and I’d love for her and other family members living there to have access to your content but they don’t speak English ☺️. Thank you so much 🙏 💚🌱
His hp has spanish translation🌻
Yeah, my bestie got diverticulitis and it nearly killed her. She had to have a colon bag for a time. She’s half-Sicilian and ate a lot of processed pastas. She got told after that no more nuts, seeds, popcorn, which I assume is still true for those who end up with the -itis?
If that image of the stress ball doesn’t cause one to make a change, nothing will.
For some reason people think if they eat something that makes them go poo they shouldn’t eat it anymore. If there is any change in their bowel movement, they’ve eaten the wrong thing. Maybe you needed a change.
I eat tons of fiber, but sometimes I still strain to have a bowel movement!
No just heal your leaky gut. Then eat all the nuts etc. you want. How? Walk more and eat natural foods for 6 months.
I developed diverticulitis from massive doctor prescribed opiates, which attached to my bladder with horrendous consequences. Sigmoid colon removed. Now on a wfpb diet with lots of nuts and seed and zero symptoms of diverticular disease.
thank you so much <3