Binding foods?

mummy2girls wrote: Jenna has diarreah and i am wondering what foods are binding? I know bananas are and bread....what else? cheese?

I hope she isnt ctahing what i have. I woke up yesterday with a bad sore throat, and cold. I am alomost to a pint where i have no voice..

booey2 replied: Sorry to hear she isn't feeling well, the cheese is the only one I can think of. Hope you all feel better soon.

maestra replied: My ped says apples are also binding- like when Jaci was constipated because she ate so much applesauce.

hth

MommyToAshley replied: ITA with the others. Ashley had the opposite problem often when she was younger, so she had to avoid the "BRAT" diet. So, you probably want to put her on the BRAT diet... Bananas, Rice, Apples, Toast.

Jenna should also avoid P fruits and juice... but you probably already know that.

Jamison'smama replied: And you can add Yogurt to the BRAT diet--makes it the BRATY diet--helps get the bacteria back where it should be.

MommyToAshley replied:
Mmmm...yogurt. Ashley loves yogurt.

That's funny... BRATY diet. I will remember it now though! Thanks!

ediep replied:
just wondering.....Is it apples or applesauce??? Not sure if there is a difference, but it seems to me that raw apples have lots of fiber, so wouldn't they have the opposite efffect? Maybe since applesause has cooked apples it breaks down the fiber?

MommyToAshley replied:
Interesting, I bet you are right. So the "A" in "BRATY" stands for applesauce then?

jem0622 replied: No, the 'a' is apples. Not applesauce.

Yogurt is very good. It aids in digestion for all of us.

Julie

Jamison'smama replied: Askdrsears says:

BRAT diet – this is an age old, time-tested diet.
2. Bananas
3. Rice or rice cereal
4. Apple sauce
5. Toast, unbuttered
6. Yogurt (See Intestinal Healing Properties of )Yogurt

Breastmilk or formula
White grape juice or oral electrolyte solution such as Pedialyte. Popsicles also work well.

amynicole21 replied: Fiber is good, it firms things up and keeps it movin' So I am sure that apples and applesauce do the same thing.

Jamison'smama replied:
That's probably very true--apples are good no matter what form they take