You can’t eat high fiber fruit and veggies with gasteoparesis. I know this because my sister has it. That’s how they figured it out actually because she was originally told to eat foods high in fiber not knowing what it was and then she became bloated in the process.
How did they come to this? Curious as I tend to have some stomach stuff that bothers me as well. It hasn’t been right since my gb removal 14 years ago. They’re baffled.
I plan to call her later to get her diet info and relay the message. I just know nothing high in fiber.
I’ve never heard of this disease but it sounds pretty terrible so far just based on food options alone.
Sweet potatoes without skin, same for regular potatoes. No broccoli or cauliflower.
They told me with fruit that I can have melon, banana, apple sauce, juice or smoothies. But no raw fruits (other than banana, melon). For veggies, I can’t have ones with skin like green beans (or any bean for that matter) or corn. I can have carrots, peppers, asparagus, onions (maybe a few others) as long as they are WELL cooked. White meat (fish and poultry) is ok. Red meat is not suggested, but some people tolerate it if it is lean. Nuts are ok if they are in butter form like peanut butter, but they suggest limiting it due to high fat content. And dairy needs to be low-fat.
It is pretty limiting that is why I am looking for other ideas. One thing that was ok is spaghetti. Sauce can’t be chunky. Added ground Turkey and mushrooms to it.
Pork loin is very, very lean and easy to smoke. Is that something you can have?
It started one night when I was eating and I wasn’t able to swallow. I literally couldn’t swallow anything, even my drink. They did an upper GI and a procedure to widen my esophagus. It helped, but I would have occasional episodes mostly when I was eating beef. So they performed more tests on me and discovered that my stomach was emptying slowly. I had to eat radioactive eggs and toast and they did 5 x-rays at 1-hour intervals.
I track everything I eat including the nutrients to make sure I am getting enough of everything. I don’t drink juice. My sugar intake is about half of the minimum recommended daily amount. I eat a lot of lean meats and eggs. I do eat toast because it is one of the easiest to digest. Whole fruits are a problem because of the fiber. When you have gastroparesis, fiber can slow down the digestion significantly. The two things that are the worst for this condition are fiber and solid fats.
