A
dietician with a proper understanding of the problems encountered with
bowel damage from radiation. They will be able to give advice specific
to your problem. However here are a few 'try outs'.
Diets suitable for people with
radiotherapy injuries to the pelvic area affecting the bowel:
It is usually important to limit fibre, at least
insoluable fibre.
Fibre
Content of Foods shows fibre content broken into total,
soluable and insoluable fibre for a large range of foods.
Low
Residue Diet - recommended for flare-up periods of
diverticulitis, inflammatory bowel disease and Crohn's Disease.
Another
similar low residue/low fibre diet - for people
undergoing radiotherapy. Might be useful for
people with late-effects.
If
there is a problem with taking fruits and vegetables, in the
normal way, a juicer can extract the nutrients from these, discarding
the insoluble fibre and pulp. We have a Breville
Juicer,
a centrifugal type. There are many centrifugal types on the market.
Much more expensive are the macerator types are slower, quiet
but result in a higher juice yield.
It is recommended you
see a dietician with a proper understanding of the problems of how a
damaged bowel needs special care with food types, and possible
supplementation.
A juice style drink to supplement nutrition has been recommended (by a
specialist dietician) called Ensure
Plus Juce.
Jan has been using these since January 09. The dietician had previously
carried out a series of blood tests and found she was deficient in some
vitamins, which the juice helps to replace.
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