I Made Friends With My Diet For Diverticulitis

It was so discouraging to come home from the doctor with my purse stuffed with leaflets about what I’m allowed to eat on my diet for diverticulitis. I plunked my purse in corner and avoided it for a few hours while I indulged in my last servings of junk food.

After a while, after some ice cream, some chips, some cookies- well, I began to calm down. I hauled the leaflets out of my purse out of the corner and flung it onto the sofa. Then I turned my back on it and took a shower. When I came back, my dog had helpfully strewn the pamphlets around the living room and even chewed a few. Grumbling that the dog had done the pamphlets justice, I gathered them up and sat down to read.

And got a pleasant surprise. Oh, it wasn’t all at once. I grumbled my way through the beginnings but it began to be evident that this wasn’t going to be so bad. My first hint of optimism came when I noticed potatoes leading the list of desirable vegetables. Admittedly, my days of eating deep-fried anything were over, but any form of potato is a treat. The other highly recommended vegetables are peas, spinach and squash. Peas are a little boring, I thought, but they’re not the end of the world.

I reached over and yanked another leaflet out of my dog’s jaws. This one was about whole grains. These turned out to be edible and possibly tasty – whole-grain pasta, bread and cereal. I was relieved that they didn’t expect me to go chasing around health food stores looking for exotic grains with names like teff, bulgur, couscous or quinoa. I had enough to do adjusting to my diet for diverticulitis. It was downright comforting to remain with familiar foods.

The next leaflet suggested that I eat apples, pears and prunes. Not a problem, I thought. Food can hardly get more familiar or available than apples and pears, and I like them. As for prunes, I remembered adding prunes to my diet years ago. I couldn’t remember why. I did remember feeling better with prunes. It was time to add them to my diet again.

I struggled out of my nest of cushions and found the last leaflet, the one about beans – black beans and kidney beans, to be specific. I’ve heard people refer to them as legumes but in my book beans are beans. The pamphlet suggested combining them with pasta and vegetables for a salad. That seemed like a reasonably good idea.

So there I was with my diet for diverticulitis. It was familiar, easy to shop for, and easy to prepare. It looked like it was even going to be cheap, which is great going in this day and age, and a huge improvement over other diets I’ve seen. Since then, I’ve found all of these things to be true. I’m pleased with the diet and I’m pleased with the way I’ve been feeling since I started eating that way.

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The question really is, how can you stay on your diet for diverticulitis long term?

You can find out by reading the free report at The Easy Diet for Diverticulitis