Diverticulitis Support Group

Diverticulitis is a common disease of the bowel, in particular the large intestine. Diverticulitis develops from diverticulosis, which involves the formation of pouches on the outside of the colon. Diverticulitis results if one of these diverticula becomes inflamed. Diverticulitis most often affects middle-aged and elderly persons, though it can strike younger patients as...

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Can you eat quinoa with diverticulosis

hkitty71
hkitty71
I know I high fiber diet is what we are supposed to eat but can we eat Quinoa when we do not have an active case or is it too small and would get stuck in the pockets and possibly cause a case of diverticulitis.
gem111
gem111
I used to be on another forum and I have read a lot of people with Diverticulitis can't tolerate veggies like they used to and seem to do better on a medium fiber diet. The only thing I do know for sure is that everyone is different. You have to listen to what your body is telling you. If you have a little pain after eating a lot of raw broccoli you will know better not do that again. I have read where people will blame any and every food on causing an attack. Who knows if they are right or not. A bunch of us figured it could take up to a week for some food to cause trouble, yet lots of people blame a Diverticulitis attack on what they ate the day before. I really don't think that is possible.
As far as Quinoa goes, who knows, someone may blame an attack on it, but I haven't heard of anyone yet.
Me, I eat everything. When I had a stressful job, I had an attack every 3 months like clockwork. When I retired, my attacks just went away. I do believe stress brought mine on. I had the same diet before and after I left my job.
I wish you luck