Thanks Anita, this is helpful. I've always loved avocadoes but I'm afraid to try it now since they're high in fiber and fiber has always been my nemesis (even when I didn't have gastritis). I've never been able to eat anything soy, even before gastritis, so soy milk is out of the question. But maybe I could try rice milk, never had a problem with that before. Grapes and apples, no way, always gave me heartburn even before gastritis. And rice has always made me very bloated and gassy. I've always had a lot of food intolerances, which makes this gastritis issue for me all the more difficult.

Librooks, the avocados are no more high in fibre than those granola bars you keep eating I think the avocado preferably would be much more healthier than those crackers and granola bars you keep eating. I dont know where your coming but gastritis is a condition which causes gas and bloatedness but you have to persevere during the intiial stages and later the gas and bloatedness will calm down once you adhere to a better diet.

If you can't drink soy milk, have you tried almond milk? I have that at work and it seems relaively ok.

Yes it seems like the intestinal bloating is the worse symptom now. The gastritis in the upper stomach (acid and pain) seems to be getting a little better. But the intestinal bloating and fullness are awful. I have to be careful how much water I drink, even drinking a few sips will get me bloated. It's like IBS, although I don't have constipation or diarrhea (but my stools are not normal either).

I may try some avocado, although I've been reading online that they can cause gas and bloating. Other sites say they help gas and bloating. I'm so afraid to try something that will set my symptoms off, because then I end up being really sick for a few days afterwards.

You need to try probiotics. Your restricted diet most likely affected your gut flora and now you get bloated.