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Gastritis is a medical term for inflammation of the lining of the stomach. It means that white blood cells move into the wall of the stomach as a response to some type of injury. Gastritis has many underlying causes, from infection with the bacterium H. pylori, bile reflux, or excessive consumption of alcohol or certain foods or drugs like aspirin.

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Potatoes & Oatmeal Diet How long?

faithful27
faithful27
So today I just ate potatoes & oatmeal & poached eggs every 2-3 hours and I want to say I felt so good all day on them but the calories are under 800 ! Obviously i cant put 5 eggs on each "small" meal. And I'm not a very fat person lets say so I need more calories unless i can add more stuff soon...How long should I be on this diet before adding more foods?

I am following shihonages protocol on his website pepcid twice a day though I dont need it does anything except the one I take at night. I don really need it in the morning if I just eat these three things.

Whats the next step does anyone know? I tried all foods they all hurt, sweet potatoes,brown rice, bananas, yogurt, cheese, etc.
johngreen
johngreen
for me bananas were a good source of calories, 1 banana is 120 calories, (large) I have been able to eat them from the very beginning, even when my gastritis was very bad. and plain unsalted crackers. One of my main meals has always been crackers and a banana. crackers are 90 calories per 7 crackers, i eat 16 with my banana. thats about 300 calories in one meal.

I also eat almonds without any trouble, but i would say rather try bananas and crackers. i know that pregnant women with nausea often eat crackers to help them with that
johngreen
johngreen
Honey, i forgot about honey. I eat it hot in my plain oatmeal. It doesn't give me any problems this way and is supposed to be healing. though again I would say be careful. it is 60 calories per tablespoon though and i add 3 to my honey. i also like to spread it on crackers. But i only buy farm honey, not syrup honey from the supermarket.
fusion85fc
fusion85fc
Macadmia nuts have been easy on my stomach and a handful is like 300-400 calories. Seriously like 4 or 5 small nuts is like 100 calories.

I never took this when I was flaring but on my recovery and right now I eat them all the time as they are a very low volume, yet high calorie food that digests (at least for me) like a carb and tastes like a carb
loufromgermany
loufromgermany
I tolerated macadamia nut butter. Very very expensive, but tasty! For some awkward reason I did not tolerate macadamia nut oil!! Not at all, got bloated a lot which lasted for one week and aggrevated my gastritis ...
fusion85fc
fusion85fc
You nailed it on the head! I'm just figuring that out. Problem is I'm allergic to most other nuts. Gotta figure out an alternative because you're right, theyre extremely expensive.