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Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a neuromuscular disease leading to fluctuating muscle weakness and fatiguability. The hallmark of myasthenia gravis is muscle weakness that increases during periods of activity and improves after periods of rest. Although myasthenia gravis may affect any voluntary muscle, muscles that control eye and eyelid movement, facial expression, and...

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Liquid/soft diet recommendations

CarlyMichelle
CarlyMichelle
I'm supposed to do a liquid/soft diet. My gastric emptying is lousy and I am choking more often. So GI dr. put me on low fiber diet suggesting liquid only if I can tolerate that best. I'm not in the market for expensive shakes
and can't do high fiber either. I'd love some recipes or ideas from you more experienced folks. The doctor gave me a list of things to avoid completely which helps.
Thanks in advance.
Carly
scidude
scidude
I don't have the same problems that you do, but I have pretty serious swallowing problems late in the day, as well as early in the morning.

But I have changed my diet drastically to a very healthy one, which includes some of my new favorites TATZIKI and HUMMOS. Both are outstanding. The tatziki is yogurt based, so if you can't handle dairy, you might try making your own with plain coconut milk yogurt. The hummos is just blended up garbanzos, sesame and olive oil.

Hope that helps

Gary
CarlyMichelle
CarlyMichelle
My eating is still a rollercoaster. Some days I do solids and others I don't. The more liquids I do, the better I feel. I choked on spaghetti this weekend and it was a sharp reminder that I cannot do anything stringy. I was very embaressed, but thankful I got it up! I was visiting my folks and they made this lovely dinner and I felt obligated to eat it. :(

Carly
VanT
VanT
I know you said no expensive protein powder shakes, but I just have to recommend Perfect food raw. The protein in this comes from good things like beans, lentils and seeds. If you mix Perfect Food Raw or Raw Meal (chocolate flavor for both) with chocolate almond milk its like the best chocolate milk drink you've ever had. soft/liquid diets deplete my energy and nutrition and its good to have an extra boost at hand, even if you don't drink it everyday. You can also try cheese grits with nutritional yeast and bits of ham. I sometimes add tzatziki or hummus when the grits get cold.