Diverticulitis
Foods to Eat More Of:
Foods to Avoid or Minimize:
Essential Oils:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
Natural/Herbal:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
Yoga Therapy:
Supplements & Homeopathic:
Recipes - Food Medicine:
*Note: Not all recipes are nutritionally perfect, but the options below are a great way to start incorporating beneficial foods into your diet in delicious ways. Always try to buy organic, and feel free to make substitutions to accommodate gluten-free, vegan, etc diets. Recipes naturally Vegan and Gluten-Free are marked as such (V=Vegan; GF=Gluten-Free).
Smoothies/Beverages:
Meals:Sides & Salads:
- Fruits: apples, bananas, grapes, mangoes, pears, prunes
- Vegetables: arugula, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, collard greens, kale, romaine lettuce, spinach, watercress
- Whole grains, flax seeds (ground), beans, oats, spirulina, yogurt
- Cinnamon, garlic, ginger
- Water (at least 8 glasses daily)
Foods to Avoid or Minimize:
- Alcohol, caffeine, seeds and nuts, celery, corn
- White sugar & flour
- Fried or pickled foods
- Red meat and dairy products (except yogurt)
Essential Oils:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
Natural/Herbal:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
- Cinnamon, fenugreek seeds, garlic, German chamomile, ginger, licorice, marshmallow leaf and root, peppermint, slippery elm bark powder, valerian
- Psyllium: 1 Tablespoon powder dissolved in water or juice twice daily (be sure to drink extra water throughout the day).
- Flaxseeds: 2 Tablespoons ground flaxseeds in glass of water (or on food/in smoothie) twice daily (be sure to drink extra water throughout the day).
- Aloe Vera Juice: 1/2 cup juice twice daily (should contain 98% aloe vera and no aloin or aloe-emodin).
- Slippery Elm: 1 cup bark powder, prepared like hot cereal each morning (or use tea - 1 teaspoon per cup - 3 times daily).
- Wild Yam/Peppermint/Valerian: 1 cup tea 3-4 times daily (use 2 parts wild yam, 1 part peppermint, 1 part valerian per cup of hot water, steep 10 minutes, strain).
Yoga Therapy:
- Yin Yoga for the Large Intestine Meridian (23 minutes - Sally Miller)
Supplements & Homeopathic:
- Acidophilus: 2 pills twice daily between meals (get 1-2 billion live organisms per pill).
- Glutamine: 500 mg L-glutamine twice daily on an empty stomach (when using for longer than 1 month, add a mixed amino acid complex).
Recipes - Food Medicine:
*Note: Not all recipes are nutritionally perfect, but the options below are a great way to start incorporating beneficial foods into your diet in delicious ways. Always try to buy organic, and feel free to make substitutions to accommodate gluten-free, vegan, etc diets. Recipes naturally Vegan and Gluten-Free are marked as such (V=Vegan; GF=Gluten-Free).
Smoothies/Beverages:
- Apple-Orange Smoothie (GF)
- Mango Lassi (GF)
- Mango Matcha Smoothie (GF)
- Mango Pineapple Smoothie (V, GF)
- Pineapple Kale Smoothie (V, GF)
- Super Skin Smoothie (GF)
- Tropical Smoothie (V, GF)
Meals:Sides & Salads: