My mom has been diagnosed with diverticulosis. As such, she’s been told not to eat seeds, nuts, corn or popcorn. No huge deal to her, except for one thing. Do peanuts count? They’re actually legumes, and she really likes dry-roasted peanuts.
For years, docs told patients with diverticulosis not to eat popcorn, peanuts, and other types of seeds. The presumption was that these particles could get trapped in a diverticulum and cause infection, or acute diverticulitis.
However, I believe the lack of actual evidence for this happening has caused many GI specialists to recant, and retract the warnings. Let’s face it, lots of things we eat get broken into seed-sized pellets, and could get trapped just as easily.
Nowadays most docs just recommend a high-fiber diet.
Hey! I just noticed that the GI doc in that article is a med school classmate of mine! Small world.
Hm. All right, I’ll send her the link. Thank you!
The issue with diverticulitis is seeds and nuts getting caught in little pockets in the lining of the intestine and making them irritated. My grandmother had to give up sunflower seeds.
I am not a doctor, but I’d say anything but peanut butter is out.
Sorry, that’s incorrect. See my posts above.
QtM, MD