# You're getting over a bout of food poisoning .. What do you want to eat now?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 24, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-over-a-bout-of-food-poisoning-what-do-you-want-to-eat-now/723317 "2015-06-24T03:29:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-over-a-bout-of-food-poisoning-what-do-you-want-to-eat-now/723317/42 "2015-06-28T02:26:59Z")

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I had food poisoning not too long ago and went with the BRAT foods - except I did it wrong, apparently, because I thought the T was for Tea.

so I had bananas, rice, applesauce and tea.

then cream of wheat, no butter but brown sugar.

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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-getting-over-a-bout-of-food-poisoning-what-do-you-want-to-eat-now/723317/43 "2015-06-29T05:18:58Z")

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Hah - I made the same mistake (tea vs toast) when I had a nasty bout of double-you-over-with-cramps food poisoning. When I finally got medical attention after a week, the doc set me straight, as the caffeine in tea can act as a bowel stimulant - which I most assuredly did _not_ need.

I don’t know that anything I ate made any difference one way or another. Even trying to live on clear liquids for 24 hours did nothing except make the output turn odd colors (I ate a lot of cherry jello).

One thing to consider, especially if it’s bowel instead of stomach, is add fiber as soon as you can tolerate it. Fibercon etc might be a good thing, as it can help solidify things. I wound up having to use it once the antibiotics kicked in: the pathogen having been eliminated, my gut apparently decided it was done for the summer.

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