Brat diet
All you need to know about Brat diet and diarrhea
The Brat diet is short for Bananas, Rice, Applesauce and Toast. Brat diet is prescribred to patiens who have gastrointestinal distress like dyspepsia and gastroenteritis and most common,  to treat diarrhea in children who are old enough to eat solid food. Brat diet can be also useful for people who are vomiting or are nauseous to gradualy wean back into eating solid food. Diarrhea in children cause dehydration, that's why it is important to treat this condition beafore other health problems accure. How do you know your children is deyhadrateing?
Signs of dehydrating:
  • Dry mouth
  • Baby is thirsty more often
  • Very dark urein in small amounts
  • Baby feels week
  • It can hapen tears are decreased
Bananas Rice
appleasuce Toast

Isostar, Gatorade and other sport antidehydrant drinks are great to replace lost fluid and minerals. Brat diet last for three days. It begans only with liquid and then gradualy solid food is introduced. Third day if symptoms have improved only solid food is eaten.

Procedure of brad diet:

  • day One - Brat diet
    First your child should stop vomiting, then 24 hours you should give baby only clear liquid. Start by giveing your child a few sips of water every few minutes, then slowly introduce apple juice or tea with no sugar.

  • day Two - Brat diet
    Second day introduce bland food. These include Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, dry Toast or saltine crackers.

  • day Three - Brat diet
    Third day more solid food be added, like cooked vegetables, chicken, turkey

The natural solution for acute and chronic digestive problems.

List of food you should avoid during Brat diet:
All meet should be avoided during three day Brat diet, only turkey and chicken can be introduced on third day of diet. Avoid all three days of Brat diet: Milk products(milk, yogurt, cheese), Raw Vegetables(carrots, celery, corn, cabbage, lettuces, and cucumbers), most Fruits(citrus fruits like oranges, grapefruits, pineapples, and oranges as well as cherries, grapes, raisins), anything containing caffeine, soda, drinks of extreme temperaatures.
Alternative to brat diet is cram(Cereal, Rice, and Milk)diet, and it has more protein and fat in diet.
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