Food with a stoma: what can I eat?

Sophie Medlin Dietitian at www.citydietitians.co.uk talks about why food might affect ostomates differently and why certain foods might cause irritation.
Colostomy UK are a national charity, supporting and empowering ostomates to live life for the fullest and we have much more information available on our website: www.ColostomyUK.org

[@lizdeleuil2169]

Baked potatoes, cottage cheese, peanut butter sandwich, green beans , chew them real good. I eat steak, cut in it’s bitty pieces. Scrambled eggs and toast. Don’t eat popcorn, raw cabbage, celery, and other crudités ...I have done this six weeks and about to get my ilestomy reversal. I am definitely wanting to get back to some form of normalcy. Thank you for reading.

[@lavsingh671]

So your Reversal surgery is successful??

[@mavicsteve9275]

Had my ileostomy for over forty years, from the start I ate what I liked and used it as a excuse for what I didn’t like. I was told at the start that chocolate was bad for you so I stoped eating it, now I don’t like the taste of it, also lettuce was supposed to be bad for you it sticks to your intestines I do eat it now. Don’t let it change your life live life to the full I have.

[@Vention1MGTOW]

Thanks for this. I got a colostomy 6 days ago. I much prefer the solid turdlets rather that a liquidy output. I may have to give up caffeine for that reason. I wonder what other foods cause that.

[@Michelle-qd9gm]

I wish they would give you more information about what foods you can’t have and can before sending you home after surgery I asked and got nothing because the stoma nurse didn’t have anything on food

[@phillymolyneux3574]

I agree iv had mine for 5 months an have only just settled into the right foods and medication for that matter.

[@Michelle-qd9gm]

@@phillymolyneux3574 hi hat meds are you on pls I don’t take any I have colitis glad you have sorted what foods is best for you it’s all mind blowing isn’t it 😳

[@Michelle-qd9gm]

@@phillymolyneux3574 you are not far in front of me am 10 weeks now how are you getting along with the recovery etc did you have colitis or crohns ? Bless you

[@phillymolyneux3574]

@@Michelle-qd9gm i had no condition i had an accident that caused a clot in my small intestine so they had to remove most of my small intestine, the meds they give me now are called pantoprazole they stop stomach acid i had lost 3 and a half stone since my op and since starting on the meds iv gained a stone back.

[@phillymolyneux3574]

@@Michelle-qd9gm i eat mainly meat and potatoes id been advised white bread and starchy low fibre foods but bread has a bad effect on me, basically everything healthy will cause you some kind of discomfort whether it's wind from veg or watery constant outputs from fruit, potato and fruit skins can cause blockages as can chewy meat, i was told jelly babies and marshmallows are good for lowering your output but they had the oposite effect on me, crisps are great 🤣

[@WelcomeTooo]

I get pain if I eat garlic,onions,cabbage but everything else seems to digest fine.

[@ironicallyvague1265]

Strict 9mm diet for me

[@jackieharris9750]

God she's talking fast can just about make out what she's saying !

[@hankandtammykulage1758]

talks to fast

[@terrytownsend5583]

The problem is with you