Put down the rice and bananas! Everything you believe about the BRAT diet is wrong.
. The American Academy of Pediatrics no longer recommends the BRAT diet for diarrhea and other tummy troubles, and“The BRAT diet is a terrible idea,” says Toronto paediatrician Rahul Saxena. “It’s a carb loaded diet and it’s been shown to increase the duration of diarrhea.” That’s because simple carbohydrates can
, such as vomiting and diarrhea, the only thing that really matters in the short term is hydration,” he says. Saxena recommends giving fluids, an ounce at a time, every 20 minutes.For kids under the age of one, continue breastfeeding on demand or, if they are formula-feeding, offer them full-strength formula, recommends the Canadian Paediatric Society .
but could also make diarrhea worse, so other options are preferable, says Saxena. Of course, continue to offer your kid water throughout the day.Generally speaking, kids with diarrhea can be offered a variety of foods they normally eat, but Saxena recommends keeping portion sizes small. “Try 25 percent of what they typically eat and see how they do,” he says.
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