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Gastroenteritis diet

Suitable foods for children (& adults too) recovering from gastroenteritis

The following is a guide for the first week after your child's illness. After this time he or she should be well enough to eat normally and if this is not so, you should consult your GP.

Foods to avoid

• Ordinary milk and milk products e.g. fresh milk, evaporated milk, powdered milk.
• Ordinary milk puddings, ice cream, mousses.
• Fried foods and highly seasoned foods.
• Highly sweetened drinks and fizzy drinks.
• Sweets, chocolates, nuts, dried fruit.
• Onions, baked-beans, fibrous vegetables, salads.
• Rhubarb, plums, gooseberries, prunes, oranges.

Foods allowed

• Plain, cooked meats and non-oily fish.
• Potatoes mashed or boiled; rice boiled.
• Small servings of well cooked vegetables e.g. carrots, cauliflower, marrow.
• Small servings of tinned or stewed fruit e.g. apples, peaches, pears.
• Bread (not too fresh), toast, plain biscuits, plain cakes.
• Very little butter or spread.
• Jelly, jelly jams, honey and marmalade.
• Well diluted fruit squashes and fruit juice, e.g. apple juice.
• Weak tea, and coffee.

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