dietvsdisease

Every year, roughly 1.7 million people in the US see a doctor because of diverticulitis. And a huge number of them walk away with different advice from different doctors — or no advice at all, leaving them to search online and land in a pile of conflicting information. Avoid nuts and seeds. Actually, that’s outdated. Take antibiotics every time you flare. That’s not evidence-...

If you’ve been through a diverticulitis flare (maybe more than once), you know the routine. Severe pain, antibiotics or a hospital stay, a liquid diet, then a slow climb back to normal. And then it’s supposed to be over. Except for a lot of people, it isn’t quite over. The dull ache that comes and goes. The bloating that never fully settles. Bowel habits that stay unpredictab...