Food poisoning and making sure you're have calories

mizukikuro · January 2016

Hey guys. Had bad food poisoning the last couple of days and I want to make sure I'm eating to keep up my strength, drinking a lot of high calorie drinks to keep down but I want to know does your calories still count if you throw up? Had a banana and about 30 mins later or came back up. Just concerned because I want to make sure I'm still eating okay.

Also any foods and drinks recommendation to help me through this! Thanks!

itsmemaringle · January 2016

Just try and keep water down (boil it and let it cool to get rid of bacteria)

My mother used to say just eat dry toast and then introduce very simple starchy foods like plain boiled potatoes or rice or maybe plain scrambled egg?

You must be feeling very run down-I hope you feel better soon

OyGeeBiv · January 2016

Try the BRAT diet till you feel better: Bananas, Rice, Applesauce and Toast (and/or Tea). Eat very small amounts at a time.

You haven't eaten any packaged Dole salads in the past month, have you? There's a reported listeria outbreak in the US. If you think you may have been infected, you should seek medical treatment. http://www.cdc.gov/listeria/outbreaks/bagged-salads-01-16/index.html

SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage · January 2016

+1 for the BRAT diet. Don't worry about getting enough calories until your body recovers.

Athijade · January 2016

Don't force your body to do anything. If you keep throwing stuff up, then you need to back off for a bit. Try to keep yourself hydrated. Once you can keep down water, then start with something very mild like dry toast, moving on to things like rice or scrambled eggs (I always craved scrambled eggs after I was ill).

mizukikuro · January 2016

Thanks for the help! I'll try apple sauce and toast. Love water so been drinking that

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markrgeary1 · January 2016

I was hospitalized for food poisoning. They gave IV fluids and after the second day my belly settled and they allowed liquids, broth/jello an hour later. Don't rush it. Hope you're feeling better soon.

Francl27 · January 2016

Bananas never worked for me with food poisoning either.. if they're not completely ripe they are harder to digest. Just make sure you're staying hydrated... Popsicles are pretty neat for that. Then move to jello. Then you can move to saltine crackers and toast, chicken broth etc.