Dietary contraindications for patients with diarrhoea: avoid greasy, fried foods, salted meats, bacon, canned meats and high-fat foods, as these have an irritating effect on the intestines and may aggravate diarrhoea.
Limit carbohydrates, fibre-rich foods and flatulent foods such as carrots, onion heads, soybeans, ginger and spring onions.
patients with an allergy to a particular food should carefully search for the food causing the allergy and avoid it
Patients with chronic diarrhoea tend to have deficiencies of trace elements such as folic acid, vitamins, calcium, iron and zinc, which should be supplemented.