Q. Food texture and Gas formers?

Food texture: Recent studies indicate that strict omission of fibre is of no help on a peptic ulcer patient. The recurrence of peptic ulcer was observed to be much lower in individuals on high soluble fibre diet. This has also been attributed to increased salivation due to increased chewing which has shown to have a buffering effect.

Gas formers: Omitting a number of foods routinely because of their repulation of being gas formers has also been questioned. Clinical observations have shown that tolerance for avariety of standard foods is highly individual. Puilses, soya bean, cabbage,. Cauliflower, onions, peas, apple, watermelon are some of the foods identified.