Featuring Ashley Charlebois, RD

Video Title: What is Gastroparesis Duration: 1 minute, 16 seconds

If you suffer from gastroparesis, it is important to try and have small, frequent meals throughout the day to minimize your symptoms.

More serious cases of gastroparesis might mean that you can't keep down any solid foods, and that would mean you would switch to a completely liquid-based diet. 

Eventually you would then progress to having pureed foods, or a blenderized diet. In this case, what you can do, you can either have, or a combination of nutritional supplements such as Boost and Ensure, and your own blenderized diets where you combine solids such as meats, vegetables, and fruits, different grain products like potatoes, or pastas or rice, and puree that together with a liquid, either being vegetable broth, or chicken broth, or any kind of vegetable juice. 

And that way you still do get your nutrition. Remember that it is important to get calories down, so that you don’t have any further weight loss. And if you are experiencing problems, or you are having issues managing your gastroparesis, do visit your doctor or visit a local registered dietician for help with dietary management.

Presenter: Ms. Ashley Charlebois, Registered Dietitian, Vancouver, BC

Local Practitioners: Registered Dietitian