Other foods that colostomy patients tolerate well are bananas, tapioca, sticky white rice, and white toast. Small quantities of lean animal proteins are also beneficial.
In the wake of a colostomy, consider consuming some of these foods: The live and active cultures in yogurt are good for a recovering digestive system. Cranberries, bananas, and applesauce. White toast and well-cooked white rice.
Foods that are reported to help thicken the stoma output include apple sauce, bananas, buttermilk, cheese, marshmallows, jelly babies, (boiled) milk, noodles, smooth creamy peanut butter, rice, tapioca pudding, toast, potatoes and yoghurt.
Applesauce, Bananas, Boiled white rice, Creamy nut butter (such as peanut butter), Oatmeal/porridge, Gelatin containing foods (jelly babies, marshmallows).
You must still include fibre in your diet. Choose some foods from the following list daily: Wholemeal bread. High fibre cereal e.g. Weetabix, porridge.
Eating and drinking with an ileostomy or colostomy
You should aim for a porridge-like consistency, which can be easier to manage. Some foods can cause stoma blockages, so should be avoided or eaten with caution.
Avoid drinks that cause bloating
There are certain alcoholic beverages which can cause bloating and ballooning of stoma bags. These include lager, beer, prosecco and any other fizzy alcoholic drinks.
Raw vegetables, including salad e.g. lettuce, celery, raw bell-peppers and spring onions. Hard to digest vegetables, including beans like butter beans or green/runner beans, sweetcorn, peas, mushrooms, cabbage, brussel sprouts, spinach, kale and spring greens.
What CAN you eat? There are lots of low-residue desserts, including angel food cake, chocolate chip cookies, brownies, pumpkin pie, lemon bars, ice cream, pudding, canned fruit, etc.
Aim to drink 8 glasses/mugs of fluid a day (preferably water). Other helpful ways to stay hydrated include: isotonic or full sugar fizzy drinks (allowed to go flat), sucking on ice chips and eating lollies made from juices.
Drinking enough fluid is important for your ostomy to work properly and to avoid being dehydrated. Fluid includes water and other liquids such as milk, coffee, tea, broth, and soup. Drink more fluids after you're active and when it's hot outside.
You may find that after your operation the output may be increased and it may be a fluid consistency. This will thicken to become a thick paste (toothpaste/ porridge consistency) in the following weeks as the rest of the bowel starts to take up more fluid than it used to.
Eat only small amounts of foods that are high in insoluble fiber or cellulose. These include raw vegetables, unpeeled fresh fruits, bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, cabbage, celery, coconut, corn, mushrooms, pea pods, dried fruits, nuts, seeds, popcorn, and hot dogs and other meats in casings.
Skin irritation around your stoma is usually caused by leakage from your ostomy pouch and the output from your stoma getting underneath the adhesive and onto your skin. It is uncomfortable and can stop your pouch from working well. The skin around your stoma should look similar to the skin on the rest of your body.
Keeping hydrated with an ileostomy, colostomy and urostomy
You should try to drink 6-8 glasses of water each day along with any other drinks such as tea or coffee.
have a risk for dehydration. In the case of an ostomy it creates quicker and more liquid output so that can have an effect on dehydration. one should consume at least the recommended daily intake of water with or without drinking coffee.To be safe I would try and drink a little more.
Foods to include in your diet
Low-fiber foods, such as: Well-cooked vegetables without skins or seeds (such as peeled potatoes, peeled zucchini with the seeds removed, and peeled tomatoes with the seeds removed) Lettuce.
It is important to ensure you are drinking enough fluid and add salt to your diet to avoid dehydration as more water and salt will be lost in loose or high colostomy outputs. Sports drinks and glasses of milk can be very useful as they replace essential salts and glucose.
Stoma Pouches with Medical Grade Manuka Honey
The inclusion of medical grade Manuka honey in the flange may help to promote healthy skin around the stoma.
Roast potatoes – enjoy as is. Yorkshire Pudding – enjoy as is. Roasted root vegetables e.g., parsnips and carrots, neeps and tatties: peel them, cook them until soft and enjoy with your favourite flavourings such as honey and spices.