The way diet impacts diverticulosis and diverticulitis is a case of science being a few steps behind reality. I had diverticulosis at a young age (33), got diverticulitis repeatedly, and had a left colectomy at age 36 to remove it. The one and only thing that kept it from coming back was eating a plant-based diet, which at the tiem I was not organized enough to do. I would try, but every time I started eating meat and dairy again I would get an infection. It’s simple. Those fodos don’t have fiber, and they are also loaded with chemicals, steroids, and whatever else that is not fit for human consumption.

The reason why western medical science doesn’t get behind plant-based diets is because plant-based diets result in less illnesses and people meeding to take less medication, and then big pharma makes less money. Our standard western diets keep us sick, and th medical money making machine keeps rolling. To point in the article about adding more fruits and vegetables instead of eliminating mats is silly. We only have so much capacity to consume, so we won’t be able to add many fruits or vegetables with a 12 oz. steak sitting in our stomachs. Plus, it’s not all about fiber. The steak likely comes from a factory farm, from some sick cow who is fed in a way that it grows three times faster than it normally would. Then we eat it and, go figure, our bodies have a hard time digesting it.

Hopefully some billionaire will come along and fund enough studies to make it impossible for western medicine to remian under the thumb of its big brother: the pharmaceutical industry. Or, may that billionaire could open a medical school that isn’t reliant on donations from big pharma and research provided by big pharma. We’re all sick wth digestive illnesses and cancer because we eat things our bodies weren’t meant to digest. As smart as doctors inherently are, it’s going to take a doctor or organization with legit ethics and even morality to start doing what is best for patients.

Vegetarian, high fiber diet for 25 years. Last year my colon burst after terrible constipation, 12 days in hospital, 7″ of colon removed, needed 9 liters of saline to clean the fiber/feces out of my. My diet is always high fiber including fiber supplements but I was always constipated. Still suffering. Thinking low fodmap or maybe what the guy above says is true about fiber. I almost died, had a ileostomy bag for 2 months and was oio of work for 3. 49 years old, otherwise healthy. Maybe the answer is pasture raised meat and fermented vegetables. I don’t know. My high fiber diet keeps getting me constipated, which almost killed me…

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the feedback! 🙂
Let me know if you have any questions as you being the low FODMAP diet!

Thanks, Joe.