Food ideas for a queasy stomach?

[Anonymous]

I recently started two different drugs that act on serotonin. I feel great mentally, but I’m horribly nauseous.

I find that I’m able to eat sweet foods, so I’ve been mixing collagen peptides into my coffee and having a baked sweet potato for breakfast. For lunch, I have carrots and a banana and peanut butter sandwich.

I’m looking for suggestions for other breakfast and lunch ideas. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

BRAT diet=bananas, rice, applesauce, toast

[Anonymous]

BRAT plus ginger, mint, etc.

[Anonymous]

If it's Lexapro, my own extreme nausea passed after about 2 weeks. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Apple sauce, chicken or bone broth (bone is better - more protein), etc.

[Anonymous]

Oatmeal?

[Anonymous]

You need some protein! How about tofu, sliced into strips and air fried or baked, then dip in hoisin sauce?

[Anonymous]

I don’t know anything about your medications, but I generally find probiotics (yogurt, kefir, fresh sauerkraut, etc.) are helpful, and in extreme cases I might even use some OTC probiotic supplements.

If one kind doesn’t work for you, you might try another. I think different probiotics can affect individuals differently (maybe because of differences in their gut biomes?). For example, I know some people swear by kombucha, but it makes me feel worse, while kefir seems to be most effective for me.

FYI - I THINK kombucha tends to contain alcohol, while commercial kefir in the dairy case has any alcohol processed out of it - but I’m no expert, so if it matters to you, either way, you may want to do your own research.

[Anonymous]

banana

bread and butter

plain pasta and butter (artichokes or hearts of palm or broccoli for fiber?)

PB&J

chicken orzo soup

[Anonymous]

French toast. It’s how I made it through pregnancy (hyperemesis (sp?))

[Anonymous]

Rice with coconut milk and mango

Smoothies

[Anonymous]

Congee. Cook a small amount of rice in chicken broth (bone broth if you can find it or make it) with lots of ginger. Simmer until the rice falls apart in a kind of porridge consistency.

[Anonymous]

Buy some Kettle & Fire beef and/or chicken BONE broth. Make rice. Heat the bone broth and mix in the rice so there is plenty of broth.

[Anonymous]

You can put anything into a smoothie: tofu, edamame, greens, etc. Hopefully the nausea will pass!