Diet for Minimizing Your Child's Diarrhea

• Stop all juice and regular soda.
• Avoid products containing Splenda.
• Use Lactaid treated milk, water or Crystal Light.
• For children over 1 year of age, try Pediasure. It offers good calories and nutrients, and is lactose free.
• Avoid sugar-free gums and candy; the sorbitol and xylitol act as laxatives. These are also in apple juice!
• Children need fat and fiber in their diet. Both act as a brake and slow down gut transit time.
• Bananas, rice, complex starches may help. Minimize simple sugars.
• Watch food and drinks with fructose:
  • Sunny D, Capri Sun, Frutopia
  • Bottled teas such as Arizona tea
  • Vitamin waters
  • Lattes
  • Fruit roll-ups
  • "Fake" fruit snacks
  • Jelly beans