The BRAT diet is a diet that consists of bananas, rice, applesauce and toast.
The BRAT in the BRAT diet stands for bananas, rice, applesauce and toast.
The BRAT diet was once a common recommended diet for children that had an upset stomach although it's no longer recommended because it's not nutritionally adequate and is also unnecessarily restrictive.
The BRAT diet was also based on the idea that these bland foods were easy to digest and would help the gut rest and reduce stool production.
Although the BRAT diet is low in fiber, fat and protein and does not provide enough nutrition for a child's gastrointestinal tract to recover.
Things you can eat on the BRAT diet are bland foods like bananas, rice, applesauce, crackers, cooked cereals (Farina, Cream of Wheat), toast and jelly.
Compared to the BRAT diet, The Paleo Diet offers more immune-boosting nutrients that encourage healing.
The Paleo Diet also avoids inflammation-causing foods, like wheat and sugar, which may prolong irritation of the stomach and gut lining, potentially prolonging illness.