What to eat on a soft diet if I am vegan?

The vegan diet is characterized by completely dispensing with foods of animal origin, including eggs, although it is a natural process of chickens and honey, since it is considered animal exploitation.

Being vegan is a lifestyle that fights against animal exploitation and shows reality, even if it is terrifying. Behind the walls of the large food industries there are animal torture, animal sacrifice without sedation, animals crammed into cages such as chickens, cows separated from their calves within hours of being born, pregnant sheep slaughtered to take out the famous piglet, chicks males taken directly to the slaughterhouse (the famous Nuggets), etc.

A reality that is out there and that many refuse to look at. The reality is not the milk ads with happy cows, or pigs in supposed freedom, the reality is much harsher and vegans, and many non-vegans, also fight to change that sad and unfair reality for millions of animals.

Veganism also defends the environment, since the meat and dairy industry is responsible for almost all the CO2 that is emitted into the atmosphere and produces climate change.

What is a bland diet for vegans like?

Obviously, a vegan diet is free of animal foods, so the options may seem very limited, but no. A vegan diet, with the indicated supplements such as vitamin B12, can look really healthy and suitable for all ages. The problem comes when we suffer from gastroenteritis.

Feeding options are drastically reduced, but don’t panic as this process is supposed to take about 3-4 days. If it lasts longer, it would be necessary to consult a doctor, since our body could be suffering from some kind of problem.

In the following sections we are going to see a list of the foods that we should not take while immersed in a diarrheal process and vomiting such as gastroenteritis. In addition, we will also see all those that we can consume, and we will see that we are not going to go hungry.

Of course, be careful with the quantities. It is best to let the stomach and digestive system rest for the first hours and feed only on pharmacy serum or water. When we see that the diarrhea is cut a little and our estimate wakes up and asks for food, then we must offer very easy to digest food, in small quantities and eat only when we are hungry that if everything goes well it will be every 2 hours, due to the small quantities that we are eating.

Food not allowed

We go there with the list of foods that we should not eat if we are immersed in a process of diarrhea and vomiting and we want to go on a soft diet. Remember that the soft diet is not to lose weight , it is to maintain the body, so if it lasts a long time, it could cause nutritional deficiencies.

• Chocolates, sweets, industrial pastries, etc.
• Nuts, whole or in creams.
• Chocolate creams and nuts.
• Seeds of all kinds.
• Spices, hot and salts.
• Fruits, except the very ripe banana, but only if the gastroenteritis is not very acute.
• Whole legumes, type in salads, cooked, scrambled, old clothes, etc.
• Raw vegetables of all kinds.
• Cruciferous vegetables, that is, no broccoli, radish, cauliflower, cabbage, cabbage, cabbage, turnip, watercress, arugula, red cabbage, etc.
• Whole foods, such as whole grain breads, cereals, and flours.
• Oily foods such as fried and battered.
• Vegetable oils of all kinds, except in very small quantities if it is strictly necessary for cooking.
• Isotonic drinks, sodas, and other sugary drinks.
• Vegan sausages and other vegan meats.
• Vegan cheeses.
• Candies, sweets, and other sweets.
• Ultra-processed fruit juices.
• Vegetable soy yogurts and vegetable yogurts with fruits and cereals or special ones with fiber.
• Plant milks that do not have rice as one of their main ingredients. Maximum two glasses a day if it is rice and the gastroenteritis is not very acute).

Suitable foods

Now we go with what we can eat and enjoy. Remember that they have to be small amounts after a rest process of the digestive system and eat only when the body really asks us to.

With the above list it may seem that we are going to go very hungry, but it is not like that. Next, we leave a simple to read list where we will find all the foods that we can eat in a soft diet for vegans.

Let’s not forget the importance of water, always clean and fresh, since reusing a glass or bottle can make the situation worse . No processed water with flavors, better plain water, and when we are 100% cured, we will recover our habits of making water with natural flavors.

• The vegetables must be well cooked and preferably in soup or puree.
• White tofu, not spiced, at least for the first few days.
• Refined cereals.
• Unsweetened vegetable yogurt (not Greek type) and has to be low in fat.
• Seitan without spices, without frying, without breading, or anything.
• Rice milk or that rice is the main ingredient.
• Fruit compote, or baked fruit.
• Very ripe banana.
• Vegan protein powder. For maintenance of the body, but it is not mandatory, and only if the case of gastroenteritis is not very serious.
• Vegetable broth never hot, always warm.
• Light, fat-free soups with white rice or pasta.
• Cooked white rice.
• Rice noodles.

Tips for a vegan bland diet

As advice and from experience after having consulted with different doctors, the food and the food itself should never be hot or cold, but at room temperature or somewhat warm .

Another important thing, and that we have already commented previously, is that the meals should not be oily, nor be burned, nor that they be difficult to digest. We have to make everything easier for our digestive system.

It is important to drink plenty of liquids in small sips and not sugary drinks like Aquarius, as it is loaded with sugars, sweeteners, colorings, additives, salts, etc. like all sports drinks. It is best to drink water or serum from the pharmacy.

Nor is it a plan to spend 3 days without eating, since that is counterproductive for our body and we can suffer strong negative consequences such as dehydration and malnutrition.