I have been diagnosed with copd last week is there any foods or beverages that I should not eat or drink

[shaborn]

[chrissie53]

Of course not,,you just carry on your life as normal,,if you smoke STOP NOW, are you stage 1 meaning mild,, i just live my life as i always have, its not a death sentence, so if you are worried don,t be,,there are plenty of people on here with various ailments, so they will always offer you advice if you need it,,,you can always get advice from blf,, click the red balloon in right hand corner,,breathe easy,,chrissie x

[Hidden]

With any illness it is important to try and eat as healthy diet as possible and this goes for copd as well. There is a school of thought that says dairy foods produce more mucus so you might need to have a look at that. The BLF are open again on Monday at 10 am so it's a good idea to give them a call as they have trained nurses there to help with any queries. x

[CornishBrian]

You will find out from a PR course that there ARE foods we should avoid but it does depend on you severity, if you are gaining weight or losing weight. To little a weight is very bad as if you have an infection, you will lose even more and become at risk. The general info we were given was that we should approach winter time with up a to a stone extra weight than our ideal weight. Foods to avoid are the "Windy " veg....these can cause you to feel bloated, restrict your breathing and cause you to leave port of your meal. These veg are baked beans, cauliflower, brussel sprouts etc.

[moneal]

A specialist respiratory nurse told me this week that the milk/mucus theory has never been proved and if fact appears to be untrue. But be sure to read the information sheet that comes with each medicine as some react with certain fruits.

[Hidden in reply to moneal]

Yeah that's why I said 'a school of thought' instead of presenting it as a fact. x

[moneal in reply to Hidden]

Oh I agree there so many so called 'facts' on the net if you believed them all you could not eat anything.

I did how ever notice the large amount of dairy products given to patients in the respiratory ward in our local hospital and how few vegetables were available.

shaborn take note, don't believe all you read on the net, a lot of rubbish doom and gloom especially on some of the USA sites.

[skinnylizzy59]

I agree that a healthy diet is important, i.e. less sugar and no butter or cream, but I'm sure you know that anyway.

You can get advice on a healthy diet from the BLF or even the British Heart Foundation website. Take care and look after yourself. Lizzy

[peege]

Hi, I was told at PR to, drink plenty of fluids but avoid caffeine in tea/coffee/cola & fizzy drinks. Eat a healthy clean diet (as in free from loads of added weird stuff (my words not theirs)) and keep to a healthy weight at all times.

I can understand you might want to add a stone pre-winter if you're really underweight but my goodness, what a strange bit of advice. I'd feel dreadful if I added a stone and nothing would fit never mind going out to get a new wardrobe. Flippin heck.

I think the best thing is get the proper advice, as skinnylizzy says, from BLF or PR nutritionists if you're unsure. P

[frank65]

anything with tobac in it avoyd

[Bilko]

Bilko

I was diagnosed with IPF 6 years ago and three year ago I was told that there was nothing could be done so I was to go home, enjoy myself and have a glass of whisky every night and it seems to work. enjoy what you can but don't over do it. Keep smiling, everybody has problems only some are worse than others

[dwitt]

stop caffeine especially after super. Take your medication methodically. Drink plenty of water. Take up swimming and jogging to help increase lung ability to the maximum.

[Gibraltarpatient]

something that helped me was to stop having very acidic things like orange juice, ribena ect and also creamy yogurts. i still have them from time to time but i learnt to keep away when i was feeling poorly and it helped alot. hope it helps you too x