Great info on Pancreatitis and eating to help manage this condition! Top on my list are blueberries (for awesome antioxidant properties) and probiotics. I've been finding out more and more about probiotics lately, and have started adding a multi-strain supplement to my yogurt for added strains. I like Nutri-Health's Flora Source the best, but have heard good things about Culturelle, FloraStor and others as well. Any way you get 'em, probiotics can be a great health benefit.

this information was of great help to me as i suffer from pancreatitus. the best advice i am reading here is to eat blueberries, spinach and the mushrooms. excellent and thank yu so much for the suggestions. i've been on my own clear liquid diet for 3 days now and i'm ready to move towards solids gradually. beginning with the yogurt, 1/2 slice of toast with seedless jam, peppermint tea (herbal of course) it cools the pain down,,, great relief.... also i will eat small amounts every 1/2 hour instead of the entire meal at once... this should give my pancreas a chance to rest and not be overworked ..... be blessed anyone who deals with this dis-ease. thanks again for the info here. sincerely, miss diagnosed (oh yes, for about 3 years finally finding out it was my pancreas... almost lost a gall bladder by mistake.... funny, that's why they still call it a medical 'practice'.... love it!

I have been a long sufferer of Pancreatitis. Since I was fifteen, I have been to the hospital roughly a hundred times. I am 28 now. I have had my gallbladder removed, stents placed in my bile ducts, and was even tested to see if I have the gene for hereditary pancreatitis, which I do. Nothing seemed to work for me. I even followed all the typical procedures-low fat diet, stress free lifestyle, and NO ALCOHOL. Even after following these methods, I still would get sick. It became very frustrating, so I ended up losing all hope. Well a few years ago, I started to become a wino. I really fell in love with the taste of red wine, and all the benefits that go along with it. I have not had a pancreatic attack for 2 years, and this has been an absolutely miracle for me. I try to drink at least one glass of red wine daily, and I will only stick with red wine. I don't mix any other alcohol with it. I must say, I wish doctor's would have told me YEARS ago to drink red wine. It would have saved me much agony and pain in my young life.

I too have been suffering with CP for about 2 years. I've had my gallbladder out, which didn't seem to matter, and I've had stents put in my pancreatic duct twice. The first time I was pain free for about 1 1/2 years. The last one only gave me no pain for about 3 months. I've learned thru trial and error NEVER to eat a big meal---of anything. Small amounts all day. Yogurt seems to agree with me very well. I'm trying to cut fat out, eating only small amounts daily. I haven't tried the red wine---but do like it. I've read that apple juice is very good. I'm adding that to me diet now. It's very frustating to be in pain all the time. I travel a lot and that has become a huge challenge for me. I'm working on changing my diet completly and trying to be very positive!

I went to my gastroenterologist 3 years ago and told him I thought I had a malabsorption problem. He wanted to put me on antibiotics thinking it was a bacterial problem in the gut. I said no, that the antibiotics will further wreck my but flora. I got disgusted, So I stupidly started the Atkins diet, and my stomach cramps and gas stopped, for one year, 7 months, but now I have kidney stones. Two weeks ago I went back to the gastro doctor and "demanded" further testing. No celiac sprue showed up, no blocked ducts showed up on an ultrasound but my fecal stool fat was high (atkins?). I also am not absorbing Vitamin D and have been told "it's the equivelent of Rickets".
Funny, my Momther is low in D also, and suffers from GERD.
I know that I have had the malabsorption problem since childhood since I have a severe ezcema, but no one gave it a name.

Definitely Probiotics, but there is a new product out on the market since they have found that red wine has wonderful benefits also, research Reseveratrol. Barbara Walters did a documentary on this I believe on 20/20 about a month ago.

There doesn't seem to be much info re: diet for pancreatic disorders. blueberries, mushrooms & yogurt??? What about the rest of real food -- good or bad?? Fish, broccoli, rice, potatoes...?? I'm having difficulties in looking for a list of what I can and shouldn't eat. Or does it not really matter? The red wine is good news though.

I have suffered from cp for almost three years now. After the birth of my daughter, I started experiencing chest pains. I have a history of high blood pressure, so when I go to the emergency room complaining of chest pains, they listen! Doctor originally said I had acute pancreatitis. They kept doing tests for gallstones but never found any. Finally they told me I had a "disfunctioning gallbladder" and it needed to come out. I was all ready for the pain to stop. It didn't. I've cut out most fat (since I'm also trying to get back to a healthy weight, being almost 40 lbs overweight), cut out salt (high blood pressure), and all forms of caffeine and even the occasional alcohol. I love blueberries, red grapes and yogurt. Never been a fan of veggie soup or spinach or mushrooms or tofu, but if it helps, then "Hello, new favorite foods!"

Hello, I also suffer from chronic Pancreatitis. Ive changed my diet, was never a heavy drinker so to stop that was no problem.I still get the flare-ups and either place in the hospital or on bed rest. I've been searching the internet for some answers and every comment I see are the same answers. The doctor can't explain why or what keeps happening. I've been put through sonos, CT scans of both the pancreas and gallbladder and no stones or slug appears. Go figure. I would like to know if anyone has tried the recipe book made for people who suffer from this condition. If yes did it help? I really don't want to waste forty dollars if there is a better book out there. I am going to try the blueberris,, spinach mushrooms and yogurt How long before I should feel some relief?

I'd like to hear more comments, did this diet really work for pain? I've had cp almost three years, propably caused by autoimmune disease + alcohol consumption. Since been without alcohol and think how will my pancreas act if I take redd wine with alcohol. Will there be acute attack... This all time pain makes me crazy, doctors don't know the cure. Pain is in scale 2-5 (from 1 to 10) all time whether you eat or not..