What is good to eat when you have no appetite?

I am super sick right now and haven’t eaten much in a few days. It’s getting to the point where I am gonna need to force myself to eat something to keep my strength up but everything just sounds terrible to me right now. I have been subsisting mostly on small glasses of milk and the occasional packet of instant oatmeal.

Any suggestions on things to eat that go down easy and has nutritional value? Flavor is pretty far down on my list of requirements right now and I’m finding myself exhausted after chewing a few bites. Any serious suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

JCreazy,

Applesauce

its_prolly_fine,

Chicken broth and saltine crackers.

TheGreenGolem,

Chicken broth, yes! I tend to cure my hungover with it. Works wonders.

Yokozuna,

Honestly a good smoothie from somewhere is all I can get down when I’m feeling like that. Filling for about an hour or two though but pack with vitamins and goodness.

foggy,

I find greasy umami stuff in small quantities gets me from “hunger nausea” to “hunger”

E.g buttered toast.

NaoPb,

So the taste of buttered toast is umami? In that case, I LOVE umami!

theywilleatthestars,

Fruit snacks

stochasticity,

BRAT diet. Bananas rice applesauce toast.

Lnrdrople,

Milk and fat of any kind isn’t usually the best if you have trouble eating in general. Lots of apple sauce, chicken soup and crackers mentioned already, so I’ll just add the basic ass tostidos round nacho chips. Those give the salt you need, but don’t have much else, so they’re easy to digest. Anyway, whatever is fine, as long as you can keep it down.

feedum_sneedson,

Matzo, nothing fatty. I’ve been here very recently. Skimmed milk was also helpful

jol,

I heard many people that are going through different diseases were able to drink those soylent ready-to-drink drinks. They have all the nutrients you need in a creamy drink. I’ve tried Jimmy Joy and Huel and really liked them.

banneryear1868, (edited )

Soylent came out about when I was having surgeries for Crohns and I used it at stages where I was healthy enough to bulk. I’ve been in remission for years but it’s still pretty hard to gain weight so I keep Soylents around to pack extra calories in. Use it as a coffee creamer too, surprisingly it froths really well. Also add it to oatmeal.

Also eating complete garbage food is better than nothing, I’ve made that tradeoff many times. Salt fat and sugar cater to what we naturally crave.

russjr08,
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Oatmeal is my go to! Whenever I land in the hospital due to my Crohn’s issues, I end up having a lot of it. It’s thick enough to feel full from it, and while it doesn’t have the most of nutrients, its better than nothing.

It helps that if you add some flavoring of your choice to it, it doesn’t taste bad and thus makes it even better.

Azzu,

Relevant recent post:

https://startrek.website/pictrs/image/e8b83de5-52ff-4220-9b11-a6ba1b688649.jpeg?format=webp

russjr08,
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Ahaha, very relatable! Although personally I tend to keep mine relatively simple, I just add some cinnamon and sugar into mine (which is also what I do with Cream of Wheat for the few times that I have it).

Whenever you go to the hospital for GI related issues (or for surgeries in general I imagine), they always restrict you to not having anything to eat/drink, then they allow clear liquids, then they allow soft foods, and finally “full” (some hospitals will have a few other steps in between) and oatmeal falls into the “soft foods” category, but often times things like fruits won’t - but cinnamon and sugar has always been allowed for me so I’ve just gotten used to only having my oatmeal with those two things added in.

theherk,

I do like to add a lot to my hot oats or overnight oats, but when I’m trying to cut calories I still find oats are good if and only if you add enough salt. Even plain oats and water is fine with salt. Without, it just tastes like feet.

mostNONheinous,

I don’t quite get this meme, this is what cooking is. We add shit to everything to make it taste better. It’s like saying anyone defending chicken tells me it’s great once I add 17 things to it. Yea you can eat chicken plain but most of us now consider people that do so to be psychopaths when just salt and pepper makes it better, but there are still a ton of other ways to season or accent it with other ingredients.

Azzu,

Seasoning is not included in this I think. It’s only stuff like strawberries, banana and whatever people put in their oatmeal, idk, I don’t eat it. So actual other foods. I.e. a chicken breast by itself is a percectly fine food, a strawberry is as well.

But yeah I mean it’s meant to be a joke, like you say, things taste better/different together, or only taste good if mixed with something, and that’s perfectly fine.

namingthingsiseasy,

while it doesn’t have the most of nutrients

You can always add fruit to it though. Frozen berries in oatmeal are fantastic. I also like adding peanut butter too.

NOOBMASTER,

bacteria might help

Gallardo994, (edited )

Chikhirtma is an awesome Georgian soup with cheese and all. Super awesome when you’re sick.

P. S. Also great if you’re hungover

tierelantijntje,

When I have issues eating I go for non-offensive foods that are easy to swallow such as a can of white beans in tomato sauce, plain full fat Greek yoghurt, oatmeal made with milk and not water, lentil soup. I sometimes make 1000 kcalorie smoothies with half an avocado, 2 tbsp peanut butter, cup of 10% fat yogurt, a banana, 1/2 cup oatmeal and enough orange juice to make it liquid. Will not win any taste awards but does contain a bunch of good stuff.

governorkeagan,

I’ve done the smoothie before as well, not the same recipe but high calorie smoothies none the less.

WeLoveCastingSpellz,

Get better soon!

MightyWeaksauce,
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Thank you :)

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