Foods for diarrhea
What APEX holds on the table for diarrhea: 24 foods, each with where it comes from and why it is ours. Not a treatment plan — the food, and the reason it is on the list.
Compiled by APEX Legacy from published research and documented food
history, under the editorial direction of
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Drinks
Rice Water The cloudy, starchy water left from cooking or soaking rice, given warm and lightly… Mango Leaf Tea Tender young mango leaves, dried and steeped into a mild, slightly astringent tea. Mahewu Sorghum A thin, lightly soured non-alcoholic drink made from cooked sorghum (or sorghum-maize)…
Rice, Grains & Starch
Arrowroot Pap A smooth, easily-digested pap made from arrowroot starch cooked into milk or water — the…
Herbs & Spices
Blackberry Root Rubus root bark — dug from the same wild blackberry bramble that gives summer berries… Guava Leaf Guava leaf — the medicinal leaf of the guava tree, one of the most clinically validated… Nauclea latifolia Nauclea latifolia, the African peach, is a flagship West African medicinal tree — its… Picralima nitida Akuamma, the seed of Picralima nitida, is West Africa's natural painkiller — a bitter… Voacanga africana Voacanga africana is a potent West African alkaloid tree — its seeds and bark used… Slippery Elm Bark The GI healing food of Black Southern folk medicine — slippery elm bark powder makes a… Scent Leaf Highly aromatic African basil with stronger, more medicinal flavor than sweet basil.
Fruit
Bael Fruit A hard-shelled, woody fruit (also called wood apple's relative) with aromatic, sticky… Sapodilla Brown, grainy-textured fruit with malt-like sweetness, remarkable tannin content, and… Salak A small fig-sized fruit covered in reddish-brown scales that look and feel like snake… Cocoplum A coastal shrub fruit found on both sides of the Atlantic — white, pink, or dark-purple… Carob Fruit A long brown leathery pod with naturally sweet, fiber-rich pulp — the 'locust' and… Imbe A small bright-orange African Garcinia fruit with thin skin and tart-sweet, slightly… Quince Hard, astringent fruit that cannot be eaten raw — must be cooked, at which point it…
Fermented & Pickled
Ogi The African gut-seeder. Three days of lactic acid fermentation converts corn starch into… Ben-Saalga A thin, naturally fermented pearl-millet porridge, soured by wild lactic acid bacteria… Clabber Raw whole milk left to clabber — naturally souring at room temperature until it sets… Kindirmo Thick, naturally soured cow's milk fermented in calabash gourds by Fulani herders.
Vegetables
African Baobab Bark The baobab tree (Adansonia digitata) is called the Tree of Life across West and East…
Dishes & One-Pots
Eko A firm, sliceable jelly made from fermented corn (ogi/akamu) cooked down and set, often…
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