Why, Why, Why???

[zeniada 9]

Why is it that mac and cheese is soft and mushy and passes through the band easy but steamed carrots that are soft and mushy get stuck?! I even over cooked some broccoli last night and it got stuck but junk type slider foods dont....So irritating.

[Mariasha 3]

Broccoli and carrots have real nitrional value and Fiber in then so your body has to work to digest them and get it down.

Mac and cheese on the other hand has absolutely no nutritional value as it has been stripped of everything wholesome. As such it can slide right down.

[Yetta2u 3]

Why is it that mac and cheese is soft and mushy and passes through the band easy but steamed carrots that are soft and mushy get stuck?! I even over cooked some broccoli last night and it got stuck but junk type slider foods dont....So irritating.

What do you do when your food gets stuck?

[zeniada 9]

What do you do when your food gets stuck?

Suffer till it passes. but if it is very bad I will have to throw it up, otherwise yeah I suffer through it. I havent found anything that helps..

[LowPSI 0]

Getting "stuck" happens after eating - usually - a small amount of food. eg: I just tried a Pillsbury Grand. After 3 bites, it was backing-up. Many of us get stuck on bread - which, along with Pillsbury Grands, has relatively no nutritional value.

As far as I can tell, much of what determines whether anything gets "stuck" is how big a bite we take along with how well we chew.

[Ocnlvr 1]

I have found it so interesting for lack of a better word that one person can something and it doesn't bother them but another person can't eat it; I know that we are all different which explains it...I can eat steamed broccoli and carrots fine, but no Pasta. I think we tend to not chew Pasta as much, so regardless it's a No food for me. I can eat whole wheat "hard or crusty" breads okay, but I have been trying not to eat bread much at all.

Good luck,

Getting "stuck" happens after eating - usually - a small amount of food. eg: I just tried a Pillsbury Grand. After 3 bites, it was backing-up. Many of us get stuck on bread - which, along with Pillsbury Grands, has relatively no nutritional value.

As far as I can tell, much of what determines whether anything gets "stuck" is how big a bite we take along with how well we chew.