3. Cheeses
When you are diagnosed with diverticulitis it is important to avoid many types of cheeses.
The reason for this is because many types of cheese contain casein. Casein is extremely difficult for the body to digest.
Since diverticulitis affects the digestive tract it is important to avoid difficult to digest foods such as casein. When you eat foods that are hard to digest it can aggravate the symptoms of the disease and may cause severe pain and bloating.
Eating cheese that contains casein can cause other symptoms of the disease to flare up as well.