Don't limit kids with tummy troubles to bananas and rice. It turns out the BRAT diet for diarrhea isn’t the miracle fix your mom or doctor told you it was.

The BRAT diet for diarrhea doesn't actually work. Here's why.

If your kid is having tummy troubles, you don’t need to limit them to bananas and rice. Here’s why the BRAT diet for diarrhea isn’t the miracle fix your mom or doctor told you it was.

Everything you believe about the BRAT diet is wrong

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