DZ20,
I started eating a 'dissociated food diet' around 1990 (it was fashionable at the time) and discovered that my pouch loved it. I ate mostly animal protiens (meat, fish, chicken, sea foods etc plus some hard cheeses, soya and nuts) along with tons of raw and cooked veggies, had my fruits and fruit juices for breakfast or 4pm snack and avoided too many carbs. I gave myself 1 carb day a week where I allowed myself to really enjoy my bread, pasta etc and I maintained a happy and healthy pouch for years.
Recently due to severe stress I started really eatting carbs again on a daily basis and mixing them with protiens (chicken and rice, meat & potatoes, tuna sandwiches, sushi..) and I really put on weight plus have a sluggish pouch, thick out-put and very gassy.
I cut out the carbs 2 weeks ago (it took a lot of willpower!) and have already lost my tummy and my pouch is purring happily.
That is me and my pouch...it allows me to eat a larger variety of food if I don't mix them too much...more to do with digestion than the pouch I think but it works...for me.
You will find your balance once you have your pouch...it is live and learn...
The only hard, fast rule? If the stuff is too thick, drink grape juice or prune juice and it will thin it all out.
Sharon