Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Questions for Heather

Hi - Egg whites are just fine for IBS, it's just the egg yolks to watch out for. Much of their fat is saturated, and that tends to be more difficult to digest than monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. Because it's important that you keep your diet low fat overall for IBS, this means that the fats you eat have to really count - they need to be heart-healthy and have essential fatty acids and be monounsaturated. So it's much better to eliminate egg yolks (which is super easy to do when cooking, as you can just sub an extra egg white) in order to allow you to use fats like olive oil or canola oil, or incorporate avocados or finely ground nuts.

But....if you just really miss the taste of egg yolks in something like scrambled eggs, try adding one yolk to two or three whites, cooking in a nonstick skillet with cooking oil spray, and see how you do. For other types of baking (breads, cakes, puddings, etc.) you can't taste the difference between whole eggs and just egg whites, so keep your egg yolk use to where you'll truly notice. And try this carefully...

- Heather

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