Peanut Butter - Heaven or Apocalypse?
#196315 - 07/15/05 10:12 PM
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Anthem
Reged: 10/01/04
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Loc: Phoenix, AZ
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Do people have trouble with peanut butter or is it generally safe for IBS?
When I am unsure of a food, I make sure I only eat it perhaps once every few days: Moderation in All Things. However, I am addicted to toasted sour dough rolls (soluble fiber that I use as a snack and beginning of each meal - very yummy). I also enjoy rice cakes with a very subtle cinnamin aftertaste.
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PB(specifically JIF) is my VERY favorite food, but sadly, does not agree with me...:(
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Apocalypse!
#196332 - 07/16/05 03:10 AM
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atomic rose
Reged: 06/01/04
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Loc: Maine (IBS-A stable since July '05!)
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Just kidding... it's another thing that some people can tolerate (in small amounts, mind you) and others can't. I find I can eat about a teaspoon of it - no more! - once or twice a week. Any more than that and it just kills my guts.
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I can handle about 1/2 a tablespoon every now and then on a really good day, but there is usually a little bit of gas associated.
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I find that I tolerate a few tablespoons of low-fat Skippy every day. My standard lunch is PB&J.
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I eat reduced fat - as long as I don't eat it every day - and as long as I keep the portion size down. I don't actually measure... but I don't make the covering thick on the bread -- I just cover the bread. Then I make sure the rest of the meal is very low in fat.
I think some people just have problems with peanuts in general. If you have soluble fiber and watch the total fat -- you should be okay. Remember that it isn't just the fat in the peanut butter -- it's the whole meal.
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I eat Peter Pan creamy PB at least twice a week. I toast a waffle and then put some spray butter and just a little PB on it. The PB melts and it tastes great. Fortunately PB agrees with me and is one of my safe foods so I always have it around when I don't know what else to eat.
You might try some on your toasted sourdough roll.....but just a little at first.
Barbie
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I can do a thin layer of Peter Pan creamy with honey and some sort of pureed fruit on a bagel. This is lunch for me most of the week, but I usually eat some sort of SF an hour-ish before (unsweetened applesauce, or lately, a peach gingerbread muffin).
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I eat peanut butter (and almond butter and cashew butter) a lot, but not huge amounts at a sitting. I completely avoid the supermarket brands which have HFCS and other icky things and get the stuff that's just nuts and salt.
--AC
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Thin layer of creamy PB on a thick slice of french bread = heaven. 
Big spoonful of creamy PB straight into my mouth = apocalypse. 
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I don't necessarily swing in any direction with PB but it sure gives me pain, and INSTANT heartburn. Dammit, I LOOOOOVE the stuff, too!
I buffer it occasionally and suck it up and deal with the pain, it is that good. 
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We don't really do beans too well either, do we? Peanuts are definitely members of the bean family. They must be toot inducers!
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They are legumes.
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Are legumes gas producers too? I never thought about PB or cashew butter causing gas! 
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~ Beth
Constipation, pain prodominent,cramps, spasms and bloat!
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Actually, I've been using creamy peanut butter as a marital aid, but it does leave the sheets a rather disgusting color. Sorry about that - could not resist!
There is a new snack which is a pretyzl nugget with peanut butter inside. The peanut butter is probably loaded with enough preservatives to last 5000 years in a Pharoah's tomb. I tried a few and my abdomen was not amused.
I think I can handle peanut butter (the only type I actually have in this household is crunchy so it would make a rather uncomfortable marital aid, but I'll get off that bad joke) if done sporadically, e.g., once in awhile.
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OK, I have a question. What is a green lima bean, the type of little odd thing you find in a frozen package of mixed vegetables? Is that likely to cause gas? You should see me with one of those mixed vegetable combinations. I pick out all the corn and lima beans and only eat the peas and carrots. It takes me about an hour longer than anyone else to make it through a caserole or a pasta if someone has merged in a package of frozen mixed vegetables. I told my partner that if he didn't stop buying them, I was going to just start spitting them out across the table and use a framed picture of his mother for target practice.
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Yup, lima beans are big time gas producers/aggravants.
Basically, a legume is a podded plant. They are edible seeds and also known as pulses.
Some grow on vines and others are more shrub like. Peanuts are the underground pods of the peanut vine.
Peas are legumes, too. And beano beans. Definitely good ammo. for table fun.
Kate, IBS-D.
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I have not had a problem with Organic Creamy no sugar PB, maybe cuz it's all natural? Amazingly found it at Sam's Club, so waaay cheaper than HFS.
I can handle ~1/2-1 tbsp openfaced on sourdough and make a great Thai Peanut Sauce for noodles or rice & steamed veggies
my fav is 1 tsp mixed in Chocolate Rice Milk Ice Cream, always after a SF meal though
Organic Nut butter site
PB is my guaranteed instant fix for hiccups too. Haven't tried it on empty, we'll see next time I get hiccups!
 Christy
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