the safest veggies
#251375 - 03/10/06 10:12 AM
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Please offer some suggestions about the safest veggies (and fruit) for my daughter's IBS (C right now, though D before beginning this diet). My daughter has limited herself to squash and carrots for now, and the pains have subsided. Now she needs more fiber and variety in her diet.
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-Potatoes
-Sweet potatoes are an excellent source of nutrients
-Mango (some people have trouble with this but I'm fine with it.)
-Parsnip
-Turnip is quite safe but have SF with it
-Blueberries (helps me go. have this is Sf as well)
-Zuchinni
-Beets.
Thats all I can think of right now. HTH!
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You should check out the Cheat Sheet that's available under the IBS Diet & Recipes link (under the section How to Eat for IBS). It lists safe SF foods, including vegetables and fruits, IF foods that you need to eat safely, and triggers that should be avoided. It's a really handy little list that you can print out.
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My safest bets for healthy vegetables are sweet potatoes, zucchinni, and cooked greens like spinach or chard (some people like to puree these to make them more digestable, but I do fine with just sauteeing them.) Some others that I can personally tolerate (as long as they're cooked pretty well) are bell peppers, asparagus, green beans, and mushrooms. In fact, the only veggies I really don't eat are cruceriferous ones like broccoli and cauliflower. As far as fruit, I eat bananas every day, and I can also do pears, peaches, most berries (watch out for lots of seeds) and small amounts of apples. I can also eat dried fruits like dried apricots, cherries, and apple rings, as long as I take Beano and digestive enzymes first.
Everyone's different, so keep experimenting. Hope that helps!
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I have D and eat the following without trouble:
Potato, mushroom, very well cooked and squishy asparagus, yams, avocados, very small amounts of sauteed red onion or broccoli (I steam the broccoli), bananas, mangoes, apples (I use fugi apples to make applesauce. I don't eat the apple raw.), small amounts of strawberries, and all of these dried as well. The mango and banana, I think, are the safest of the fruit.  I also make a lot of fruit smoothies. I can get my fruit that way and it is so blended up by the time I get it that it digests much more easily.
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ugh... I am working on this, but many fruits and veggies are very hard on me.
safe:
bananas (although I hear they are constipating for C?)
mangoes
applesauce
apples (cooked and peeled)
carrots
sweet potatoes (no peeeling)
plain potatoes
squash and pumpkin
cooked blueberries
cooked strawberries (as long as its with a SF base)
mashed green peas(well cooked)
 I wish I could tolerate more variety, I love veggies of all sorts but a major trigger for me.
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Thanks for the list. I've passsed it on to my daughter. What do you take for fiber? What kind of veggies or other food do you find you can tolerate without it giving you gas, etc? My daughter finds that even whole wheat bread gives her gas...
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I use Heather's Acacia fiber and use Bean-O for the gas. Bean-O works extremely well for me. There isn't anything I can take alone w/o getting gas. But the safest seem to be breads and rice. Mushrooms are pretty easy on me. I always just take a Bean-O with my first bite and the gas stays away. Your daughter may have to try a few things for gas before she finds one that works for her body as we're all so different. Best of luck to her.
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Hohoyumyum's given you some really great tips! I would also like to add that I can tolerate mushrooms, carrots, potatoes, sweet potatoes just fine. Basically, I can tolerate any vegetable and fruit listed on Heather's SF list. I can also tolerate quite a bit of the vegetables listed on her IF list if they're well-cooked, mashed, or pureed and served with a good base of SF (like white rice or potatoes or bread). I think you can help your daughter by making sure her vegetables are finely chopped, pureed, or cooked. This will make it easier for her to digest. Also, drinking fennel tea will help with the gas.
Whole wheat bread is not recommended for IBSers because it's high in IF (insoluble fiber). So, this is more difficult to digest, which will cause gas and other IBS symptoms.
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SO you take beano with every meal, every day?
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Is Beano a safe enough product to take so frequently?
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WELL-COOKED!
#252791 - 03/17/06 02:50 PM
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The safest veggies are those that are cooked REAL well. Veggie soup totally ROCKS! But I'd suggest staying clear of all cabbage, cooked or not; it's hard on the digestion. Ditto with broccoli.
Fruit needs to be peeled. Take that apple, for instance: peel it first! The skin is too tough on the digestion. The best fruit for IBS-ers is mango or papaya. I buy the frozen kind and just let it defrost. YUMMM! In fact, I had some just about an hour ago -- with a sliced banana. To die for.
Fix your daughter -- better yet, teach her how to fix it herself -- a fruit smoothie: soy "ice cream" with a banana, honey, and fruit of her choice. My fave? WILD Blueberries! I get that frozen as well. If your daughter is a "C", then blueberries really help in that department. I'm a "D", so I have to go light on em, unfortunately.
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Food processed veggies/fruits are MUCH easier to tolerate when stable. I find digestive enzymes (when taken regularily) & Beano effective aids.
Kate, IBS-D.
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To my knowledge it is. Does anyone else have any info on BeanO?
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Could you explain what exactly you take for digestive enzymes? Is there any brand that is better than others?
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If you run a search, you'll find a tremendous amount of information about enzymes/brands, etc.
I take an enzyme pill which helps me breakdown the components of food, i.e. protease (for protein), amylase (for carbohydrates), and lipase (for fats). The pill also contains such features as Betaine HCI, Ox Bile extract, Bromelain, Pepsin, Papain, & Cellulase. Vegetarian enzymes are also available. For gas naturally occurring from eating carbohydrates, I use a product called "Beano."
When I take these pills, and I'm stable, I can consume most plant originated foods without discomfort.
I food process most of my vegetables. It may be interpretted as either adult babyfood or gourmet sauces. They can easily be smoothies or shakes. With this tool, I can enjoy the anti-oxidants/nutrients & fiber. I can even tolerate small quantities of beans/legumes, when stable, if well food processed. (i.e. hummus or lentil soup or other bean sauces, dips) Berries, in season, are a delightful treat, in small quantities. As usual, caution must be exercised/apply. Too much will give me an attack. Also too little will cause discomfort & ill health. Seriously, though, Beano helps with notoriously gassy foods.
Kate, IBS-D.
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