Why are eggs a problem...
#181433 - 05/26/05 03:06 PM
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Is it because of the fat in the yolk or something else? Are some of you able to cope with eggs? A lot of my immediatey family are vegetarians and egg mayonnaise is a favourite sandwich filler?
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Judith
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Egg yolks are a problem. Egg whites are just fine. If you can find a fat free mayo that doesn't have things like dairy in it, you can use it to your heart's content.
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Yep, some of us can deal with eggs. Egg yolks don't seem to bother me. IBS is SUCH an individual thing, though. Something that's a trigger for me, may not bother you in the least. I've gotten so sometimes I cook with whole eggs & sometimes I don't, but that's just me.
But if you are still figuring stuff out, I would avoid the yolks for awhile.
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I have absolutely no idea why eggs don't agree with me. It could be an IBS thing or it could be totally me, but even egg whites make me feel super queasy. I'm ok with small amounts of eggs baked into things, or even occasionally cassaroles with egg in them, but an omlette is more than I can deal with. Who knows??? 
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I'm pretty sure it's the fat in the yolk. The egg whites aren't fatty.
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but figure since the eggs are distributed thoughout the entire loaf, it is safe, unlike eating an egg yolk straight up.
the fat conent of a piece is only 2 grams which is pretty equivalent to breads made without eggs. So a sandwhich with egg whites or 99% fat free turkey on the bread is only a total of 4-6 grams total fat for the meal. Some of Heather's recipes have TOTAL fat greater than this, so I figure I am safe?
Someone correct me if I am wrong.
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eggs have made me want to throw up. That, sauerkraut, pckled beets, and coleslaw, are the only seriously gross foods to me.
I get a gut ache when I eat eggs afterward, and I have to choke them down in any form. When I was on the South Beach diet I nearly died when i had to have eggs every breakfast. Yuch!!
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I always thought that the reason egg yolks were a trigger was just because they were high in fat, so as long as they were diluted, they were fine. I went back and read what it said in "The First Year" and it looks like there may be more to it than that for people with constipation:
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Meat, dairy products, and egg yolks are particularly dangerous for all aspects of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. In some people their high fat content causes violent, rapid colon spasms and triggers diarrhea. Alternately, for others their heavy animal proteins, complete lack of fiber, and very low water content can lead to drastically slowed colon contractions (or one prolonged colon spasm, which is extremely painful) and severe constipation. No matter what Irritable Bowel Syndrome symptoms you're prone to, these three categories of foods pose high risks and are really best eliminated from your diet altogether.
This excerpt is also on the Website here.
For an excellent post on the problem with including any trigger foods in your diet before you're stable, you might want to take a look at this.
HTH.
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Kandee 
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You're probably saying the same thing, but some folks cannot digest the proteins found in eggs. Similar to gluten intollerance as it's the protein that's the problem here as well. I can handle 1 or 2 eggs ok, but anymore and I feel nausea/sick/bloated. Blech!
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