Who can still eat whole fruit?
#208814 - 08/26/05 11:11 AM
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I am a long time IBS-D sufferer who mostly lurks on this board. I was diagnosed in 1997 after losing more thant 10 lbs in a week because I couldn't keep anything in my system (also about the time I started having "stage fright" in graduate school--got sick every time I had to present things).
I know my IBS is not as severe as many of the people here, and I have had a lot of success going on the allergy shots (my old gastro was working on a study that says if you have crud in your intestine from allergy drainage, ew, that can trigger or increase IBS)--
What I wanted to know is how many of you are able to eat fruit plain? I never seem to have too much trouble with eating fruit with the skin on--plums, apples, peaches, blueberries, etc. Raisins also don't trigger a reaction.
Am I the only one eating fruit without cooking/peeling/pureeing it first?
Meredith
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Hi Merideth, Nope, I always have a banana and apple with lunch, although bananas are SF. I do eat the apple skin.
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Not me. I'm afraid even to eat the fruit, these days.
Kate, IBS-D, nearly A.
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#208841 - 08/26/05 12:20 PM
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Augie
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Can you eat fresh fruits (NOT cooked with the skin on too, if not on an empty tummy?
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I will peel something with a really tough skin, like an apple. And I won't have a huge amount, and I won't do this if I'm at all touchy. But when I'm stable I try to have as much fresh fruit as possible, and having a piece for dessert works really well. If I really want to cram in more fruit, I'll make a smoothie. 
-H
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I can eat decent amounts of bananas, apples, and peaches without any problem, although bananas are usually the only one I'll risk on an empty stomach. I can also eat smaller amounts of berries and melons after a meal, although I'm really careful with seedier berries like strawberries and raspberries.
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That would be awesome to bite into a fresh juicy golden delicious apple this fall...skin and all!
You're season is coming, Kree.
I think I do better with the strawberries than I would with an apple. Do you have diverticulitis too?
I think I may just try an apple and see how it goes!
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#208918 - 08/26/05 03:01 PM
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atomic rose
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I eat berries whole and fresh every single morning, and I LOVE my nectarines, peaches, and plumcots (they're a weird hybrid between plums and apricots and they are SO GOOD). Oh, and grapes! Can't forget those! About the only fruit I don't eat skin-on is apples, but that's mostly because I don't like apples much to begin with except in things where they'd normally be peeled anyway - like apple pie, heh.
I don't necessarily eat them on a full(er) stomach, either, but I do make sure to have soluble fiber with them... and I've been totally fine.
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Cyndy
#208920 - 08/26/05 03:06 PM
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atomic rose
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Do you have diverticulitis? If so, I'm totally amazed you can eat strawberries. I don't have it, but my father did (well, I guess he technically still does), and he was told by his doctor to avoid nuts and seeds, even the tiny ones in strawberries.
I'm not meaning to be a downer or anything.  I actually always thought that he'd probably be able to get away with strawberries, but hey, I'm no doctor. LOL
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