I just want a big salad!!!!!!!
#226110 - 11/18/05 04:35 PM
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rumblytummy
Reged: 11/11/05
Posts: 5
Loc: vancouver island BC Canada
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Hi I am new to the board and currently in the process of getting tested for IBS (long storey,I have always been C but latley it been D) any ways I have been eating the safe foods for two weeks now almost exclusively (soluble fiber foods)and have been more normal than ever before. I am waiting for the book to arive, And I am having day dreams of stcking my head in the crisper and having a feast. My diet before this was mostly fresh fruit and veggies and whole grains ( I havent had white bread since I was a kid and now i eat it all the time) So can I eat fresh raw foods at all? please help I feel like I'm going to get scurvy or somthing. 
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LOL - I love the crisper dream! If you are feeling stable and up to it, you can try a little of something. But, it took me a really long time to get brave enough to do that. And, I rarely do it now. I am fine with salad, but they are small and at the end of a meal - I wouldn't dare have an entire salad as a meal!  Some are not fine with it at all though. How do you feel about eating veggies/fruits cooked? It does make them easier to digest.
Glad you are feeling better so far!
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I like salads of cooked veggies. Much safer.
Kate, IBS-D.
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I'm IBS-D, and when I'm stable I can eat a salad for dinner with rye crackers or sourdough bread. The secret is that I use non-fat Thousand Island dressing (by Kraft) and put a lot of cooked curly pasta in the salad to give it that soluble fiber. And I have my Acacia before eating. Once a week is okay for me. But I know it's not for everyone.
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It's when the contents of the "salad" are cooked, unless of course they are fruit. It's more a plate of assorted cooked veggies/fruits. I love "mushroom" oriented salads. Often I'll eat cooked/pureed greens (i.e. spinach) as a part of a "salad." Potatoe salad is another example. I love composing arrangements of veggies or fruits and giving them a theme or mood. If they are centered around components high in SF they are rather safe, i.e. Beets, carrots, zucchini, potatoe, mushrooms, avocado, etc.
Kate.
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if you're stable, you could add a couple of raw cherry tomatoes or chopped baby spinach to this? Sometimes, I'll prepare my vegetables cooked or pureed, but then I'll eat a couple of raw tomatoes slices or cherry tomatoes or have one little raw baby carrot just to satisfy that craving for raw vegetables. I do the same with fruit, where I'll mush it, puree it, cook it, whatever, but then keep one fresh slice (like with apples). It works for me: satisfying and no attacks.
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I sure do! And I do that myself. I love raw mushrooms!!! Sometimes I get Matchstick carrots and toss a few in. Cucumber, a handful of lettuce or baby spinach, (in a sandwich/"salad" or vegetable/fruit arrangement) scallions/herbs/apple/pear/banana/mango/kiwi/papaya/avocado/peach slices -- all the way! You'll know pretty quickly whether or not it's a good habit.
Kate.
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thanks! I'm staying away from it for now but when I'm stable I"m glad to know I can still have some now and then. 
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Hello RumblyTumbly,
I've had this IBS cramping for four months now,and whatever I eat,or drink I get cramping and loud stomach noises. May I ask since you are getting normalized,what exactly do you eat and drink? if you don't mind me asking. Everybody is different I know,but I'm so tired of this constant pain,all I eat is oatmeal and applesauce and even water to me tastes terrible these days. Thank You.
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Perhaps omitting the oatmeal and trying more gentle grains might ease your cramping? Rice is nice. Maybe potatoes?
If you are consistently getting cramps, try another cereal.
Kate, IBS-D.
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The IF in the oatmeal (since it is a wholegrain) might be too much for you right now. I would recommend a hot rice cereal or a dry cereal like Crispix. Are you drinking herbal tea? Peppermint tea before a meal or chamomile after a meal works really well on cramps.
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I'm a "D" who has gotten pretty stable and maintained stability for quite a long time now.
I know how you feel about the big salad and raw fruit and whole grains. Oh yeah. I came from California. So it was very difficult for me to go onto this program. But I did it because I was desperate for relief from the pain. That was all I wanted, even more than a big red juicy apple. I stuck with the program RELIGIOUSLY for a very long time. And I got better.
Now I have discovered I can tolerate coffee again -- YAAAY -- and even dead cow carcass! Can you believe it? Dark turkey meat goes down just fine, and I always eat whole wheat breads. Yes, I have a nice big salad every night for dinner, and for dessert I have a nice, big juicy apple or a big orange, pineapple, whatever I want. (Okay, so I may never have broccoli or cabbage again, and probably not any dairy either, but that's do-able.)
So stick with it -- you WILL get better. The day WILL come when you will have a green salad again. Just don't push it. Try to focus on that phenomenal sourdough bread -- oooooh baby! -- and home-made vegetable soup. I LOVE home-made soups! Try a cream of potato soup (but use soy milk!), and maybe some Beer Bread. I have a fabulous recipe for Beer Bread (it's in the Recipe Board), and it goes great with home made lentil soup.
Don't get discouraged; just reach for the goal. You'll get there.
Bevvy
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