Soluble fiber cereals?
#28395 - 11/22/03 10:43 AM
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fishnets
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I was wondering if you guys could tell me some soluble fiber cereals to get. I have oatmeal and Cheerios..what else is there? I saw on the site it said rice cereals, but I don't know which ones (Rice Crispies has no fiber  ).
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Actually, rice crispies are soluble. Apparently, there is a lot of discrepancies when it comes to soluble fiber info for products. Some safe cereals I can think of right now: grits, cream of rice, honeycomb, rice chex, corn chex, crispix....if you do a search, there have been a couple of threads going where people posted their cereals they prefer.
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maybe you could check out a specialty store, such as Whole Foods or Wheatsville Co-op? They have SO MANY cool, soluble fiber cereals... the cereal isle itself is a treat!  ) Let me know if you go and find one you like...Barbara's makes some awesome stuff, and I also like Quaker Oatmeal Squares a TON. )
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Ufff I'm so mad. I ate Cheerios yesterday and today, and both days I noticed my IBS symptoms to be worse  Guess I'll stick to the lower fiber ones. I'm not sure if oatmeal makes my symptoms slightly worse, I know when I eat it, it feels "heavy" in my stomach. I'll have to eat it for a few days and see if it makes me more bloated. I don't live near any health food stores, but my grocery store has a "Wild Harvest" section which has a bunch of organic cereals, I'll check those out.
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Edited by fishnets (11/22/03 09:41 PM)
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Oatmeal sits heavy in everyone's stomach; the expression "it sticks to your ribs" has some scientific vailidity, however (loosely). In Heather's book, she has recommends oats for IBS (soluble fiber) as it is a stabilizer and calms the tummy and intestines; Eating for IBS (the book) has good recipes using it.... i like the one with blueberries and soy milk... )
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Try rice crunch ems made by Healthy Valley. You can get this in any grocery store and there are completely IBS safe.
I have a small bowl with soy dream original soy milk and I don't get that overfull feeling after eating it. I can't do oats to well soo I stick with rice cereal products. Hope you like them if you try them... 
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Yeah but then shouldn't Cheerios be safe for me? They've been making my IBS worse
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Some with IBS can't tolerate oatmeal, and since they're made with oats, it might be the same. How do you feel after eating regular oatmeal? Maybe try switching to something else and see if that works.
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I know this isn't a cereal...but some other breakfast ideas include toast, bagels (make sure they don't contain high fructose corn syrup or oil), or egg white omelette/srambled egg whites. I hope this gives you a couple more ideas...good luck!
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Fishnets, have you tried Honeycombs? Oats bother me sometimes, too, and Honeycomb are one of the safest things for me to eat! Also, are you using soy milk on the cereal? Sometimes that makes me gassy. You might want to try using Beano beforehand or using rice milk instead!
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I read somewhere that they add fat to Cheerios - so -- if you are sensitive .... it may be the fat that is upsetting your IBS. I know fat is my big trigger.
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I dont know whether you guys from the USA have the same cereals as us brits...but are regular conrflakes and rice krispies soluble fiber and therefore safe to eat???
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Also, are you using soy milk on the cereal? Sometimes that makes me gassy. You might want to try using Beano beforehand or using rice milk instead!
Yeah I use soy milk, I'm fine with that though. It's just the past couple days that I ate Cheerios that I noticed more symptoms, normally I eat low fiber cereals like Corn Pops, Cocoa Puffs, etc. I'm going to buy some Rice Crispies tomorrow when I go food shopping Thanks for all the help guys!
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I've read this entire discussion, and all I can say is I can't eat any of the cereals mentioned because of the additives in them.
What I have for breakfast EVERY MORNING (for the past 14 years) is a bagel with babyfood fruit sauce (usually pear or blueberry/apple sauce), which I use as an additive-free, sugar-free substitute for jam. It probably isn't all that nutritious, but it tastes good!
Belinda
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Are multi grain cheerios okay? Or are regular better?
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I'm able to tolerate multi-grain okay. You could probably even put some sliced banana in there to up the soluble, just to be safe. 
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Rice Krispies are one of my tried and true safe foods. So easy to digest.
Did you know that Mr. Kellog originally invented corn flakes as an easy to digest health food for people in the hospital?
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Thanks for your info on this and the pasta. Ill have to get Corn Flakes, although I don't usually think of hospital food as something to put on my list  ...I am now eating the last of my SAFE chocolate rice krispy treats even though I made them today (just say oink oink, but how can I help it when they're not bad for me?). This site is the best. THanks again!
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hi Mags; DOES multigrain have whole wheat in it or other grains.
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hi Laura; THAT is interesting to know. How are you doing? I am still trying thr acacia, despite other factors.
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hI Belinda; ARE addtives a side issue for you as well as ibs?
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Let's see...the box says, 5 lightly sweetened whole grains. Ingredients are: whole grain corn, whole grain oats, brown sugar, whole grain barley, whole grain rice, whole wheat, corn starch, corn bran, salt, canola oil, and a bunch of vitamins. Cant be a lot of canola oil though, theres 1 gram of fat per serving, and it says 3 dietary fiber, although Im not sure how that breaks down.
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Hi, Louise, doing well with my tummy not so good with other things today. thanks for asking.
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This doesn't have fiber in it, at least not that I know of but I seem able to tolerate Frosted Flakes. I wouldn't over do it though, just in case.
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