What triggered me?
#309840 - 06/25/07 07:33 PM
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Having some bad intestinal issues tonight, and I think it may have been something in my dinner. I have been having problems for the past few days, but it got worse tonight, about an hour after eating.
For dinner I had some tuna patties I made. The ingredients:
1 can tuna
2 egg whites
1/4 cup yellow cornmeal
10 fat free saltine crackers
1/4 tsp onion powder
1 tsp canola oil
This made two patties, and I ate one of them. I also had an iffy lunch (Pad Thai), but I was okay all afternoon, and since the trouble began so shortly after dinner I feel like it was something in the tuna patty. Before eating it I had 2 teaspoons of Acacia powder in water, which I usually have at breakfast and dinner.
Any ideas?
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Lisa
IBS-A, Interstitial Cystitis, Migraines
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Was the tuna in water or oil? if it was in oil, that is probably what affected you. I can't see anything else that would have. Have you had Tuna before with no problems?
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Only use tuna packed in water and don't use onion powder.
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The tuna was in water and I have eaten it many times before with no problems. Usually I eat it straight out of can once drained.
Unless cornmeal can be problematic, the only thing I can think of that might have caused it is the oil, but it was such a small amount I thought it would be fine. I have not used canola oil much before though.
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Lisa
IBS-A, Interstitial Cystitis, Migraines
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I am IBS-A. For the past few months, I usually can't go unless I have gas and bloating. The next morning after the gas has passed I have D (sometimes with cramps) and can get it out.
So you think it may have been the onion powder?
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Lisa
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I was IBS-A but now that I have my IF/SF ratio right I am predominatly IBS-D. Onion powder and onions definitely give me problems. Onion is relatively high in IF and sulphur containing compounds.
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Okay I will skip the onion powder next time. Thanks for your help!
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Lisa
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Tuna is one of those fish that are very high in chemical residue (mercury, pcb's, etc). They say you should stay away from tuna if possible. Children should never eat it, and neither should pregnant women. Maybe you are sensitive to one of the chemicals. There are many other "cleaner" fish choices.
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I also have terrible trouble with onions (but I'm C, not D). Also, onion and garlic powders have a tendency to become RANCID over time, which, for me---makes the problem even worse.
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I'm still awaiting Heather's books, so I don't know where she stands on food-combining, but I know that I for one would not DARE combine a sweet starch (cornmeal) with an oily fish-protein food in the same meal. My gut gives me a cramp for even thinking about ingesting this combination...
something to consider
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