Vegans?
#331626 - 06/26/08 06:24 PM
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uwponine
Reged: 03/19/05
Posts: 209
Loc: Wisconsin
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Just wondering if there are those who've had success living on this diet while being vegan. ut being vegan I'm finding to be even more challenging. I was veg for a long time but made the transition 2 years ago. Looking for others to share my experiences with. 
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IBS-C with major bloat!
Gluten Free Vegan
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I don't know if it helps, but I've found that most days I end up eating a vegan diet. Especially since I have cut out all dairy.
My main staples are:Avocados, bananas, mangoes, Baby Carrots, Almond Milk, Fresh Italian Bread, Organic Coconut Oil, Tofu, Rice (Rose and Sushi Rice are my favorites), Baked Potatoes, etc.
I also eat, Asparagus (grilled), blueberries, Pineapple, Apples (no more than 1/2 at a time), Peaches (frozen in smoothies), Sugar Snap Peas (Steamed), Green beans (Steamed), Luna Bars, Tofutti Better than Cream Cheese, Raisin Toast, etc.
FWIW. I'm very new to all of this.
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"Learn to write your hurts in the sand and your benefits in stone . . ."
IBS-A, predominantly D, Gas & bloating.
Chronic Migraines
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I don't actually consider myself vegan, although I eat no diary products. I do eat egg whites, though. I get the eggs from a local person who treats his chickens with love and respect. So technically I'm not vegan, but I am definitely vegetarian. I have made a list of 72 safe meals and continually search for more. I've found substituting soy or rice milk and cheese products in recipes works quite well, and because I eat a lot of meat substitutes I can use almost any recipe I find and make the proper adjustments. I got a couple of vegan cookbooks and they were quite good, but required a lot of time and some rather exotic ingredients. Now I use regular recipes. You do have to be "intentional" about what you eat, and take vitamins to be sure you're getting a balanced diet, but after making some mistakes, I find I can combine my veg lifestyle with the EFI diet quite well. I can't eat raw food or a lot of veggies in a day, which is somewhat limiting, but it can work. Nice to meet another veg!
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Would you mind sharing your recipes? I was stable for years, living off veggies and whole grains, mainly. Suddenly, I've really regressed and am starting over. Right now my main battle I think, anyway, is my ibs-c and delayed gastric emptying. So, just trying to find a new approach and hey, talking to others never hurt!
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Gluten Free Vegan
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I am transisitioning to a veggie diet. I also get eggs from a workmate with a hobby farm and I am still eating seafood. I don't have as much problem with IF as some do, so there really isn't a grain or veg I can't eat (I still always have SF but the IF doesn't bother me). So the EFI diet is great for vegans. It is so much easier to buy IBS safe food at a HFS or natural food dept which is where veggies usually shop.
One kavetch I have lately is that so many soy burgers have cheese in them! I accidentally bought one that had cheese as the second ingredient so I am more careful now but many of the choices have cheese! 
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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