Beans for ibs-d
#370346 - 10/01/13 09:29 PM
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bkatz
Reged: 10/01/13
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I've been dealing with ibs-d for a while. I've tried a lot of different things
Then, I noticed when I went to Mexico, it seemed to clear up
In Mexico, I ate pinto beans with almost every meal
So I tried eating pinto beans WITH dinner back at home in the US.
Apparently, ironically, BEANS helped me. I had always avoided beans because i've always worried beans would make it worse.
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the inside creamy part. The tougher outside skin is more insoluble fiber.
As long as beans are well-cooked till very tender, and you give your gut time to adjust to eating them if you haven't been, they're usually very tolerable. Beans have raffinose, a bean sugar, and your gut literally has to learn to digest that. But it only takes about a week of small quantities for that to happen.
Having them with rice or with corn tortillas would up the soluble fiber even more.
I cook with all kinds of beans (and lentils) - pintos, white beans, chickpeas. As long as I get them really tender and creamy (for chickpeas I usually puree) I have no problem with them. I do eat them with other soluble fiber foods - I wouldn't sit down to just a bowl of beans - but overall they are something I add to many, many recipes.
Best,
H
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I also often eat beans. Only if it are canned beans I will rins them with cold water first. Nice to read you can eat them. 
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I have not yet added back any beans into my diet. I am one that
gets cramps and lots of gas . But I want to try adding them
back to my diet in small quantities.
What is the easiest one to digest ? And are you referring to the canned
beans or the dry beans that you soak and cook yourself ? I've never had luck
with cooking up dried beans, as they are never as tender as the canned beans.
I've heard that cooking the dried ( soaked first ) beans in a pressure cooker might work better ? But I've never tried that either.
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I'd still cook them till very tender, puree till smooth, and have just a few spoonfuls with another soluble fiber foundation. Start slowly, increase gradually, get your gut used to digesting raffinose, the bean sugar.
I'd start with either lentils or white beans such as Great Northern or Navy, or Pinto beans. They seem to have more tender skins than black beans.
Best,
Heather
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How are sprouts tolerated compared to beans ?
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they're one of the few high insoluble fiber foods that I can't find a safe way to eat. Alfalfa are the worst, mung beans I can do a small portion with a soluble fiber foundation (pad thai!).
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