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Thanks Heather. Any reason why the pea proteins would cause bloating/gas? I don't see any triggers on the ingredient list.
Also, I noticed that clif bars are on your safe snacks list, but they contain inulin (chicory root), which I thought was a trigger for IBS. Are they still safe?
I am also trying to follow a low fodmap diet and noticed that a lot of things such as avocado, onions, garlic, beans, honey, etc. should be avoided, but these are used in a lot of recipes in your cookbook. The low fodmap diet also says that eggs are ok to eat, but you listed them as a trigger. Could you please clarify? All this information is making me so confused!
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Hi - you really need to work with a dietitian if you want to follow the FODMAPS approach. This is a highly, highly individualized approach. The point is to find your specific (if any) FODMAPS sensitivities. It takes a few months to do that, and you have to do it methodically and carefully.
What you don't want is to eliminate all FODMAPS, forever and ever - that's not the point of that diet, and it would leave you with serious nutritional shortfalls.
Start with the eating for IBS diet foundation - eliminate the trigger foods completely (red meat, dairy, greasy foods, coffee, soda pop, alcohol).
Get a soluble fiber foundation to all meals and snacks.
Use that foundation to carefully add as much insoluble fiber as you can, following the guidelines (cook, chop, blend, etc. these foods to break down the insoluble fiber before you even eat it).
That's your baseline - see how you do. If you need to, add in the FODMAPs on top of that - but seriously, work with a dietitian trained in both IBS and FODMAPs diet issues to do this safely and effectively. It's a very personal diet, so once you find your specific FODMAPs triggers, modify recipes to suit those needs. Almost any recipes I have you can likely easily modify to suit your own FODMAPS needs - but you have to find those needs first. It's not a blanket exclusion of all things for all people.
Clif bars didn't used to have inulin. Always read ingredients - things change constantly. You made a really good catch with the inulin in these bars - avoid inulin like the plague. I'll update the snack list.
Egg yolks are a trigger due to high fat - whites are fine. Small amounts of yolks can be safe - you can't go fat free, but go low fat.
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Thank you! I was just very confused b/c my GI doctor told me to follow a fodmap diet and almost all the websites I have been on are saying the same.
Can you please tell me why the pea protein powders I listed may cause gas and bloating? the ingredients looked safe to me.
Do you recommend any safe brands?
I also found a recipe for "banana ice cream", which is made from simply blending 2-3 frozen bananas. Since bananas are a 'safe' food, would this be safe to eat? Just wanted to make sure since it does use more than one banana and that is the only ingredient.
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Also, what do you think of this protein powder? (It's not pea)
http://www.vitaminshoppe.com/p/garden-of-life-raw-protein-chocolate-cacao-650-g-powder/gu-7031#.VcQqPELOY_s
I have trouble with whole grains, but this is made from sprouted brown rice. It also has 4g of soluble and only 1g of insoluble fiber.
Ingredients:
ORGANIC RAW SPROUT BLEND (ORGANIC SPROUTED BROWN RICE PROTEIN, ORGANIC AMARANTH SPROUT, ORGANIC QUINOA SPROUT, ORGANIC MILLET SPROUT, ORGANIC BUCKWHEAT SPROUT, ORGANIC GARBANZO BEAN SPROUT, ORGANIC KIDNEY BEAN SPROUT, ORGANIC LENTIL SPROUT, ORGANIC ADZUKI BEAN SPROUT, ORGANIC FLAX SEED SPROUT, ORGANIC SUNFLOWER SEED SPROUT, ORGANIC PUMPKIN SEED SPROUT, ORGANIC CHIA SEED SPROUT, ORGANIC SESAME SEED SPROUT)
Other Ingredients:
RAW natural chocolate flavor, RAW organic cacao, RAW organic stevia (leaf), RAW natural vanilla flavor, Brewer's years (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Natto. Contains (fermented) soy.
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Last question I promise! 
I have this sugar free syrup I haven't opened or used yet and I was wondering if it was safe.
(It is by the company Walden Farms, so it is calorie-free as well, so no carbs/fiber)
Ingredients*: Triple Filtered Purified Water, Caramel Flavor, Vegetable Fiber, Caramel Color, Natural Flavors, Vanilla, Sucralose, Food Color, Sea Salt, Potassium Sorbate (To Preserve Freshness)
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For sucralose info: http://www.helpforibs.com/news/newsletter/081005.html#askheather
Vegetable fiber, if isn't countable on the nutritional profile label is very minimal, but it can be high in insoluble in larger quantity.
You have the books' info and you can also do a search on ingredients on this site and searching the internet.
Edited by sgcray (08/07/15 10:55 AM)
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If using as a dessert, eat maybe 1/2 a banana's worth of it.
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At Sprout's there are soy protein isolate, brown rice protein isolate and the eggwhite powder. All had minimal ingredients like vanilla flavoring and maybe a little lecithin. If you want to no-cal. sweeten it, try a little pure stevia powder;Doesn't take much. As far as wanting fiber in it;There is the acacia powder or the fiber from the fruits.
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as not everyone with IBS has troubles with other components in dairy products. This has been shown clearly by the Monash group where they used whey in some of their clinical trials and showed it was not a trigger. Give lactose free a try and see if it works for you as there is no single rule about dairy and IBS management 
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