Back to basics: do carrots have to be cooked to become pure soluble fiber?
#189872 - 06/28/05 02:23 PM
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lithelady
Reged: 08/15/03
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Loc: Novato, CA
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In the beginning of learning this diet I got this impression. Today I just realized that I never confirmed this. In HVV's books it doesn't say specifically. I only eat baby carrots so would these be OK uncooked? I'd still grind them up in the food processor but it'd be great if I didn't have to take the time to cook them always.
Thanks.
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Many years of C-IBS and pain too for past 2 years-
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Actually I think they do need to be cooked. They make me sick when I eat them raw.
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Patricia Buzo
IBS-C and Crohn's Disease
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And I'm okay with them raw, usually. However, they are more easily digested cooked.
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I was not aware when I started the diet that carrots needed to be cooked. I actually got stable while munching on raw baby carrots all the time. I still eat them now very often. But I am pretty good with raw veggies all around. Also I think because I eat them as a snacky kind of thing I do better, that is I eat them slowly. Sometimes I cook them and have with rice and get bloated afterward, I think this is because I eat too many too fast.
So to be safe they should be cooked but some people can handle raw. 
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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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The nutrient value of carrots is increased by cooking. Apparently the rawness of the carrot interferes with the absorption of all the good things about carrots. So, if you want to absorb the nutrition of the carrot, I advise cooking it! Otherwise, it just shoots through you.
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Carrots have a high percentage of SF, but some IF too. If you cook, chop finely or puree them, you minimise the effects of the IF on your tum, making them safer. But the ratio of SF to IF is still the same.
So it's just up to you whether you can tolerate the IF in it's normal form. I do better with them cooked, but then I tend to be very sensitive to IF.
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Thanks Linz.
ARe you D, C or A? Reason I ask is that I'm having a tough time figuring out how much insoluble fiber I can eat and you seem very knowledgeable about this diet. I'm severe C. Txs.
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