Not telling people exactly what they can and can't eat is a big irritation for new people- who rightly would rather have others tell them what's ok than try to experiment with everything. But the reason people don't like to do this is that they could say "oh I eat this just fine all the time" and then it makes the new person (who's tummy is more sensitive) really ill and the other person would feel pretty bad. So most posters just try to give the safest advice so that at least they don't make the newbie worse. And things are so individual too. Like with bananas- some love em some hate em. Personally I never puree my veggies and I sometimes eat raw veggies. Lettuce on sandwiches sometimes bothers me. I do eat broccoli and cauliflower and asparagus etc, but I wouldn't want to recommend that. I can say that whirled or pureed peas, green beans and very cooked spinach seem to be the easiest insoluble veggies to tolerate. Soluble veggies of course are a great place to start and build on. Root veggies are so easily tolerated, cooked well. From there you have to experiment for yourself. Maybe the insoluble part of the diet won't be so touchy with you (like me- it is fat that bothers me most.) But we can't predict what won't bother you. I hope the advice helps!
-------------------- 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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