Hi Elizabeth!
I just read something really neat re: babies and fruit. Note: I now follow a pretty low residue diet and just about all of my symptoms have subsided. I'm still experimenting too!
For babies under 8 months, it is recommended that all fruit is cooked, i.e. steamed/stewed, prior to blenderizing! Henceforth, I deduce, that is why most IBS'ers are so successful with applesauce! I tried it today with strawberries with tremendous success. It was delicious. The only thing I may do, to ammend this idea is incorporate a little applesauce or something to that effect with the berries. It was more readily digestible than raw pureed strawberries. Perhaps cooking helped breakdown some of the fibers/sugars and a little water made everything more soluable?
Veggies are generally more challenging. I won't touch anything raw ever again. It's too painfully agonizing for me. When you toss some veggies in a juicer, though, the fiber factor that causes obscene pain, etc. and often triggers attacts, is eliminated. Basically, all I used to do was toss some assorted veggies/fruits in the juicer. I haven't done this in awhile, though. I found I was more successful with veg. juices than fruit being a D'er. Carrot, beet, greens, celery, cucumber juices tended to sit the best with me. I might toss in a little apple as natural sweetener, though. I've never juiced zucchini.
Another thing I do, is use fine chopping/shredding devices before cooking anything. Usually with sf it sits well with me. With greens, I find a source of pectin and/or sf helps make it more digestible. I've been adapting babyfood recipes with great success. Now that I think of it, the reason that applesauce is so effective is because it is a source of pectin as well.
If I come up with anything else, I'll share.
Welcome back.
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