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I was at the mall, this morning and bought a bottle of water from a place that sells salads. I started to laugh when the lady asked me if I wanted a salad (sorry, I look like a girl that eat salads if that makes any sense). In general, I've decided that those "leaves of grass" aren't worth the effort.
(I seem to have the same problem with celery, too, incidentally) Ironically, I have tried "salad smoothies"--quite frankly that doesn't make a wit of difference. My body still spits it out unchanged and really quickly. If anything, liquifying the lettuces just accelerates the downloading process. I think I'll just accept it and let the rabbits eat salad. Oh, one more thing, it doesn't matter if the salad greens are organic or not--same splatter. Honestly, in following the EFI diet, I am getting accustomed to less of that spatter and most of the time convince myself that's it's not worth it.

Lately, I've been grilling veggies and they more or less digest just fine and they're more interesting (or so I try and convince myself). I guess I get my flavour fix. I think that's one of the purposes that salads serve--the flavour fix. It's kind of like potato chips or ice cream--it mostly serves a flavour fix. I love middle eastern food (there's a great Egyptian restaurant with a huge vegetarian menu that I've sampled) that is kind of inspiring me at the moment. I notice that most middle Eastern food is well-cooked!

Maybe some of us are just intolerant to the raw kind of fiber? I feel kind of lost without my traditional salad course & grocery bills are so much reduced. Heck, my fridge seems strange without all the salad, which I only buy if I have a guest.

Thanks, Alicia.
Kate, IBS-D.

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