I'm really trying to determine if and how Carbohydrates, in particular the oatmeal, white rice and banana's that are staples in my day to day diet, may be playing a role in my symptoms. There is something called Complex Carbohydrate Intolerance and after thinking about it, there has probably never been a day in my life when I haven't consumed some form of (complex) carbohydrate. Although I've avoided many complex carbohydrates simply by following the EFI diet as there is some overlap (i.e. many trigger foods/insoluble fiber that are also complex carbohydrates), there are some well known complex carbohydrates that aren't necessarily considered EFI trigger foods like pasta, white bread, potatoes and the ones I previously mentioned. And, if you were to bring FODMAP's which are (as have been previously discussed and acknowledged on this forum) short-chain carbohydrates that can be osmotically active, meaning they may drag water from intestinal vessels into intestinal lumen, thus causing diarrhea, into the picture, you again come across these same foods like oat bran, wheat, rice, potatoes and so on. These are Polysaccarides and Oligasaccarides.
And if you're wondering, a food can be rich in complex carbohydrate but also be refined. White rice and white bread, for example, are refined grain products, but retain their complex carbohydrate.
http://www.nutritionmd.org/consumers/general_nutrition/macro_carbs.html
PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU ALL THINK (or at least those of you who feel this could be an avenue for yourself as well) AS LIKE I SAID, I'M STILL TRYING TO CONNECT THE DOTS MYSELF.
And so far, the only way to treat it that I've come across is Beano.
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