New Member with 2 Questions!

[bjorfie]

Hello group! I'm new to the group - I have IBS-C and have been unsuccessful at alleviating my symptoms so I am giving a DFI diet a try - there has been a lot of literature stating that fructose intolerance and IBS are linked for many IBS sufferers.

Two initial questions (actually three):

1. Are nuts permissible? They have sugars, but I'm not sure what kind. Where is "the list" that everyone talks about located? I've seen a few lists with relatively few items on them - I know the diet is restricted but is there a comprehensive list with all food groups listed (e.g., nuts, grains, etc.)?

2. Fiber - as an IBS-C I am not "number one" with "number two" - so how do you get fiber on the fructose-free diet? Fruits and most vegetables are excluded so I'm not sure where to start. Whhle grains maybe?

Thank you in advance for your help and I look forward to participating.

[ArtC]

I too am looking for a better list that addresses grains, nuts, wild rice, etc. I am also Gluten free so our "flour" is arrowroot, amaranth, garbanzo bean, brown rice, tapioca, maniac, potato starch, Quinua, Montina, etc. I know that I am still getting into something, but haven't been able to figure it out. We have to use a lot of different starches to get anything to work, that is why its been a bit tricky to figure out what is the culprit. I wish I could just make a potato starch bread or one of the other grains singly, but I would end up with an unliftable "rock".

Have you seen the book "The Self-Help Way to Treat Colitis and Other IBS Conditions" by De Lamar Gibbons, M.D.? He talks a lot about going fructose free (not comprehensive enough for an HFI diet though) and has a lot of good information on digestion in general. The diet shown is also very general so he doesn't cover nuts, flax seed, grains, etc.

Since I have been on the diet the best I can, I have been doing really well and fiber is no longer an issue. The book above talks a lot about fiber as well. It is amazing how helpful this diet is once you have been on it.

[lisa]

My son Nate has been able to eat peanuts/peanut butter in small amounts, but has had issues with other kinds of nuts. If you like PB&J, I would try making the rhubarb jam recipe posted on this site. It is great! I think everyone here is a bit different on their reaction to nuts, but if you scan, the most successful trials have been with almonds.

If you are looking for fiber, I would try limited amounts of strawberries & blueberries. You may also be OK with raspberries and blackberries, though they are a little too much for Nate. Fresh or frozen are great, but something happens to them when they are cooked that brings the fructose out, so I would be careful about that.

Also, try shredded wheat cereal or other whole grain cereal (puffed rice, puffed millet, grapenuts, farina, oatmeal). We need to limit to no more than 2 days in a row and no more than 3 days in a week, but this is another thing that everyone here has different tolerances to comsuming, so unfortunately it will be trial and error.

Good luck and welcome.

[ukbill]

OK, where to start???

Nuts,

Hazel, almonds, etc in small quantities are OK.

Peanuts are a problem very very moreish but also very bad I'm afraid! best avoided except in small (10 to 20max) quantities.

Peanut butter is a definite NO! Most has added sugar anyway.

Brazil's are nice but kickback hard! I can manage only about 2 of them before I can feel the negative effect

Yes I have IBS 40 years of very low fiber had its effect!

I take ISOGEL which is the husk of the ISPAGHULA plant and is none digestible fiber. It goes through the system from start to finish if you understand?

It tastes a bit like Wheatabix and is pink in colour!

This is an essential! Trust me!

Wheat Bran for some reason is out.

The feeding of any fruits is damaging to the liver I'm afraid.

Yes I love strawberry's etc. but I can only take one or 2 before I can feel the fructose hitting. the Amount of fiber in a few strawberry's is not worth the damage.

I hope this helps I am 50 and HFI.