Was it the watermelon?
#310234 - 07/01/07 05:35 PM
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emmasmom
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Hi I was just wondering if watermelon is safe or a if? I had it wed, sat, and today and after I ate i had bad d for about hour and was bad. I don't know if it was this or something elese? I did go a while with out eating could that of been it? I don't know how I'm suppose to add new if. If I get d all the time after i do? Thanks in advance for listening!
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Hi emmasmom,
Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I do believe watermelon is IF and is made of lots of water......And I think it's safe depending on each individual, I can eat it as long as I have a good SF first and with it, like in a fruit salad with bananas and peeled apples.....since you had it so many days even though they were spaced it may have been the culprit. Hope this helps
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Watermelon is high in excess fructose and low in IF. It is quite common for people that are sensitive to fruits that have high amounts of fructose to experience D soon after eating watermelon.
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I'm not sure what to do cause there was a couple of other things that could of trigger it. Any suggestions?
thanks
emmasmom
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You can try eating again when you are stable. If it causes D again then you should consider not only not eating watermelon but removing apple, pear, mango and other fruits/juices high in fructose from your diet for awhile.
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Thats intresting that you say that I don't like apple or pears but i also had a little part of a mango friday.. I do fine with peaches strawberrys and nectarines. so it could of just been it and not the watermelon? So do i give my body a few days to get back to "normal" with out the d I feel ok today not the best but ok. So say try it or something new again in a few days? How many days to you wait to try something new? thanks for your help.
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Apricot, nectarine, peach, plum can be high in sorbitol - a sugar alchol - which can also produce D in some people. Perhaps stick with banana, berry and citrus fruits for a few days until you feel stable and then start to experiment with things like watermelon, mango, peaches, etc and see what happens.
Keep us posted as to what you experience.
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