Re: Oatmeal
#347480 - 06/24/09 08:48 AM
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Syl
Reged: 03/13/05
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Loc: SK, CANADA
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The Quacker Instant Oatmeal contains 3 grams of dietary fiber of which 2 grams is IF and 1 gram SF as well as some additives. The flavored ones contain things such as sucralose. Quick and regular Quacker oats don't have any additional ingredients and contain 2 grams of SF and 2 grams of SF. Either of these should be fine.
I let the regular oatmeal slowly cook while I am having my shower in the morning. 
Unfortunately, stability is an elusive state. It can take quite a while - months or a year or two - to figure out how to eat to minimize the flare-ups. It took me about 5 years of experimenting to get 'relatively' stable
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I usually make up a big batch of slow cooked oatmeal on the weekends and divide it up into individual servings. Then all I have to do is nuke it to warm it and add a little soy milk. Problem solved!
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When you are on the shame spiral did you adjust your eating to suit which part of the spiral you were on? Like more IF on the C end and more emergency diet on the D end, or did you just plow through it with the same diet fulltime?
I have no problem with utilizing diet restriction to get this under control, but am worried that the emergency diet, especially the more I employ it, is nutrient sparse.
I have been munching on some Cheerios today as a snack. They are pretty wholesome with no additives, but they do have bit more IF overall then SF. I like them because unlike white bread and white rice they have vitamins and minerals. Have you tried Cheerios as a snack and despite the slightly high IF (I think <2g per serving to 1g SF) are they "relatively" safe?
Thanks!
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I have just been dx with gluten sensitivity. I thought I had parasites because I had such severe d. I took the antibiotic xifaxin and it helped my d but as soon as I stopped it the d came back. The onlything that helps my D is collidial silver. Now I have to go on a complete different diet.
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Cheerios are safe but have a reputation as a gassy food. Brings back memories of bus rides to school with boys.
Anyway I am trying to remember if I adjusted my diet. I think not except for that I always up my fiber temporarily when messed up and eat more safely after D to ease things. My usual diet is more of a C diet with lots of fiber and fruits and veggies; the D would happen after cheating or sometimes just from heat or from having a cold.
Each individual needs to make the call of how long to stay on the ultra safe but low nutrient food. Some people are so touchy that it takes a long time to change that and it is better to eat the BRAT kind of food than to poop it all out without digesting it properly- and for some that is the choice- to eat ultra safe or to get D. There are a lot of posts in the past about the easiest way to incorporate the better for you foods. Peaches in your oatmeal is a good first step. Yams and carrots are great too.
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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