What Veggies Are We Likely To Be Intolerent To?

[Bell]

I have a suspicion for myself that I don't digest mushrooms and cabbage and onions, though I'm not sure yet. Every time I have them (and I love them) I feel sick, and later poo them out almost undigested. (or occasionally vomit) Is this connected to my innards being affected by celiac, or is it something seperate?

I hope it's something that resolves with a gluten-free diet as I already feel rather restricted! Also they are apparently healthy, and very common.

Bell

[Rachel--24]

Cabbage, onions and garlic are all high in sulfur.....if you have similar problems with those foods sulfur would be the most likely culprit. Mushrooms are not a high sulfur food.....so that could be a seperate issue.

[AliB]

It could simply be that the damage to your gut is preventing these foods from digesting properly - there may be other undigested foods in your stool that you just don't recognise or that are too small to be obvious.

Many of us who are gluten intolerant actually have a problem digesting carbohydrates. As gluten-free foods, namely the baked stuff, typically are very high in carbs they may actually just be fomenting the problem and keeping the damage going. Constantly I see posts on here from people who are apparently Celiac yet who do not recover after going gluten-free.

This is likely because they actually have a problem with gut dysbiosis. Rogue bacteria in the gut is preventing the gut from healing and the consumption of the high-carb foods that our guts cannot digest just ends up as fuel for the bacteria encouraging them to proliferate. Gluten can often be a catalyst for toxic by-products from certain bacteria which would trigger the intolerance.

I have found, like quite a few others that we are recovering on the Specific Carbohydrate diet. It removes the long-chain carbs from the diet, helps to get the bacteria under control and allows the gut, and the body, to heal.

Although it is likely that an individual may need to be on the diet for some time in order to let the gut heal properly, eventually and within reason, it is possible to be able to re-introduce other foods - for some, even gluten-based - however, most of us are finding that we feel so much better that we don't want to go back to the bad old ways of eating that got us into the mess in the first place!