What To Eat And Not Eat During Recovery

[Midoriliem]

What are some things to avoid eating during recovery? I am mostly a vegetarian but I do eat fish...I am afraid I eat too much fiber or fruit.

Here is what I eat now (with lactose pills):

Breakfast: yogurt, milk, brown rice, banana, 14 walnuts, milk powder.

Lunch and snack: Boiled egg, small ripe banana. 1.5 c rice,

[RiceGuy]

Well, looking at what you've listed, I'd say you should try to eat more veggies. In fact, the only veggie you mentioned is tomato. Bananas are known to be relatively difficult to digest, compared to many other fruits and veggies, and it looks like you eat a lot of them.

As for the dairy, many do find it very helpful, even imperative, to avoid all dairy, especially while healing. Apparently, it's not so much the lactose, but the casein.

If you want rice milk, you can make your own very easily. A Google search will show you numerous recipes, and it's easy to do.

Beans, nuts, and seeds can be difficult for some to digest, so if you are having trouble digesting properly, it may help to cut back on those.

In general, try to avoid the top allergens, eat whole foods, not processed foods, and take supplements to help your body rejuvenate. The easier it is for the digestive system to break things down, the better off you may be.

If you have specific issues to address, you should probably list those, so that anyone responding will be able to make more informed recommendations. In other words, any aches, pains, sleeping problems, digestive issues, allergies, nutrient deficiencies, etc.

[Midoriliem]

Well, looking at what you've listed, I'd say you should try to eat more veggies. In fact, the only veggie you mentioned is tomato. Bananas are known to be relatively difficult to digest, compared to many other fruits and veggies, and it looks like you eat a lot of them.

As for the dairy, many do find it very helpful, even imperative, to avoid all dairy, especially while healing. Apparently, it's not so much the lactose, but the casein.

If you want rice milk, you can make your own very easily. A Google search will show you numerous recipes, and it's easy to do.

Beans, nuts, and seeds can be difficult for some to digest, so if you are having trouble digesting properly, it may help to cut back on those.

In general, try to avoid the top allergens, eat whole foods, not processed foods, and take supplements to help your body rejuvenate. The easier it is for the digestive system to break things down, the better off you may be.

If you have specific issues to address, you should probably list those, so that anyone responding will be able to make more informed recommendations. In other words, any aches, pains, sleeping problems, digestive issues, allergies, nutrient deficiencies, etc.

Sorry, I edited it to add in the squash and peas I've been eating lately. I was always told that bananas are easy to digest (hence their inclusion in the BRAT diet). I pretty much only eat whole foods. I have some trouble with diarrhea, though it is much better than it used to be. As far as I know, I have no food allergies beside the obvious gluten, and all my aches, pains, sleeping problems, nutrient deficiencies, and constant cold have gotten better since I went gluten-free...though they come back when I'm glutened.

The reason I question the excluding casein idea is that when I went home briefly to the US (where I think the labeling laws are better than here) I ate lots of dairy products and my digestion improved.

[GFinDC]

I would consider adding some quinoa and lentils. Avoid spice mixtures and stick to single ingredient spices. Frozen plain veggies seem to be a little less likely to have gluten added than canned, in my experience. Definitely check all ingredients though. I like them when the ingredients are 2 things, like "peas, water". Be careful of distilled alcohols, wine, yeast, and beer of course. Nuts are often a problem here in the US with added gluten. Any kind of pre-made salad dressing or sauce is suspicious. Candy, too or really anything pre-made/packaged. I like to add canned salmon to rice/quinoa and lentils, along with some green veggies. Avocadoes are great for guacamole.

[Midoriliem]

I would consider adding some quinoa and lentils. Avoid spice mixtures and stick to single ingredient spices. Frozen plain veggies seem to be a little less likely to have gluten added than canned, in my experience. Definitely check all ingredients though. I like them when the ingredients are 2 things, like "peas, water". Be careful of distilled alcohols, wine, yeast, and beer of course. Nuts are often a problem here in the US with added gluten. Any kind of pre-made salad dressing or sauce is suspicious. Candy, too or really anything pre-made/packaged. I like to add canned salmon to rice/quinoa and lentils, along with some green veggies. Avocadoes are great for guacamole.

I actually asked the local health-food store lady about quinoa, just to cover my bases, and she said she would order some...it will be interesting to see what she comes up with and how expensive it is! I have checked all my spices, but they're all single spices, I never use canned anything except canned tomatoes that say "tomatoes, salt"- no citric acid, no nothing. I don't drink, and I got my nuts either from the farmer's market or in a package where the only ingredient was the nuts themselves. No sauces or salad dressings, and only gluten-free candy that I've checked. I use canned tuna but only the kind with salt, water, and fish- no oil or anything. The fish idea sounds good with rice and veggies.

My doctor just tells me to be patient, which is good advice, but I want to make sure that I am not getting hidden gluten in the meantime.