Peanut Butter?

get organic, the hydrogenated oils in "normal" pb are no good.

biggest piece of advice i can give is stop eatin FAKE food. drop the preservatives, coloring, and anything else that isnt natural.

Zanne I have had 2 resections myself and have found recently that the peanut butter does not like me either.  Its sad because that used to be one of my safe foods too.  It really upsets my gut alot.  So you are not alone.

I'm fine with peanut butter. I have peanut butter toast pretty much every day for an evening snack.

I agree 100% with reynoldi on everything...stop eating processed foods, fast-foods, processed sugar, these are all known to exacerbate IBD symptoms and stick with organic peanut butter, it's all natural and has nothing added, no preservatives, it's the preservatives that do a number on us which are loaded in processed and fast foods (this also includes beverages, pop, energy drinks).

You may have just had too much of it and that's why you got so gassy and/or you may just be flaring to some degree too.

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I think you're on the right track with the almond butter. Though I have no real aversion to peanuts, I stick to almond butter as I know that people are less likely to be sensitive to it than peanuts. Another theory of mine is that when a weakened gut sees too much of the same food, the immune system starts to develop antibodies to that protein. Maybe just lay off for a while and see if that makes a difference. It may not mean that you can't ever have peanut butter, but moderation is the best. Good luck.

Peanuts are a legume - that's right, they are a type of bean!! So that may explain the gas..... Try Beano.

Also, a fungus grows on peanuts (invisible, especially when ground into peanut butter), and since CD is associated with antibodies to ASCA (a type of yeast), other foods that contain or promote fungus overgrowth are not a good idea. There are some great substitutes out there for peanut butter: Almond and other nut butters, Sesame Tahini, Sunflower Butter, Hummus, etc.

Good luck,

Hi Hope your eating the smooth and not the nutty. Protien is important for healing. Hope you got some ensure what is causing the obstructions? I finally had resection and my bowels are working soooo much better now it's like the plug finally got gone and now I am working like I should.I had a big problem at Christmas but Easter is better and I am even cooking a turkey this year it is almost cooked started it early.Hope you have a good Easter lol gail

I love Peanut Butter, However I strictly stay away from it and anything that has it in it. It causes alot of problems for me with my Crohn's. Just isn't worth it

did you know that peanut butter was invented by a dr for his patients who had trouble eating and digesting?

i eat some almost every day. yummm

I can't eat peanut butter...I get bad abdominal pain from it. I thought it was from the fat in it, but I don't know. Good luck and happy Easter

I had quit eating PB a while ago, as when I had a BM, it would burn terribly and itch. I was also getting small hives on occasion. I was pretty bummed, because I loved PB, and I had been eating the "Real" brand peanut butter to avoid trans-fats already. I missed PB so much, I decided to give it a "go" again, and this time tried an organic variety (Smuckers if that matters.) No problems with it that I can deduce. No hives or anything with this variety. I wonder sometimes if peoples' problems with peanuts might not be more related to what they are GROWN with (ie. pesticides, etc.) than the legume itself?

It's funny: I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease years ago (gluten intolerance.) At the time, I thought I was allergic to everything under the sun because I had the "runs" chronically. I kept cutting all sorts of things out of my diet, and was eating what I thought were "safe foods" for me such as crackers (wheat) pasta (wheat) plain bread (wheat). You get the idea. The very thing I needed to cut out of my diet, I was ingesting the most of. Just my experience, but maybe something to think about?

I miss P Butter, I use to use creamy PB all the time when flaring to get protein. A few years ago I was tested for allergies by blood then I had the scratch test done. I had allergies in the past to cashews and began with pistachios, I also suffer from oral allergy syndrome which if anyone is interested in that feel free to email me or search the web :)

I was at work 1 day and someone was making toast and using PB on it and I began getting itchy but I assumed it was the fact that I am allergic to cats and dogs and I was a vet assistant and handling cats and dogs all day. A week or so later all my lab allergies came back and all the fruits and veggies I react to because of oral allergy syndrome came up as not being allergic, they also tested for celiac etc. The peanuts came back as being +1 allergy meaning I am allergic to it but they informed me that I can have minimal amounts on rare occasion and not have a reaction however it is best that I keep an Epi pen handy since certain restaurants use peanut oil but many less than in the past and certain foods state they are created where tree nuts are also processed.

I do notice with a flare there is more gas than when I am not in a flare and certain foods cause more gas than others and some affect certain people more than others for ex some people do not have as bad and as much gas when they eat cooked broccolli however I cannot eat it even if puree without being bent over in pain from the gas and that is with beano and gasx.

I have noticed that after my 4 recent Sxs that I tend to have more gas and it is 100 times more potent and unsure why.

Good luck and hope you get better soon