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Posted 6/5/2014 2:22 PM (GMT 0)
So I am going to attempt yogurt again.  For those of you that don't know me---probiotics and yogurt seem to make me worse and I have tried quite a few.  I am ready to try the Chobani yogurt (hey yogurt is officially our state snack ---silly law makers).  I used to eat strawberry banana before I was diagnosed.  The itty bitty seeds are just no good for me.  So....what flavors are good with limited fruit chunks and no seeds?  I am cheap and don't want to buy stuff only to throw it out hehehehe.  I was thinking of trying black cherry as stone fruits lack the seeds and I figure the fruit may be big enough to eat around.

ps....I know about the making your own and that won't be happeing for me.  I just have too many baking projects to add making yogurt!

Posted 6/5/2014 2:28 PM (GMT 0)
I don't like fruit in my yogurt so I pick flavors that correspond. At Target I get the Light and Fit Caramel Macchiato flavor. It's tasty. I tend not to get Chobani since most of the flavors are fruited and eww.
Posted 6/5/2014 2:37 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Habs,
I don't like the taste of Greek yogurt, so I can't help you there, but lemon or vanilla seems like there would be no seeds.
I also have a question for you. I've been told that now that I've had this resection, that I shouldn't be afraid of eating anything because I no longer have diseased/obstructed intestines. I've been fearful so far of advancing my diet....too many years of eating low residue diet. I know I probably have to slowly move past my food phobias....fruit like apples and fresh veggies terrify me. But were you able to eat these things after your resection, and is it now narrowing again? Why are you currently having problems with itty bitty seeds??
Posted 6/5/2014 4:05 PM (GMT 0)
hey gumby!  Well...I have had a limited diet ever since my resection so I find it funny that they think you can eat anything.  Yes some folks I know that have had pouches have been able to go to the eat anything mentality...but I don't know anyone who had a resection go that route.  And some folks with UC I know go that route (very few).

I hate to say this to you, but I think you need to start the slow add back process.  I am guessing you can eat more than you used to eat...just not everything.  After all....we still have CD despite the worst part being cut out.

I do not eat seeds--they are on my never ever again list which is a short list.  I have tossed cookies on them twice so it is not worth it.  I do cheat on rare occassion and eat a strawberry---but I find I feel crummy each time so not worth it.  Although I generalize and say I do not eat fruits or veggies, I do occasionally eat a tiny amount if they are cooked beyond recognition....but only on a good day.  Carrots though are on the never ever again list no matter how cooked as they were present before two ER visits.

Every few years I try a little of something as the diet changes...but I am not totally low residue.  Good days I experiement...bad days are white bread and plain chicken.

So currently...I don't have an official answer if it is narrowing due to scarring, inflammation or stricture.  I had a CT scan on Tuesday, but no results yet.  Personally...I am thinking SIBO with gut issues secondary as the antibiotics are really making me feel a lot better despite down to 10mg pred. (Although the gas quantity could fuel a small nation!)

Posted 6/5/2014 6:23 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Habs,
Thanks for the realistic, but very depressing info. I was able to eat most fruits before I had the obstruction, like watermelon, berries, pears, etc, and I was eating cooked veggies like spinach. I just couldn't eat apples, or broccoli, etc. My obstruction happened after Chinese food...the veggies were cooked, but I guess not well enough. I am still having D and eating very mild low residue food, but I thought I was being a chicken. I just dropped off a stool sample as my GI wants to make sure it is just surgery causing the D and not c.diff.

I'm glad you are responding to the antibiotics, and I hope you get good info from the CT scan.
Posted 6/5/2014 7:21 PM (GMT 0)
hey gumby...with your new post, I am actually more optimistic for you.  I would say if you could have those things before, then you can probably eat them after.  You have to remember that my resection was emergent and I had no dx before it.  When I think back...I could never tolerate most of the foods I can not tolerate now.  I have memories of feeling very sick in elementary school and hurrying the 3.5 blocks home.  I know the household diet we had, I ate a lot of broccoli....it is one of the things I miss and cheat on once in a while...but I think it always gave me a hard time when I think back to being the youngest at the dinner table but always going to the bathroom before everyone was done eating.

Don't look so dire yet...just start slowly......

Posted 6/6/2014 11:51 AM (GMT 0)
If you are going to eat yogurt, make it yourself and ferment it 24 hours to eliminate all the lactose.   Eating store bought yogurt will only make your symptoms worst.  Most of all store bought yogurt are filled with tons sugar and none of the store bought yogurt  are fermented long enough to eliminate the lactose.  Eating store bought yogurt just gives food to the bad bacteria and yeast in your gut which in turn just increases inflammation.  Make your own yogurt, it is so easy.
Posted 6/6/2014 6:14 PM (GMT 0)
Try these flavors

Honey
Mango
Blood orange

No seeds there and the honey has no fruit either
Posted 6/6/2014 9:34 PM (GMT 0)
I ate anything with Crohn's, really: fruit, vegetables, popcorn, seeds, etc. If it hadn't been for the internet, I don't think I would ever have known you weren't meant to eat this stuff.
Posted 6/7/2014 12:30 AM (GMT 0)
I love greek yogurt! Unfortunately, by the time my local places get it from their stockrooms to my fridge, the whole thing gets kinda... soggy. Doesn't taste as nice like that. So in addition to my favorite flavors (Black cherry, Pineapple on-the-bottom, and Key Lime blended) I buy the big tubs of plain yogurt and add my own stuff! Honey and cinnamon is good. I tried adding blackberries but it didn't really work; maybe if I'd mashed em up a bit? I'm going to try canned pineapple sometime this week.

Any of the Blended flavors are likely to be okay. I'd still avoid strawberry and raspberry and whatnot, but like the Key Lime doesn't have any chunks at all in it. Just smooth, limey goodness. Same with Vanilla. Pineapple-on-the-bottom should be okay, too. I don't even know where pineapples keep their seeds, but I haven't noticed any in my fruit.
Posted 6/7/2014 1:08 AM (GMT 0)
Greek yogourt isn't the most palatable for most, and while I eat Chobani, some of the flavors just don't hide the greek taste enough.

The best flavors I'd recommend are, coconut and pineapple.
Posted 7/11/2021 3:08 AM (GMT 0)
Try using different types of non-seed jams and jelly and whole fruits like mango, apples, bananas, dates.
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