Seafood and Travel???

I am going to try to take a vacation to the beach for a few days and I usually loooovvvee to enjoy fresh seafood while I am there. This will be my first trip since diagnosed with Chrons and I'm kind of nervous about seafood affecting my stomach. I was just wondering if anybody else had tried seafood with their Chrons disease and how it worked for you? I know everyone is different but I'd really like to know how other people have reacted. Thanks! Oh, and any other trips for traveling with CD would be greatly appreciated : )

i love shrimp, and eat it all the time!

also, crab, and lobster, and all kinds of fish.....

my advice is everything in moderation....

Seafood is mostly a safe food for me as long as it is not fried too greasy, covered in a cream sauce, or cooked spicy. If it is normal seafood w/ tarter sauce or butter I am good.

You are right..that it is different for everyone.  It is also different for many on different days...some days I can eat fried food..some days none at all.  If I eat fried foods it has to be fresh oil, done at a high heat so the food is crisp and not oily.

As for seafood...i eat it all....broiled, baked, grilled, fried and raw.  I love sushimi and many sushi dishes.  I also enjoy raw clams and oysters.  Fish, shrimp, crab, mussels and clams....all very good and I eat some kind of seafood at least 3 times a week

I will admit that recently the safest thing for me is to eat a moderate amount of sushi..or to eat a nice white flaky fish that has been baked, broiled or grilled with just a light amount of butter, salt, pepper, and lime juice.  It seems to settle very well with no major stomach issues.   of course the fried okra, nassau grits and key lime pie put me over the edge.

Most Seafood is an exccellent source of Omega 3 fatty acids and well tolerated by most people with crohn's. If you have problems with fat mal-absorption there can be issues surrounding the fat so often consumed with fish -- buttery lobster, deep fried clams etc. But the fish itself shouldn't be a huge issue if you didn't have issues before. I have develped a severe reaction to mussels -- even one makes me vomit violently, but that has nothing to do with my crohn's. There is a shellfish sensitivity in my family that I passed along to my daughter -- who has the full-blown allergic syndrome. I am lucky -- I can eat clams, lobster, shrimp, scallops, just not mussels.

By all means gorge on lovely fresh fish, but watch what you eat with it and how you cook it. And of course, if it causes you problems, then reassess.