Diet Change - Oatmeal

Hey Guys,

I started a new diet yesterday to see if it'll help at all. Meat and fish, bananas, potatoes and eggs. I also want to add oatmeal since I really like it, how many of you have problems with oatmeal? Is it good for your UC? Bad?

Thoughts?

Thanks,
M

Diet is very much an individual thing and effects everyone differently so its not possible to say if oatmeal is good or bad for UC. Some people might have trouble with it while others won't.

In my case I eat lots of greens, sprouted grains, fruit and veg because it works for me but I know there are other UCers who would have a completely different diet to me because that's what agrees with them...

Diet is very individual but it's good that you're making some healthy choices, just know that not all healthy foods will necessarily be agreeable to YOUR system, it's pretty much trial and error.

What I learned from my dietitian is when you're introducing new foods that your system isn't used to, GO SLOW, so with each item you introduce, eat it one day then not the next day then eat it again on the 3rd day, not the 4th day then again on the 5th day of the week then not again for two days so basically one week to reintroduce each new food....

reason being, it'll be harder to tell if it agrees with your system or not if you don't reintroduce slowly and monitor (keep a food journal and note your BM's as well, consistency, frequency etc.) what happens when you add new foods/beverages into your system that it's not used to, is it changes your gut bacteria as well and that's why your system needs at least one week for slow introduction of foods you maybe haven't had in a long time.

I do just fine with oatmeal, but my dietitian had me on the low FODMAP, no fructose diet so she told me to eat "Only Oats" oatmeal it's wheat free (due to her having me on that diet and cutting out a bunch of food groups that I reintroduced back in to see if I had any food intolerance's (my crohn's colitis is in remission but I'm dealing with IBS) I don't have any food intolerance's (thankfully) my IBS is more stress driven than anything, not diet related. So you may want to stay away from the processed flavored oatmeal since it may not be oatmeal itself causing any issues but instead the junky added ingredients in the processed types.

Good luck!

I should have added, I don't use milk of any kind when I cook my "Only Oats" just water and a bit of salt, then I add (as instructed by dietitian) small cut up banana, handful of fresh blueberries (or strawberries) a tablespoon of black chia seeds and 3 tablespoons of Hemp Hearts.

However, Bull101 you may be better off just eating your oatmeal plain (if you have issues with any of the fruits I mentioned that I add to mine)...my dietitian explained that our biggest meal of the day should be breakfast and the rest of our meals (lunch and supper) should get a bit smaller with supper being the smallest, this includes having up to 3 maximum healthy snacks throughout the day in between meals.

Increase your water intake as well with fibreous foods.

Thanks for the replies! I'm currently eating the quaker brown sugar and cinnamon instant oatmeal for breakfast. Trying to kind of follow FODMAP type food and the ingredients as far as I can tell are on the low FODMAP list. Surprisingly the ingredients don't list soy, milk or wheat products like many other instant type oatmeals (for example banana nut). I'll keep eating it for 2 weeks and see how it goes.

Diet is tough, especially the snacking and I'm always hungry thanks to the pred.

I LOVE oatmeal. But my reaction is an immediate SPLAT! Switched to quinoa meal prepared in the same manner, no problem!

trying to figure out what foods work and which ones don't is tough, but when you're on pred it becomes even more so - for the most part, when I've been on pred, i could eat the kitchen sink and all the dirty dishes in it without even a rumble from my colon - it wasn't a very good testing ground -

just try to eat as healthy and simple as you can - like others have said, just eat plain oats with little accompaniment -

good luck -