Eating vegetables

I was just wondering. Do others get diarrhea from eating vegetables? I can only eat maybe 1 serving of cooked veggies a day or I get d from it. Same with fruits. Salads and raw veggies are completely out for me. Are there some fruits and veggies that are better tolerated for for people like us? Bananas are always safe for me but I need to find more fruits and veggies for my health. I suppose I could try 100% juices but I miss having 2/3 veggies at each meal! Any suggestions for me? Thanks so much~!

don’t know, I tried a raw food diet and ended up constipated. I am still trying to find out how it happened. I thought raw foods would do the opposite. I;m still trying to find someone who might know the answer to this.

Wow, you are lucky being able to eat such a variety of fiber! I wouldn't dare eat seeds or popcorn. It is time for me to start on the benefiber again. I can't even have that when my stomach is bothering me.

Yea, perhaps it does make sense to be regular with the fiber.

It can be very individual that's for sure but one thing I've noticed from support boards is alot of people are terrified of fibre (even supplement form) then they give it a try and to their amazement feel so much better cuz they see good results...again, everyone is different but some people also don't realize that their system still has to adjust to fibre (even in supplement form) and once they stop taking it (via food an/or supplement) then they have to start all over again which means adjusting again...it took my system 3 months to adjust to the fibre supplements and in those 3 months it really increased my already excessive gas and bloating but man was it worth it (for me) as well as for many others from what I've read.

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I only eat organic fruits and vegetables. Broccoli, carrots, peas, potatoes, bell peppers all are fine. When cooked is the best. If you can drink veggies it's even better. I highly recommend carrot juice. As for fruits... Lately I've been staying away from bananas because even though they are high in potassium, I learned that they tend to stick to your abdominal walls and make it harder for the intestine to push through. Acidic fruits like oranges, lemons, and pineapple don't always go well with me.

Bananas can be constipating, but I doubt it's because they "sick" to the intestinal walls.

Well I'm no doctor or anything. Sorry to make you all so upset with the banana info. I'm just sharing my experience with food and thought I could hopefully offer someone advice in the process. I know for everyone, food is going to react differently with their gut. You just have to try and see for yourself. While most of you have been suffering with UC for who knows how long, I've been UC free almost all year (I was diagnosed with it in 2007 and start of 2009 was determined not to live another year with having to take bloody dumps all day) and I think it has better chances of going away with changes to diet, exercise, sleep pattern, and environment than going to a GI doctor and taking pills/steroids for the rest of your life. I did that the first year and was not happy with results. The drugs were being upped every time I complained about it. I saw 3 different GI doctors. The last one was great, from UNC-Chapel Hill research facility. He knew a lot about UC since his wife was also a UC sufferer, but he basically had me on drugs and I got tired of taking so many pills a day. I was taking as many as almost 14 pills (that was including iron from being anemic) a day and so I decided to take a more natural approach. I figured something caused this in me, and maybe I could reverse it or cause the ulceration to heal itself from the inside. Everything we eat passes through there. I'm somewhat convinced that a lot of these doctors want to give you something that will basically "cover up" symptoms. Nothing really makes any of it go away. It just releases chemicals into your body to coat and cover the ulceration inside. I felt better, but not really, because I knew that once I was off the drugs it would all come back. I even tried it and stopped taking it for a month and the bleeding and flare ups came back even worse. In 6 months time I ended up twice in a hospital from so much blood loss that doctors wanted to give me a transfusion, but I declined. Life was horrible. I once remember writing in my journal how I was so depressed about having UC. I felt as though my body were in a prison. I could not even go anywhere for something as simple as grocery shopping, and luckily my job understood and allowed me to work from home, but I was going to the bathroom maybe so much I barely even slept. I'd wake up every hour just to go. So anyways fast forwarding, this year I decided I was going to watch everything I ate and take notes. I changed my diet in every way possible. Cut out all the artifical crap, food that was boxed, processed, packaged, or wrapped went out the door. Stopped eating out. Cut out all sweets too. I realized that even though I thought I was a healthy eater, I wasn't. Even cooking at home I found ways to cook healthier. My diet consisted of probably what our ancestors ate. Mostly leafy greens, fish, chicken, and only water or pressed, organic carrot juice. In about 30 days, all the bleeding stopped. In about 45 days, diarrhea stopped and stools became hard again. In around 60 days, I felt a lot more energetic. I still take the iron and a few supplements, and have included Aloe Vera drink, and will continue doing so. My colon is feeling normal again. I plan on getting another colonoscopy this summer and hopefully baffling my doctors. My goal is to stop seeing the GI doctors. I'm tired of all the medical bills and I am taking my life back!

I'm not a doctor either (but would think to know bananas don't do that you wouldn't have to be a doctor), I'm certainly not upset about the banana info, I just wouldn't want others to think this is what bananas do and then avoid eating them especially since they are full of potassium and a good source of fibre...plus, they wouldn't stick to your abdominal walls, foods pass through the intestines and stomach.

I'm definitely on the same page with you when it comes to cutting all garbage foods out of your diet, I've done the same and it's helped me alot, this is probably the best I've felt (even though it's not full remission) in the entire 18 yrs that I've been battling crohn's colitis (CD affecting the colon).

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I think that eating a healthy diet is very important. You do have to wonder if all the preservatives, artificial ingredients etc... build up and harm us. I have always eaten mostly a plant based diet and have no idea why/how this happened to me. I was lucky to grow up on healthy food in my home too. There were no fast food restaurants back then and I have never eaten that stuff on a regular basis. Now, too much roughage makes me have d. I am sure that this will change in time. Hats off to anyone who can go into remission with diet. That is a miracle for them and gives hope to others.