Are nuts bad to eat when healing???

I've been healing in the last month. I hadn't had a day where I'd gone to the restroom 5 or more times since March 12th. The last two days my stools haven't been as good, and I've had 5 trips both today and yesterday. The only thing that I've changed is that I bought some different kinds of nuts: almonds and cashews, to help me try to maintain weight. I started eating them three days ago... in a decent quantity (since I'm struggling to maintain weight). I did notice little nut chunks in my stool yesterday.

Could the nuts be harming my colon?

I cannot eat nuts (almonds are the most easy ones for me) more than one time a week even in remission. If i do it more often i see them undigested in my stool and also begin having gut spasms.

Red_34 said...
Nuts are hard to digest and on an already sore colon, the undigested nuts can "scrape" the colon walls. While flaring, I always avoided nuts just because it aggravated things. Sometimes though, I would eat some but I would chew them extremely well before swallowing.

I am in remission and still have those problems. I chew the f____ing things so good that i am afraid i will loose my teeth when doing it. I cooked, ate them raw, it does not matter.
So i will always suggest caution with nuts, even for those wich are in remission. Eat them if you lust for them, but only in small qtties and do not turn this into a habbit. Once a week is enough :)

Just my 2 cents.

I would start with nut butters (remembering that peanuts are not nuts but legumes lol) and eat just a few nuts when you need something crunchy.

I also soak the nuts I eat (almonds, pecans) which removes an enzyme that makes nuts harder to digest, then I slow roast them in a 180 degree oven. Pecans get done quickly (couple hours or less) and almonds take 12 hours or more because they soak up more water. You end up with delicious crunchy nuts.

Almonds have a skin that can cause problems (for me) digesting so I've gone the extra step of putting boiling water on them after soaking which loosens the skin and then I remove it so the almonds are "skinned". Lot of work? Yes but nuts are important for my diet because I can't eat much fruit or other snacks. De-skinning the almonds has reduced my BM# by 25-33%.

If you don't want to go to all that trouble or time then stick with nut butters (almond, sunflower) and eat store-bought skinned almonds.
And go easy on both until your colon can handle more. Some colons are not healed enough to handle that much fiber.

I am in remission and have no problems with nuts, I eat them daily. HOWEVER, I eat a very small amount. In my case, it's because I'm trying to lose weight. But I have noticed in the past when I went crazy on them I would feel some discomfort, even in remission.

Also maybe almond butter would be easier on your gut? It's pretty delicious lol

Nuts have a rough texture and can irritate an already inflamed colon. Nut butters, however, are ground and have a smooth texture. These are much more comfortable to eat when there is inflammation. Even a normal colon can have problems with too many "sharp" foods like nuts. (Think of rubbing a skin abrasion with sandpaper.)