Anything in this shake that could be bothering me?

I've been drinking a lot of a homemade blended shake recently, in order to hold my weight.

Ingredients:
-Bananas
-Almond milk w/vanilla flavoring
-Peanut butter
-Olive oil
-Coconut Oil

Is there anything there that is a big "NO" for many people?

Some people don't do well with nuts. Could you try using yogurt instead of peanut butter and possibly juice instead of almond milk and see if you do better? To be honest, I doubt it's the shake, it's probably the inflammation. When I am flared up, I try to avoid rich foods and opt for toast with some jelly but I am not convinced that the food makes my condition worse. The more I eat the more I go, I try to eat light. I hope the antibiotics get your back on track so you can eat whatever you want.

Thoreau in previous post said...
including a milk shake on the night I began this, some breads, and pasta

You should check to see if you are sensitive to dairy. For sure you need to check for gluten sensitivity since is affects so many people.

I do something very similar on a daily basis. Except I use homemade almond milk (takes less than 5 minutes to make), and a vanilla bean for flavoring. I refused to use storebought almond milk because of all the "unkowns" and added sugars.

Peanut butter doesn't settle well with me, and has been a known cause of failure for those trying the SCD. If you're doing the SCD, PB is a food that is restricted to those already performing well.

If i had to pick out any suspects from your list, I would say the almond milk because of additives, and the PB.

My shake looks like this:
2 bananas
1 avocado
Strawberries
Blueberries
Homemade almond milk

Careful with the berries though, the seeds can irritate the gut.

I know Jordan Rubin (author of Makers diet) who has been able to control his Crohn's through diet alone says to avoid almond milk. I think he recommends to avoid cows milk, soy milk and almond milk and use goats milk instead.

mindoverbutter said...
That shake sounds a little "thick"... Almond milk is nice, but it is pretty thick and "creamy"

Make sure you drink atleast a glass or two of water with the shake. The almond milk with the vanilla is just a whole more bunch of sugar, that might interfere with things.

How do you make your own almond milk? I am indeed interested... I do fine with peanut butter, in fact PB&J is my go-to foods during flares and I think even speeds up my recovery time.

Get well

Homemade almond milk is sugar free and far from thick

It's literally just almonds blended with water, then strained through something fine like a cheesecloth or a paint strainer. I do one cup of almonds to 6 cups of water. Blend 1 cup of almonds with 3 cups of water, strain, then use the pulp to blend the next three cups and strain once again. After this I just toss the pulp. A cup of almonds not only costs less than a carton of storebought almond milk, but actually takes less time to get given you have to get in the car, go to the store, and come back. 6 cups of almond milk easily last me a week.

The lack of additives makes it go bad quicker than storebought though, of course. After 5 days, you might just make some new stuff.

bananas definitely bother me and I wouldn't do store bought almond milk on a daily basis.
Are you keeping a food journal?

uh and bananas can be an issue if I eat the unripe ones. Brown dots should be present on the peel before I consume them.