quick Q on bananas

Nope, nothing helps. I tried it all, it's all over. Furthermore, I went and wrote my will amongst other legal documents I needed to fill in.


True story, well, at least the last part.

Green bananas are good for your colon. I add them to my smoothies in the morning.

Bananas were always a soothing, safe food for me to eat while flaring. I was limited to three things to eat: scrambled eggs, turkey sandwiches and bananas.

I quit eating bananas except in muffin or bread. Uncooked they hate me.

I discovered that many UC'rs are short on the digestive enzyme DAO, which neutralizes excess dietary histamine, causing you to have a histamine intolerance. Not everyone has this but a lot of UC'rs do and don't know it. Whenever I ate foods that are high in histamines my UC would get worse and go right through as you describe. Bananas are high in histamine, as are a lot of fruits. The more ripe they are the higher in histamines they are. I don't know what the histamine content of green bananas is but regular to ripe bananas will be a major problem if you are short on DAO.

all I have to say is that it couldn't possibly be the bananas. I refuse to believe it.

don't bug me, but my gut likes it when it isn't yellowish brown.

what else are you putting into your smoothie? fruits like mango will definitely make you poop. and are you drinking it too fast? i try to have a smoothie a couple of days a week & drink it at work over a 2 - 3 hour period, that way it doesn't run right through me as it might if i gulped it down too fast.

1 banana, 3/4 cup frozen blueberries, 1/2 cup frozen strawberries, 2 heaping tablespoons plain greek yogurt, 1 cup almond milk, 1 tablespoon l-glutamine powder, 1 scoop of the protein powder listed in my signature, and a small handful of almonds to add a nice texture to it. SO GOOD.