Need some help deciphering what my dietitian is asking me to do

I think she means have one clove of garlic (well cooked I would say) and just a tiny bit of the onion, and see how you feel. Then build up to 1/4 onion.
Some people react to onion and garlic, so it is wise to test it out slowly.
Good luck

Thanks ambling,
She wants me to have both garlic (one clove) and build up to 1/4 of an onion in the same day I just don't get what she means by "build up" to the onion after I have one garlic clove...she definitely has me testing everything out slowly...I start each reintro week on a Monday so I eat the reintro item on Monday then avoid it on Tuesday, have it again on Wednesday and avoid it on Thursday then have it one more time Friday and that's it (so I monitor my symptoms each day, including the days I'm not suppose to have the new item). I'll be so glad when this diet is done lol!

Nope but thanks Kazbern, it says on Monday, Wednesday, Friday eat one clove of garlic and build up to 1/4 onion...crazy confusing eh lol...I'm definitely going to have to get ahold of her before that week starts lol...man it's like this chick is playing some mind game with me or something lol.

Both the garlic and onion are from the same group called Fructans (oligosaccharide) so either the onion or garlic would have the same or no affect on me due to being in the same food group....I think it's weird how she me to introduce a bit of each on Monday, Wednesday and Friday....I'm to reintroduce each group for a week (well 3 days of each week with days that I just monitor symptoms (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday) This coming Monday I'll be testing honey (fructose--monosaccharide) only 1 tsp then the following week will be the garlic/onion so I want to be sure how to do it correctly (I can't extend the onion to the following week cuz that's my final testing week for Galactans--oligosaccharide) so I do have a bit of time before starting the garlic/onion test, hopefully she'll get back to me with an explanation or want to book another appointment before I get to that particular week.

You would think though that with something as sensitive as food testing she would have made it clear as a bell and no confusion as that would obviously stress me out which is not what her intent should be.

I'll get it figured out, I honestly can't wait to have garlic again, boy I'll be choked if it turns out I have any issues with that group that garlic is in lol. Well any of the groups really, but so far, so good so that's making me happy.

Thanks Poppie,

Except on the calendar it specifically says "Monday- one garlic clove then build up to 1/4 onion" "Tuesday- monitor symptoms" Wednesday- one garlic clove then build up to 1/4 onion" and so on...I think she wants me to have the garlic clove first then later have the onion (which would suck cuz it won't go with my lunch) but don't get why she would use the term "build up" that's what's kinda tripping me up on the instructions so I'll definitely have to call her rather than text or email her. But I think what you said in your last paragraph is probably what she does mean since yes, the garlic clove will be smaller than a 1/4 onion....it would just be so much easier if I could have the onion and garlic together rather than this "build up" explanation but then she mine as well have just said have 2 garlic cloves...would have been easier to just have two cloves since they are from the same food group lol why does everything always have to be so difficult, it's exhausting lol!!

If she want's me to have the garlic earlier then it would have to be for my lunch which would suck since I generally have an egg with gluten free english muffin....UGH, I'll get it figured out for sure after I talk with her about it....I'll smack her if she tells me to just have 2 cloves if that's easier for me....hahhaha wouldn't surprise me if she does say that.

Thank you isleman!! I'm not quite there yet but definitely getting close to being done with the reintroduction phases, staring re-intro of honey today (Fructose) for the week (alternating days of honey and no honey-just monitoring symptoms) for this week, then I only have 2 more re-intro's to do, Fructans-garlic/onion and then Galactans-lentils or legumes...I'll be so glad when this is done, all this cooking everything 3 times a day everyday with all the limitations (especially spices, I'm so use to cooking with garlic, onion and many things I'm not allowed to have regularly and it's been tough but I haven't cheated or slipped up once yet so I'm happy about that....sure miss restaurant food though, the convenience of it and the taste lol It's so expensive too, especially since I'm mainly just cooking for myself as kids are both grown and on their own so it's just me and hubby but he works out of town quite a bit. I can't believe how many dishes I go through all by myself lol.

Yes lol, cook breakfast, cook lunch and cook supper, it's a lot hahaha but I'm managing because I know this low FODMAP no fructose diet she has me in is temporary...my IBS symptoms did not subside at all since starting the diet (even before re-introduction) after being on it the first 4 weeks so even the dietitian noted that it's stress and not likely diet that is really exacerbating my IBS symptoms (my CD is thankfully in remission, though it doesn't feel much like it is cuz the IBS is so crazy) it's not that my food I'm cooking isn't tasty I just really miss restaurant food especially for the convenience factor and I never cooked on the weekends when kids were growing up, just through the week....now that kids are adults it's been less cooking but I still do cook but since being on this diet it's all I do lol.

Thanks, I'm starting to see the light at the end of this diet tunnel so that's helping me push through for sure

Thanks CCinPA,

Yes we discussed this but we also agreed that since I've come this far and (at appointment time) was on the verge of starting the reintroduction phase we decided that we mine as well continue on just to be sure there aren't any food sensitivities (as we also looked at it the way you've described) she told me that while I'm monitoring symptoms to pay attention to how my bowels are behaving and if they get worse than they currently are to put a star beside the item I've been re-introducing as that likely would indicate it being a trigger or problem food....I also reminded her that I would be getting my period at some point during the reintroduction phase and that always sets things off, she said then we'll chalk any extra activity during "that time of the month" as it being related to my menstrual cycle and not likely food. So I was okay with that....I only have three more weeks (including this week) left of reintroduction so that's not too bad plus this way I'll have peace of mind that it's not food keeping my bowels messed up....

I've also been seeing a therapist due to having depression and anxiety due to my tummy and today my GI said to keep that up over the next 4 months (which at that point I'll be seeing him again to update things) and if things still haven't improved enough then we'll likely go the biotherapy for IBS route. He also mentioned briefly that there are new forms of managing IBS on the horizon so there will be other treatment options in the future as well...he didn't elaborate because he knew I was seeing my therapist in the same clinic right after seeing him and I was already a bit late from my appointment with him.