Gluten free high fiber food ideas

I added psyllium to my diet for this reason. You can also find GF oatmeal, which I eat.

And legumes are great for fiber.

Hi LookingForAnswers,

I started seeing a dietitian recently (2 months now) for my crohn's and IBS-C, CD is in remission but battling this IBS-C has been horrific in itself so my GI recommended her to me, she's one of his CD patients too so she's certified and specializes with people that have IBS, IBD, Celiacs and so on.

She helped me learn that I have a borderline eating disorder (common for people with IBD and IBS in the thinking for many of us is that the less we eat, the less we poop. She's shown me that that way of thinking is wrong, and now has me eating like a normal person, 3 meals a day and 2-3 snacks/day telling me that my biggest meal of the day should be breakfast (which I rarely ever ate my whole life, even before getting sick with crohn's colitis first then developing IBS about 14 years into already have non-stop flaring crohn's colitis (I literally flared with my crohn's since first getting sick with it and never had remission until I went on Humira finally, due to developing a recto-vagina fistula)....here's what the dietitian has done with me so far. Note; I'm lactose intolerant as well as the IBS and IBD so I use lactaid products.

April 6 I started right up with a low FODMAP, no fructose, no inulin, gluten free diet and this is the diet plan she started me with...

Breakfast- "Only Oats" wheat free oats for breakfast with 1 tablespoon of black chia seeds and 3 tablespoons of Hemp Hearts (Fiber) then she advised me to eat a small banana no longer than 6 inches as a morning snack after eating oatmeal (shortly after I started the diet I decided to cut banana up and add it to my oatmeal because looking at her plan on paper I was overwhelmed with how often I'd be eating in a day and that made me feel uncomfortable obviously due to my mental/emotional anxiety about eating too much food in a day) and at this point I even sometimes add strawberries or blueberries in with the banana so my breakfast is a little bigger, when I first started eating it the way she advised, it took me 45 minutes to eat my oatmeal with the added seeds, but it's much less time now, though I do still eat slowly as she advised as well. I also drink Lemon Ginger tea nothing added (no honey allowed on this diet until reintroduction phase is completed)

Morning snack- Simply Bar (google)

lunch- Glutino's gluten free English muffin (super yummy by the way) with butter and a boiled egg or turkey meat (protein) with coffee.

PM snack- lactose free yogurt with any low FODMAP safe fruit

Dinner- another protein, chicken, fish with any low FODMAP safe veggies

Optional after dinner/evening snack- another Simply Bar but I don't care for them too much so one/day is enough for me, instead I have UDI's Gluten free double chocolate muffins or lays plain potato chips (allowed) these chocolate muffins are amazing and found in the freezer as are the Glutino English Muffins are, pop the muffin into the microwave for 28 seconds and you get a yummy warm chocolate treat very rich and doesn't taste gluten free either it's actually amazing and does the trick for my chocolate cravings which I'm going to have to cut back on since chocolate can be constipating itself and I'm still having some issues with the constipation but things did get somewhat better....I drink a ton of water all through the day and evening.

So I've already finished my reintroduction phase for all the things she cut out of my diet and now I'm suppose to slowly add back in the foods she took away from me and monitor my symptoms....we did this diet to see if any of the specific FODMAP were causing my constipation grief as well as continuing to still have daily bowel movement frequency but after doing the diet for 4 weeks and giving her my food and bowel movement journal she said right off the bad it's not so much food affecting me as it is emotional stress so I'm continuing to work on my stress and hope that my bowels will start to cooperate.

I'm seeing a therapist that also specializes with IBD/IBS patients located right in my GI's clinic and starting up daily exercise and adding more yoga into it as well. If after 4 months from now I'm still struggling then GI is sending me for biofeedback therapy to teach my mind and gut connection to work together...and possibly suppositories to help me get one big movement out initially so I don't have so many BM's/day (now having 5 or more/day) hoping at some point soon I'll get a grasp on all these bowel issues.

Wow, thanks for all the replies...very helpful! I really miss my old vegetarian diet where I would eat anything / everything with no issues whatsoever ( except I had to be a little careful with dairy) .. now I feel like I need to think twice about what I should be eating on a daily basis. Thx for the exercise tip... you're right.. I have a sedentary job and on top of it, work from home so of course that doesn't help much either..yoga classes are in order for me.

My IBS problem started last April and it happened soon after I had a bad flare up...I have to keep sugar intake low because of it.. high fructose fruits and sugar between meals always seem to cause a movement within minutes of consumption. I went to a dietician a few times last year and she told me that there wasn't much more that I could eliminate from my diet ( I had gone from 107lbs to 92lbs after my flare up last year!) since I really had to gain weight. I actually thought my IBS symptoms were because of SIBO so I even went for a breath test that came back negative.. so then the conclusion was that it's visceral hypersensitivity. Btw, I think the low fodmap diet is amazing..it really helps with IBS symptoms. The only thing I haven't done so far is go completely gluten free and I'm wondering if it's worth experimenting. My diet typically include high fiber whole wheat indian breads, brown rice, gluten free bread, whole wheat tortillas, etc and I feel like I would be struggling with what to eat if I remove the breads that have gluten.

Another thing is that I take 1 packet of VSL#3 DS daily and I know that it contains maltose which I think causes a little discomfort. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure that this probiotic is helping me so am hesitant to try another one...do you guys recommend any other probiotic that is known to be just as effective as VSL?

If you're in Australia, you can try Spring Wellness's Sprouted Seed Bread. Even though I react badly to yeast I had no trouble with it (it's fermented in coconut kefir). It is the best, easily digestible and most nutritious (contains apple too) bread I have ever eaten but was too heavy on my wallet. 

isleman said...
If you're in Australia, you can try Spring Wellness's Sprouted Seed Bread.

I looked it up in case it was available in Canada and no.. Only in Autralia. It sounds good.

I have just tried the Glutino English muffin. Now I get why so many like them. I usually don't care much for English muffin but these one yummy stuff.

@ Pb4 I had mine cold today ;) I prepared it after readin you post when I got up, with almond milk, I threw everything in a container and I eat my breakfast at work. Usually I bring no gluten cereal at work and throw these in the mix of berries, almondmilk and chia and eat at work when I'm hungry.

If you care try it cold, it has a different texture than cooked but it is good.

You guys are convincing me to try these Glutino english muffins. I've tried Udi's bagels and blech. so, thanks.

Hey guys,

Look for them in the freezer section, they don't have additives in them so you have to keep them in your freezer at home as well and just a reminder that popping them in the microwave for a 20 or so seconds (each microwave varies) is enough so that you can pull them apart easier and not fight with them then pop them in the toaster, I don't know if it's the butter or what but I quite enjoy them and never thought I'd say that about anything gluten free...same with the Udi's double chocolate muffins (also in the freezer section and to be kept frozen) I've never tried any other Glutino or Udi's products so I can't compare but these two items rock my lunch and for chocolate lovers like me, a nice after dinner snack!

Enjoy!