IBS and Salads

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Dear Sharon,

Even if I make them at home, which I don't much anymore, I can never tell if a

plain, regular salad will cause me to have an IBS attack. The on again, off

again nature of it drives me crazy. I do find that if I have one once in a

while I can get by with it; but I make sure that I'm at home when I eat it.

There's a salad at Panerra Bread (do you have them up there) that is regular

salad with pecans, strawberries, blueberries, dried cherries and pears that I

love. I don't use the vinaigrette dressing that comes with it and I do take it

home to eat, but sometimes I just have to have one. But it is a rare thing.

I tend to get my roughage/fiber from Total raisin bran cereal and Lactaid

milk..

Marti

sharon studley wrote:

` Does it not matter to if the salad was bought and not made by

ourselves the MSG used in eateries use will cause it to act differently in alot

of IBS, though again everyone different I know I have to ask when out. Also I

can eat something one time and it does that then the next time not, and it will

be on off on off. Nuts because I don't expect it and will eat and boom! I also

have not suffered with it for over 20 yrs now but this past yr it is BACK,

actually so much so the other day I got wondering did I not have Chron's disease

as my son suffers with, because I ate and within seconds was quickly in the BR

and first time I have not been upset that I have been pretty housebound all

winter!!! Hope it settles down for all going through it. Sharon

Zimmy wrote:

> I had an episode lastnight after eating ceaser salad. I love it

> but I guess I am going to have to finally give it up OR SUFFER and

> I dont want that.

,

You might look at whether there is some ingredient in Ceasar salad

that you're sensitive to. I know there's usually anchovies in it.

Also, eggs, which, because they don't use fresh raw eggs anymore,

means that there's preservatives. I don't go near strongly seasoned

salads, like Ceasar, or those made with balsamic or red wine vinegar,

because of the risk of encountering sulfites.

You may be able to fiddle with the recipe and ingredients and come up

with an approximation that will allow you to enjoy the taste, while

avoiding the aftermath.

Z