Re: Undigested Veggies - should I stop eating them?

[Guest guest]

At 04:34 PM 2/7/2010, you wrote:

My body hasn't been digesting

veggies well (except for the squashes) for about 3 months now. I have no

symptoms from the foods (no gas, no pains, no bloat), they just show up

in the stool not completely digested. I mash them up good with a fork

before eating, and have even tried taking enzymes, but no dice. Do I quit

eating them, or just forge ahead?

Holly,

You might consider pureeing the cooked vegetables and making asavory

smoothie out of it to have with your protein.

Mashed up evidently isn't enough for you at this time.

Interestingly, I did this for my vegetables for about a month after my

cancer surgery. My oncologist said she thought this was an excellent

idea, since it gave my gut a chance to recover from the indignities of

having the uterus and everything removed around it.

So if we're trying to get things healed down there, a similar tactic

might be helpful.

Something I also found helpful in kick-starting the digestion was taking

some acidophilus caps at the same time I took the pureed vegetables --

continuing with the acidophilus when I returned to regular

vegetables.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

It could be yeast, but I think I kind of have a handle on it now. A couple weeks

ago I failed the spit test, and started on a natural anti-fungal rotation (just

garlic and olive leaf extract so far). This morning I did the spit test again,

and passed! I'll keep rotating anti-fungals and hopefully kill off any remaining

overgrowth.

Sounds like I'm going to have to puree (yuck). I don't have any probiotic pills,

so I'll try a spoon of yogurt before I eat to see if that helps as well.

Thanks for the input!

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08