Which was the culprit? Jerusalem artichokes, fennel or pears

Greengoddess · Post by **Greengoddess** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 9:49 am

Just when I thought things were under control I cooked some of these artichokes and roasted fennel. I have never eaten the artichokes before. I then got a ferocious reaction to something. The pears were in wine which had sugar in it. The artichokes have a lot of finer in the skins.

Gabes-Apg · Post by **Gabes-Apg** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 11:55 am

it could be any or all - having so many 'new things' with inflammation enhancers like wine, sugar etc would heighten reactions.

if you want to keep eating any of those ingredients, the only way to know is try each individually.

The advice with any new ingredient is to have small serving at first, if you had any more than 1/3 cup, the risk of major reaction is heightened.

dfpowell · Post by **dfpowell** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 12:21 pm

Artichokes and pears are high in FODMAPS, so if you are sensitive to those type of foods that could have contributed to your reaction.

Post by **tex** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 1:40 pm

In addition to what Gabes and Donna discussed, adding sugar to wine might possibly restart the fermentation process, and that could amplify any mast cell issues associated with the possible FODMAPs problem that Donna mentioned.

Tex

maestraz · Post by **maestraz** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 10:20 am

I previously read an article about Jerusalem artichokes and bowel issues, which I now can't recall the source of. However, if you Google "Jerusalem artichokes and diarrhea" numerous articles come up. Some of them reference "fartichokes," haha. And the first article listed, funnily enough, is from Bon Appetit magazine.

So it seems like we probably should avoid those.