Safe Food and Flatulence

[TREESE]

Hello, Forum Friends - As I continue to add back foods slowly to my Diet after a CC flare up which limited me to only chicken and rice for months, I am presently trying Zucchini Squash over-cooked. I think it is giving me gas. I say I think, because I also began adding SunButter back only a day later instead of waiting 3 days like I usually do. So, my questions are:

If a new vegetable causes gas, is that a reason to Not eat it, or only eat it Occasionally, or Don't eat it at all.

Is gas a warning sign or just normal with some foods and not to be concerned about?
I am not usually a gaseous person unless broccoli is involved, which I gave up on.

Are there less gassy vegies to try?

Any Sunbutter Safe users out there?

Thanks, All,
TREESE

[tex]

Hi Treese,

i see that no one has tackled this, so I'll offer my 2 cents worth. Compared with most veggies, squash should be a generally low-gas item. Carbs can cause gas when they're incompletely digested. The gas is a byproduct of opportunistic bacteria as they ferment (decompose) the partially digested food.

When the small intestine becomes inflamed (in an MC flare, for example) the production of digestive enzymes becomes compromised. Lactase enzyme is the first to go. This is why we all become lactose intolerant when we have the flu. And if the inflammation continues, additional enzyme production is lost. That's why the digestion of carbs (especially grains) is so poor when MC is active. As the inflammation is resolved, enzyme production is restored (in reverse order of how it was lost).

Consequently, if we attempt to add foods too soon when recovering, some of the enzyme production may not have been fully restored, so that the enzyme or enzymes that we need to digest a particular carb may not yet be available in quantities sufficient to digest the serving size of the carb that we ingested, resulting in incomplete digestion.

I hope this helps.

Tex

[TREESE]

Thanks for helping me make sense of this, TEX!
I hope you have Happy and Healthy Holidays!!

Gratefully,
TREESE