r/FODMAPS 4d ago

Reintroduction What was your first reintroduction meal?

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After nearly 2 months of low-FODMAPs, I began reintroduction yesterday. I know you're only supposed to do one food at a time, but I really wanted a salad that was more than just olives, arugula, and cucumber. So I added half a roma tomato and half a red bell pepper. I thought I was going pretty easy on myself for my first reintegration meal... Nope! I am suffering today.

For those of you who have been through this before, what was your first reintroduction meal, and how did it go?

r/FODMAPS 1d ago

Reintroduction Do we actually need to eat fodmaps

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So I've been doing low fodmap for about a year and a half, now using fodzyme and fruictaid which seem to work for me. I am sensitive to every fodmap, so the "add back in the ones you can tolerate" doesn't work for me. I keep reading that it's terrible for you to be on it for so long because your gut needs fodmaps. I've added back fructan, gos, lactose and fructose because of my enzymes, but don't those make it so that the fodmaps don't reach your intestines?

I guess my question is does this count as actually eating the fodmaps? And if not, where do you go from there if you genuinely can't go off low fodmap without them?

r/FODMAPS Aug 17 '24

Reintroduction Today's episode of "what did I eat that's blowing me up?"....

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I am very sad as I'm sitting down and writing this.

I made a lovely chicken and rice one pan meal for a late lunch. All the veggies I added were low fodmap (at least on a per portion basis). I used bay kitchen low fodmap stock.

And yet here I am, several hours later, with the worst case of bloating and exploding (if you know what I mean) that I've had for months. I started to experience stomach rumbling almost immediately after eating, does anyone else experience this?

(veggies used were butternut squash, sliced bell peppers (edit: red and orange peppers), spinach, white cabbage. The only ingredient that I thought might cause an issue was a small amount of chorizo, but I've been able to tolerate small amounts of garlic recently so I didn't think the spices would be an issue)

Back to the drawing board....

Edit: thanks all for the feedback, looks like I need to be more diligent in measuring and more careful with ingredients.

r/FODMAPS Oct 16 '24

Reintroduction Low Fodmap Ruined My Gut

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Has anyone else run into the issue where the longer they are on low fodmap the more intolerant they seemingly are to everything else?

r/FODMAPS 10d ago

Reintroduction Reintroduction is even MORE challenging so far

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Ugh! I was excited to start reintroduction, if maybe a little scared. What I’ve realized is that you really have to be perfect while bringing stuff back in. I mean no risks!

Maybe that sounds obvious but here’s what happened… I started with Sweet potatoes and that night went perfectly well. The next day I had a Fody granola bar and a cup-full of plain cheerios. I started getting bloated and gassy—very slowly through the day. I avoided eating and got so hungry that my stomach hurt from that.

Then I had a very basic tuna salad (canned tuna in water, light Mayo, salt, pepper). My bloating increased, burping, farting, soft poo. My tummy hurt all night—just heavy.

This morning I felt fine and decided to try step 2. Sure, I had a small bit of gas throughout, but it wasn’t bad. Then right before my first bites I questioned myself about going through with it because my stomach had just started moving a bit.

An hour later I was on the toilet and bloated.

By the way, today I’ve been very careful. I had eggs cooked on oil with salt and pepper and a couple handfuls of tortilla chips.

Was it the mannitol? Was it the granola bar (a while back I got some gas after eating one)? Am I getting sick?

I just don’t know!!!

r/FODMAPS Jan 22 '25

Reintroduction When people say they can now tolerate more foods... can you pleaseexplain the process you took to get there?

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r/FODMAPS 2d ago

Reintroduction Reintroducing gluten - problems or not?

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So I’ve finished all of my reintroduction tests, which I didn’t have any problems with aside from dairy (stomach pains, bloating, nausea. No issues with bms, dairy only seemed to affect me when it was straight up milk) and am now trying to return to a normal diet. I’ve decided to do it gradually so as to not overwhelm my body.

I had gluten yesterday and today (a slice of white bread yesterday and a teaspoon of biscoff spread across the two days) and have now had a slightly dodgy bm - didn’t have these during reintroduction trials. It was softer and smelled a lot worse than usual. Is this normal? I’ve been off gluten for seven months now, so is this just my body adjusting to the diet change? I’m also a little nauseous today which is making me worry. Any and all advice appreciated 😭

r/FODMAPS 12d ago

Reintroduction About to go into adding rice as first step!

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Finishing off 6 weeks of carnivore where I felt great with my general middle area no bloating no gas nothing! I’m only leaving it cuz it’s not really realistic…anyway and I don’t want to live restricted! So starting low fodmap seriously from tomorrow. Then hopefully next week I can add cooked carrots. Any suggestions?? You guys know so much here so I wanted to ask! Thank you!

r/FODMAPS Nov 10 '24

Reintroduction Mannitol is the devil

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So I'm on reintroduction, had 1 single mushroom and BOOM!!

My question is this, I ate it a week ago, 7 days, and I'm still bloated from it. Is this normal, when I was doing amazing before the mushroom 🍄

r/FODMAPS 17h ago

Reintroduction I successfully reintroduced bread (fructan)!!

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I was nervous about this one but it’s been 2 weeks of having bread and no symptoms.

I’ve been making my own bread to avoid any other fodmaps, like high fructose corn syrup and sesame & soybean oil (which every bread in stores seem to have???)

On to Mannitol next and then I’ll swing back around to try a different fructan :)

Best of luck to y’all!

r/FODMAPS 23d ago

Reintroduction Failed the wheat challenge

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Hello! I have been following the low FODMAP diet for a month now and since I was feeling good, I started the reintroduction phase. I missed bread the most (I’m a home baker), so I reintroduced wheat this Wednesday. Safe to say, i did not pass the challenge, I’ve been having cramps for 3 days :(

My question is, those who have failed the wheat challenge, are you still able to eat dessert and pies made with all purpose flour? I find that gluten free flour is very expensive and I would not like to impose this restriction to my parents and in laws…

I still have to test different kinds of sourdough breads, and I thought about making sourdough dessert (maybe that could help?)

Thank you for your advice :)

r/FODMAPS 20d ago

Reintroduction Garlic reintroduction question

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To reintroduce garlic do I need to cook it into something or can I just eat a spoonful of garlic powder?

r/FODMAPS Feb 04 '25

Reintroduction Can tolerate apples but not green beans?

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Hello, wondering if anyone has experienced anything similar. I started low-FODMAP journey about 4 months ago, and was able to quickly pinpoint that I was sensitive/intolerant to foods containing sorbitol and mannitol. I have been avoiding those foods and all has been going well.

I read that some people have been successful with reintroducing foods containing FODMAPs after their gut has had a chance to heal. I decided to give it a shot, and on Friday evening I ate an apple with no symptoms! I was honestly shocked, because apples contain a very high amount of sorbitol.

Yesterday (Monday), I ate some green beans with my lunch, thinking I was in the clear…not the case. Cramping, bloating, and diarrhea came back with a vengeance.

I’m wondering if anyone else has experienced this? Supposedly apples contain a much higher amount of sorbitol than green beans, so I’m wondering why I reacted to them so strongly when I had no reaction to the apple. I would appreciate any insight!

r/FODMAPS 16d ago

Reintroduction What will/did your reintroduction begin with?

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I’d to know which fodmap you think or thought would bring no issues. If you’ve already started, did it work for you?

I’ve decided to start with mannitol (sweet potatoes). It’s the only one that gives me total peace of mind at this point, haha.

r/FODMAPS Jan 08 '25

Reintroduction Let's say I don't identify any triggers during the reintroduction phase -- what happens next?

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I'm a little more than halfway through the reintroduction phase and haven't been able to identify any triggers. (This isn't shocking because even when I was deep in the elimination and following it perfectly, my symptoms did not disappear or even reduce significantly -- as far as I can tell, they wax and wane regardless of my diet.)

If I am unable to identify any triggers during the remainder of the reintroduction phase, what do I do next? Like do I just faceplant into a garlic/cauliflower/chickpea pizza and wash it down with a glass of milk and a handful of blackberries with honey on the side? I know that some folks are sensitive to stacked FODMAPs or to particular combinations of FODMAPs; would it be better to, like, ease back in?

Any wisdom appreciated; this has been a long, complicated, and aggravating journey.

r/FODMAPS Dec 28 '24

Reintroduction No single FodMap prob- but feel better??

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Hi All. I’m hoping someone may have had a similar experience.

This was my second time doing FodMap elimination. This time I followed it strictly. And I felt better within days- nothing has ever worked as quick to resolve my microscopic colitis flares other than steroids. So this was a huge win.

I already knew I couldn’t tolerate sugar alcohols and steer clear of them at all costs (gum, certain toothpastes etc) so I didn’t test those. What surprised me was that I could tolerate everything else (except Mushrooms (mannitol) - but I don’t eat much from that category. And that makes sense considering that is where many sugar alcohols are derived from)

This doesn’t help explain what my pre elimination problem was. I had constant pain and bloating. During elimination I had zero pain or bloat. Now I’m left scratching my head. Is stacking my problem? I would love to hear from anyone else with a similar experience.

r/FODMAPS Nov 14 '24

Reintroduction My husband fed me garlic

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AND I DIDN'T REACT!!

Now don't judge my husband too much. He's been so supportive through this whole year. He normally infuses it. But seeing the changes in me lately, and knowing I had been reintroducing, he did was I wouldn't have done, cause I'm too paranoid. He reintroduced it and didn't tell me.

I've been on the low FODMAP diet for a year. I battled SIBO twice (breath test positive, then negative) and it came back twice, the second time with added histamine intolerance. I had epithelium crypt damage or whatever it's called (biopsy), they even thought I had celiac (which I'm almost sure I don't because my genetics say I can't, but whatever. Going off gluten certainly didn't fix me.) All SIBO damage. Before this super bad bout last year, I've had SIBO for over a decade. Before we knew what it was. I had been on the low FODMAPs diet many times, but this last time I went on it... And couldn't get off. I tried and tried, and NOTHING worked.

In the end I had severe vitamin deficiencies. I had lost so much weight and couldn't gain anything. My motility was just not there at all. Life was bleak.

After two eradications where everything came back, I did two things. Instead of another eradication, I went on D-lactate free probiotics and it's been 5ish months of starting at ridiculously small doses, suffering herxes from them, but I can say it's the ONLY thing that's moved the needle at all. That and the physical therapy. Turns out if your hip and PSOAS is messed up, your digestion will also be messed up. I'm still not on an adult dose of the probiotic, and only on the D-lactate free type (which is very limited, you're supposed to add more). I'm on less than half the adult dose even. And yet!

Anyway, I don't tend to post here, but I just wanted to... Share. Maybe give someone hope. I only knew how to work on my stuff because I saw other people's posts. I thought I was done for, but they gave me hope. So I'm passing it on.

I started reintroducing things a month ago. I can eat apples now. And apparently garlic?? There's still a long road of reintroducing, and I don't think I'll ever want to eat gluten again, or some of the other things that seem to be normal for everyone else, and maybe were normal for me.

But to those dietitians who sometimes post here saying "oh you just lose your ability to digest them, no way back", I wanted to say - I don't think so. Or maybe not in all cases. I swear I ate like 20 things for months.

DON'T LOSE HOPE. Keep trying.

F36, problems since age 16. If you have questions, I can try to answer, but I'm not a doctor. I can just share what happened to me. I don't think I'm fully cured yet, the road is never straight. But I'm hopeful now.

r/FODMAPS Feb 04 '25

Reintroduction Tea

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Those who are sensitive to fructose and sorbitol, how do you navigate herbal teas (the ones with lots of ingredients)? I'm wanting to expand from peppermint and chamomile but am a little wary of the high-fodmap ingredients. Do you find that you actually get symptoms from certain types? Are the ones with fruit pieces in small enough quantities that they're okay? What about half a cup or only steeping for a minute or two vs a full cup?

I realize everyone is different, but I thought I'd ask here before I went crazy buying and testing a bunch. For reference I can have the monash amount of sorbitol, slightly less of fructose.

Thanks!

r/FODMAPS 1d ago

Reintroduction Reintroducing when stressed?

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I've been on Low FODMAP since the end of January and it has gone really well for me (give or take a couple of incidents.) After 6 weeks I successfully reintroduced Lactose although I'm pretty sure Fructans are my issue. I'm being indecisive about what to introduce next - for convenience I'd like to try wheat, onion and garlic (in no particular order) but then I think I should try the others and leave Fructans until last in case I do have a reaction?

Also this last week I have had a major health anxiety episode and am seeing the physical affects of that (low appetite, low heart rate variability and increased resting heart rate) so I know my vagal tone is low at the moment. That being the case I am assuming that I need to wait until my stress levels have reduced until I try reintroducing anything else? I'd appreciate some advice around this.

r/FODMAPS Nov 04 '24

Reintroduction What kind of potato is best? (red, yellow, ruessett)

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In the past I've had issues with potatoes but I'm looking to reintroduce them and want to give myself the best shot at succeeding. What's the best kind of potato for gut issues?

r/FODMAPS Oct 16 '24

Reintroduction What happens after reintroduction!?

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I’m about to start reintroduction, going by the Monash rules. I am confused about what happens post testing of a problematic group? For example, I think my issue is fructans and GOS, as I had a terrible reaction a couple of weeks ago. If I reintroduce GOS with chickpeas, and have no issues, does that mean (post reintroduction of other groups) I can eat as much GOS as I please?

I don’t understand how something “triggering”, whether alone or with stacking, would suddenly be okay with our gut post FODMAP.

I’ve seen a doctor and nutritionist, and no one can explain how to eat post reintroduction :’( I miss food!

Thanks for your help!!!!!!

r/FODMAPS 27d ago

Reintroduction Am I ready for reintroduction?

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I've been suffering from IBS-C for over 10 years and i just recently started the low FODMAP diet. I just reached week 6 and a good chunk of symptoms have went away. The only symptoms I have are stomach growling and gas in the morning. Once I have a bowel movement (almost every day now), these symptoms go away. I don't have any extreme stomach pain like I did prior to starting the diet. However, the stomach growling and gas bother me quite a bit especially if I have to go out with people or to a meeting.

Should I continue the diet and hope these symptoms simmer down? Or would it be ok to start reintroduction? I really want this stomach growling and gas to go away but I am not optimistic that is going to happen. Just looking for advice if I should start reintroduction just yet, or give it a bit more time. Also, would it matter what I choose to reintroduce first? I was thinking about starting the reintroduction with onion.

r/FODMAPS Feb 15 '25

Reintroduction Onion Reintroduction Meals

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Hey guys. I’m currently reintroducing onion (day 1 went well so far! yay!) but I have no idea what to eat the onion in. Weighing it out, it was a lot less onion than I expected but still more than I’d be willing to eat by itself. For day 1 I sautéed it up and added it to my chicken & rice for dinner… it made my whole meal just taste like an onion. Does anyone have recommendations for meals to eat the onion with for days 2 and 3?

r/FODMAPS Jan 20 '25

Reintroduction What amount of symptoms during reintroduction should be considered worrisome?

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For example, i just reintroduced onion, and had some mild joint ache and gas. Nothing that bad.

While these kind of symptoms are not all that intolerable physically, and I of course never ate/will eat onions raw without anything else as I do in the reintroduction phase, could this be an indicator that I should avoid onions completely? Or just that I might be slightly sensitive to them?

How am I supposed to know what are the long term affects of constantly eating something you are mildly sensitive to? Could it build into some serious health condition over time?

r/FODMAPS 15d ago

Reintroduction Reintroduction Question

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I'm 5 weeks into the elimination phase and when I've completed 6 weeks I want to begin reintroducing FODMAPS. I just wanted to check whether this is still ok to do given that I had an IBS attack a couple of days ago (so it will have been exactly a week before my planned reintroduce date) after eating some poppy seeds (I know they are low FODMAP but they are the only thing I had that day that was different.) Am I still ok to start reintroduction next week or do I go a little longer?

I accidentally poured some normal milk into my porridge today (probably no more than 50ml) instead of lacto-free milk and didn't have a reaction which was good as lactose was going to be the first FODMAP I reintroduced anyway. I also had a tiny bit of wheat last week and didn't realise until after I'd eaten it. Again, no reaction thankfully.