Disclaimer on recipes
Apr 22, 2012 18:31:45 GMT
Post by Charlie Arnold on Apr 22, 2012 18:31:45 GMT
Please be aware that everyone has different tolerance levels. This board is geared to fructose malabsorption so we are focusing more on fructose reduced recipes, some can tolerated normal white flours, others are very sensative to fructans and therefore need to substitute with gluten free flours which work in the same way but can be drier therefore you may need to add more liquid to these recipes.
Some cannot tolerate milk sugars either therefore if you are in this category you may find you can adjust recipes using lactose free products however if you are only fructose malabsorption you should be ok on normal dairy products, again adjust recipes to tolerance levels.
People seem to have different tolerance levels of permitted fruits and vegetables too so please adjust recipes according to your own personal tolerance. If you are newly diagnosed to FM and / or very reactive you are better to start with the lowest fructose meals possible, ie those with no fruit, vegetables or sugars. Once you have settled your digestive system maybe start trying out small amounts of those fructose containing foods listed in the low fodmap list in safe ingredients. Try everything slowly as it may take several days for a reaction to build up and if you go in too fast, too soon then you won't know what caused it. If you have slipped up and react then go back to safe recipes for a few days to settle your system.
Table sugar is on the permitted list on the low fodmap diet, however if you are very reactive I would be very cautious about using it to any extent. Glucose / dextrose powder can be used as a substitute but again use with caution until you have extablished your tolerance levels.
Lets try a universal code for recipes. When listing ingredients:
Green = safe for all
Orange = wheat may need substitute to gluten free and advise to check safety of orange foods
Red = contains fructose so check own tolerance level even on permitted low fodmap list.
Try to avoid posting recipes with non-safe ingredients or post clearly what needs to be avoided for the FM sufferers portion.
perhaps others posting recipes can try and use the same colour coding. To do this type the line then highlight text to change colour and pick color in Add Tags, it won't show colour change till you post it.
But please do try all recipes with caution, none of us are trained nutritionists, but just post what we find we can use and everyones tolerance seems to be different.
Some cannot tolerate milk sugars either therefore if you are in this category you may find you can adjust recipes using lactose free products however if you are only fructose malabsorption you should be ok on normal dairy products, again adjust recipes to tolerance levels.
People seem to have different tolerance levels of permitted fruits and vegetables too so please adjust recipes according to your own personal tolerance. If you are newly diagnosed to FM and / or very reactive you are better to start with the lowest fructose meals possible, ie those with no fruit, vegetables or sugars. Once you have settled your digestive system maybe start trying out small amounts of those fructose containing foods listed in the low fodmap list in safe ingredients. Try everything slowly as it may take several days for a reaction to build up and if you go in too fast, too soon then you won't know what caused it. If you have slipped up and react then go back to safe recipes for a few days to settle your system.
Table sugar is on the permitted list on the low fodmap diet, however if you are very reactive I would be very cautious about using it to any extent. Glucose / dextrose powder can be used as a substitute but again use with caution until you have extablished your tolerance levels.
Lets try a universal code for recipes. When listing ingredients:
Green = safe for all
Orange = wheat may need substitute to gluten free and advise to check safety of orange foods
Red = contains fructose so check own tolerance level even on permitted low fodmap list.
Try to avoid posting recipes with non-safe ingredients or post clearly what needs to be avoided for the FM sufferers portion.
perhaps others posting recipes can try and use the same colour coding. To do this type the line then highlight text to change colour and pick color in Add Tags, it won't show colour change till you post it.
But please do try all recipes with caution, none of us are trained nutritionists, but just post what we find we can use and everyones tolerance seems to be different.