Fibre

[member 2106]

After a bit of experimentation, I've discovered that I'm gluten intolerant. It causes itchy skin, but the fibre from bread and pasta was working wonders for my bowel movements.

Now that I've stopped eating wheat, I'm quite badly constipated, and looking to compensate for the drop in fibre.

What safe foods would you recommend to increase my fibre intake, other than raw carrots and mushrooms (which don't quite seem to do the trick)?

 

[Gone Peating]

i like figs, sweet potatoes if trying to avoid nightshades, watermelon if it's ripe

 

[olive]

I like sweet potato. Not only is it full of fibre, it’s micronutrient dense, high in potassium, manganese, magnesium, copper, vitamin k/e/c/b/a and has a little bit of choline which can be a struggle to hit sufficient amounts of considering PUFA limitations. It’s also a high quality source of protein with a well balanced amino acid profile - assuming you have a sweet tooth and top it with glycine like I do.
It’s easy digesting, cheap and versatile.
The purple kind has lower vitamin a content if you are wishing to limit vit a exposure - it also tastes better in my opinion.

 

[member 2106]

@olive @Gone Peating

Thank you! I'm going to roast up some sweet potato for dinner - let's see if that gets things moving.

 

[Tenacity]

Sweet potatoes give me excess gas, but regular white potatoes are good for this too.

 

[member 2106]

Sweet potatoes give me excess gas, but regular white potatoes are good for this too.

White potatoes don't really do it for me, unless I eat the skins, but even then...

 

[Gone Peating]

you could also try consuming wheat without added "reduced iron" and see if that helps

also i like your user name! walden is one of my favorite books, and i recently moved to the area but keep forgetting to drive over there and see it