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Slow release carbs and fermentation

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pottersusan

pottersusan

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I need to eat more carbs than are ideal for diabetes, 'cos I need the calories. I need to consume approx 3000 cal daily to maintain my weight, with my strange physiology. Yet I want to try avoid those spikes after eating. I dont have a stomach, therefore I have no stomach acid. This means that the bacteria in my gut know how to party and produce vast quantities of gas😱. I take antibiotics which reduce the symptoms, but at times it can be rather embarrassing😳.
Slow release carbs, most veg and dairy contribute majorly to the gas problem. There is a limit to how much protein I can eat! I really don't like nuts.
Has anyone any bright ideas how I can help myself?
 
Can you tolerate oats, Susan? I don't know how they'd be for your physiology, but I know they are good for other digestive issues, and they'd bring up your cal total without being too bad on the carb front (if you are one of those people for whom they're not too bad on the carb front ... )

Other than that, I will be interested in any other replies you get, because I have some similar problems with needing calories and indeed needing carbs (obviously not as seriously as you do as I have a stomach, I just have a rather dysfunctional one which doesn't tolerate fat properly). But I don't want to eat protein until it's coming out of my ears either! 🙄
 
TheClockworkDodo said:
Can you tolerate oats, Susan? I don't know how they'd be for your physiology, but I know they are good for other digestive issues, and they'd bring up your cal total without being too bad on the carb front (if you are one of those people for whom they're not too bad on the carb front ... )

Other than that, I will be interested in any other replies you get, because I have some similar problems with needing calories and indeed needing carbs (obviously not as seriously as you do as I have a stomach, I just have a rather dysfunctional one which doesn't tolerate fat properly). But I don't want to eat protein until it's coming out of my ears either! 🙄
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Its a real conundrum isnt it!
Despite eating loads of fat my cholesterol is low, because fat just goes straight through -even though i take bucketfuls of Creon.
 
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