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whereamac wrote:Hi there
I'm new to this forum, so I may not have the best advice... but I came across a post from michaelswarm on this thread: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=61159
He talks about thinking about your gut as a muscle and training it by starting with certain foods - could you do that? Another option might be to follow Dr McDougall's Elimination Diet? I had a severe bout of trapped wind recently when I increased my cruciferous vegetables too fast (it was by mistake). When I went back to making sure I was eating well cooked starches and other vegetables, I felt much better.
Good luck!
LuckyMomma wrote:I eat lots of leafy greens of all types but my adult daughter is not able to. Her stomach would feel unwell and affects her digestion. I think we are just different. She can handle a small amount of delicate greens with maybe 2 leaves of kale at best. She does smoothies. She has been animal free for a while. We use a product by garden of life, raw organic perfect food. It has 70 percent daily vitamin K. Vitamin K is found in dark leafy greens.
Creaky wrote:I have issues eating raw vegetables, especially large salads. My digestive tract doesn't enjoy it at all. So I mainly eat cooked vegetables, very well cooked vegetables. I tired eating small amounts to raw vegetables and they do make me hungry more than the well cooked vegetables.
michaelswarm wrote:Leafy greens are just one kind of vegetable among many kinds of vegetables. If you don’t like them, or they don’t like you, then eat something else. Or eat them as you like, in reasonable amounts.
For my family of 5, my weekly shopping lists includes 2 bunches of spinach and a head of lettuce. Divide that by 5 people and 21 meals. The spinach is likely to go into a pasta dish or green curry. The lettuce a couple leafs at a time onto a sandwich or taco.
For more of the nutrition science Jeff Novick’s forum is a gold mine of information.
For example, advanced search for Leafy Greens in just Jeff’s forum has these 2 gems:
Clarification on How Much Greens
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=49524&hilit=leafy+greens
Esselstyn’s Recommendations on Greens [nitrates]
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=59243&hilit=leafy+greens
As always, the starches are the main dish, and your primary energy source. The vegetables are just side dishes, for flavor and variety.
debknott wrote:One concept that may help you feel better is to keep in mind that the McDougall way of eating is predominantly starch based. As a result leafy greens are not nearly as important as people outside McDougall circles think them to be. The Starch Solution advocates for loads of starch with the addition of a few other vegetables and a little fruit.
So, if leafy greens don't agree with your digestive system you don't need to worry about it. With your starches eat a few non starchy veggies that your body reacts well to and call it good.
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