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FODMAP Elimination Diet

This is the FODMAP elimination diet plan we followed when Tootsie was first diagnosed. However, she couldn't and still cannot tolerate fruit so we have taken all fruit out except for ripe banana. It is recommended that you eat only the allowed foods for a few weeks to establish a baseline (free of IBS symptoms).

Allowed Grains/Starches:
Amaranth
Buckwheat
Corn Flakes (Erewhon brand - corn & salt)
Corn Tortillas
Crackers (rice or corn)
Rice crackers
Rice Krispies
Popcorn
Potato
Potato chips (plain)
Rice cakes
Soba Noodles (100% buckwheat)
Tortilla chips

Allowed fats:
Nuts (except pistachios)
Oil (any type, including coconut and garlic infused)
Olives (black)
Peanut butter (peanuts, salt)
Seeds (sunflower, sesame)
Butter
Margarine
Mayonnaise
Half-n-half
Sour cream
Whipping cream
Cream cheese

Allowed vegetables (small serving sizes if you suspect FM):
Bamboo shoots
Bean sprouts
Bok Choy
Carrots (limited)
Celery (limited)
Cucumber (English, limited)
Lettuce (butter, green leafy, romaine)
Peas
Radish
Red bell pepper
Spinach

Allowed fruit (very small serving sizes if you suspect FM):
Avocado
Banana (ripe, with spots)
Blueberries
Lemon
Lime
Raspberries
Strawberries

Allowed meats/milk:
Beef
Cheese, sharp cheddar or lactose free
Cottage cheese, lactose free
Ricotta cheese, part-skim
Chicken
Clams
Crab
Duck breast
Egg
Fish
Lamb
Lobster
Milk - lactaid, skim or low-fat
Pheasant
Pork, lean cuts
Shrimp
Tilapia
Turkey
Venison

Allowed extras:
Granulated sugar, cane or beet (limited to 3-4g per meal)
Dextrose
Erythritol
Glucose
Guar gum, minor ingredient
Maltodextrin, minor ingredient
Dry mustard
Raw sugar
Stevia
Wheat starch
Whey protein

AVOID:
Bulgar wheat
Brown sugar
Crystalline fructose
Dry milk solids
FOS
Fructose
Fructose solids
Fruit-juice solids/concentrates
High fructose corn syrup
Honey
Hydrogenated starch hydrolysates
Inulin
Isomalt
Kamut
Lactitol
Maltitol
Mannitol
Miso
Modified starch
Molasses
Polydextrose
Sorbitol
Soy protein isolate
Spelt
Sprouted wheat
Textured vegetable protein
Tomato paste
Wheat berries
Wheat flour - all purpose, white,whole, enriched
Wheat
Whey protein concentrate
Xylitol

Once you've established a baseline you can start challenging the different groups of carbohydrates (lactose, polyols, fructose, fructans, galactans). ...only challenging one group at a time, returning to baseline for a few days between groups. I will post a list of foods to challenge, by group, in the next post.

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  1. UnknownFebruary 11, 2013 at 9:35 AM

    Thank you for posting this. I've been suffering for over a year and just found out this is one of the reasons. I wanted to ask if the monthly antibiotics are just for children and if you may still have a list of foods to challenge by group. Thanks do much for posting.

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