does asparagus affect your ibs?

[Bamboopanda]

i have horrible cramps,nausea and bloating after eating asparagus !! Does anyone else feel this way?

its a shame as i love it!

[winfong]

It's pretty high on the FODMAP list as a must to avoid. Thank goodness it doesn't bother me. It's probably my favorite veggie.

[Bamboopanda in reply to winfong]

i think i should attempt to cut it out… i love it i am very jealous of people who can tolerate it!!!

[Luisa22]

So far, oddly I have been okay with asparagus. I usually have about three spears about 9" long each. BUT...I cut the stalks into pieces, and peel them! The top bit I don't peel, but the thicker bits I do. No problem with it usually after doing that. So about 90% of the time asparagus is on my "green" list. It wasn't before I worked out that I had to peel it.

[b1b1b1]

I have been told to eat just the tips and maybe an inch of the spear, but not the lower part of the spear.

[Flyonawall]

Whilst there are no hard and fastrules as such, and no two people seem to be the same for IBS triggers, guidelines are that asparagus is a high fodmap food...clearly it doesn't agree with you.Avoid,or eat at your peril.Among other things,IBS means avoiding trigger foods,regardless of how much you love it,or suffer the consequences, fairly simple really.

[Flyonawall]

And as others have pointed out selections of the parts eaten works for them,reminiscent of broccoli florets but not stalks...

[Andann]

Thanks for the warning. I have been ok with 3 spears but yesterday finished the tin, 5 spears and quite a lot of bread.....was blaming the bread for todays upsets.