IBS and certain food types

[drax83]

Hi everybody, not posted for a time. But I been having problems since changing to foods that I and wife can afford on our pensions. Rather what I used to get. One of these I had last night was Bernard Matthews frozen bag of turkey nuggets. Since 5am this morning, my tummy been playing up, went twice before 8am. Went out a while on my scooter to asda, came back still had funny tummy, smell of turkey wind made my wife reach for the air spray🦃 felt I needed to go again, "bathroom is closed for an hour" had a windeaze, think it's gone now, but I can't understand what was in them to cause such a annoying and tricky morning. Anybody else have trouble with coated or breadcrumbed chicken etc hope you have a great rest of day😁

[Luisa22]

These are the ingredients of Bernard Matthews turkey nuggets:

Turkey Breast (52%), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Starch, Wheat Gluten, Salt, Spices, Yeast Extract, Natural Flavouring, Yeast, Sugar, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Sage

Have you ever had problems with any of those ingredients before?

Personally I would suspect "natural flavouring" (what exactly is that made of?) and "garlic powder" and "onion powder". Unless you are gluten sensitive, in which case obviously the wheat ingredient.

I found this article about "natural flavouring"

healthline.com/nutrition/na...?

"Spices" could also be a problem. It doesn't say which spices.

I find rapeseed oil is fine for me, but we are all different, and maybe it's not fine for some people.

Sage might not be an issue, but it depends...okay for some people and maybe some guts are more sensitive to it? I find it OK in small amounts.

I know for sure garlic and onion are a complete no-no for me, and garlic and onion powder is just as bad for me. I can't even have a little bit.

I understand your need to budget as you only have pensions coming in. I'm the same as I only get state pension. These big bags of processed food can cost a lot less than fresh meat or fish. But basically we shouldn't be eating all this processed stuff,

I often do buy bags of plain frozen fish steaks. Those have no additives so are pretty good, and I buy a few at once when they are on a special loyalty card offer, and save a lot . I also eat plain tinned fish quite happily. But otherwise I eat carbs like rice, potatoes, couscous, pasta, ciabatta bread, flat breads, and just vegetables, eggs, butter, natural (no additive) peanut butter, and some nuts and seeds, so almost nothing processed. That food is pretty gut friendly for me.

[Misspomfrey]

I agree with Luisa22, steer clear of anything wrapped in breadcrumbs or wrapped in anything else. Processed foods are rubbish. If you like fish, go for the plain white fish, the supermarkets do packs that are reasonably priced. Cook them in foil in the oven with a few herbs, no salt, they don't take long to cook and I cook them from frozen. Much better than this processed stuff and chicken? Well, I wouldn't trust it, although I don't eat meat of any kind. Stick to fresh veg or frozen is just as good if not better, avoid tins.

[Iggls]

whatever you do, avoid anything with breadcrumbs, batter or deep fried! As others have said, stick to plain fish, eggs or adopt a veggie diet, which is really cheap and nutritious.

Always better to cook everything from scratch so that you know what’s in it!

[Edgar77]

I see you have had lots of good advice, but it must be a bit overwhelming. I would suggest you start with the most common problem foods first. Cutting out one thing at a time. Sounds like it could be gluten which is a very common problem. Have you been checked for celiac disease. You can develop it at any age. Cows milk is also a common problem. My dietician suggested lactose free milk, as it still has all the good nutrients of cows milk. In the meantime stick to simple meat and fish with no breadcrumbs or batter ect. Try gluten free gravy. You can find it in the free from Isle. Eggs, garlic and onion powder are also a common problem. The five most common allergens should be highlighted in the ingredients. That is now the law.

[buggins55]

agree with the other replies avoid processed food completely companies love to lure us into these products with price cuts because they are cheaper to produce (for various reasons some unpleasant that i won't go into here) and they make more profit from them. buy plain unadulterated foods (I am a meat eater everyone has a different lifestyle choices ) there are cheaper options out there and meals with meat can be filled out by adding beans, lentils and plenty of chopped veg but basically just keep things simple, bear in mind that people have different food triggers many have none at all so keep a note of anything that you think might be affecting you hope things improve for you and take care

[Boxroad]

if I was you I would leave the processed foods out my diet. They are not good for you that’s for sure. Have you tried offal? I find it ok and it’s very cheap

[Leo70]

Avoid processed foods - so bad for you - try and stick to plain food and avoid onion and garlic powder which is so often in these breadcrumbed foods and other processed foods. They are usually high in salt too.

[Hel52]

Hi drax83

[IBShate]

too much fat perhaps? Better grilled and not breaded; may help.

[penelope2]

You have had lots of good advice already but I will add a couple more points Firstly a coeliac test TG2 will.not pick up gluten sensitivity and even coeliacs will only test positive in blood tests in about.two thirds of tests. So you can't rely on these alone.

Secondary if you are gluten sensitive then often this will be effected by transglutaminase which is widely used by the food industry to shape meat and this will not appear on the label.

It's complicated, so the best we can do for our health is don't eat processed food.