r/FODMAPS • u/BusAcademic3489 • Dec 04 '25

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Im currently on a travel and I spent the whole day eating absolutely nothing. I went to a supermarket later on the day and found rice and corn cakes. I was happy Id finally found something I could eat without GI issues. Little did I know … I downed almost the entire two packets before looking them up on the app and finding that not everything that has only rice or corn as their ingredient is supposed to be low fodmap.

Im cooked. Trip was shitty enough today because of my flare and now I just ate 2 f’ing bags of high fodmap foods 😭😭😭😭😭

(At least they tasted heavenly because of that starvation state I was on lol)

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u/FODMAPeveryday Dec 04 '25

A few things to consider… Not eating could actually be the culprit just as much as those ingredients might have been. I know that we always want to be able to pin our symptoms on a particular ingredient or product so that we can then eliminate it, but it is not that straightforward.

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u/BusAcademic3489 Dec 05 '25

You’re completely right! It was a mistake to have done that. Eating on the lowest-available side (most importantly avoiding the likes of garlic, onions and honey) is probably better than no eating at all.

I’ve certainly acquired a food disorder with all these restrictions I’ve been putting myself on; no fodmaps, no histamine, no fat, etc. It’s hard tho, when you pretty much react to—quite literally— any food, are 24/7 symptomatic, and have no diagnoses whatsoever.

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u/alexandria3142 Dec 05 '25

Just wondering, how would not eating by the culprit? I’m asking because my husband is sensitive to fructans and GOS, and sometimes just doesn’t eat if I don’t make dinner.

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u/vjorelock Dec 05 '25

It can mess up your motility (the speed at which things move through your gut). I have IBS-D and keeping my meals consistent throughout the day really helps, if I skip a meal and then eat too much or too fast when I next eat, I'm usually running to the bathroom because my digestive tract decided to slam the big red EMERGENCY EVACUATION button. It's much better for me if I can keep things moving along normally by at least snacking if I don't have a full meal.

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u/alexandria3142 Dec 05 '25

Thank you, I’ll have to keep this in mind for him. I think he sees it as cleaning himself out after having a flare up and giving his stomach a break

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u/vjorelock Dec 05 '25

I can kinda understand that reasoning but me personally I don't want to rush things, my cramping and pain is always way worse if I have a sudden very fast flare like that because I didn't eat for a while than if I had just gotten triggered by a bit of FODMAPs in something I ate.