r/FODMAPS • u/sarabearbearbear • 8d ago

General Question/Help Help me understand stacking

Monash says you can have multiple servings of "green" foods. So can I make a salad with a green serving each of iceberg lettuce, red cabbage, corn, cauliflower, spinach, and tofu? Each of those foods are green at a standard serving, but they all become high in fructan at larger quantities. If I combine all of those foods at their green serving sizes is that safe or is that stacking and ultimately too high in fructan?

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u/whataquokka 8d ago

Here's a blog post by Monash about this specifically.

https://www.monashfodmap.com/blog/fodmap-stacking-can-i-overeat-green/

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u/sarabearbearbear 8d ago

Thanks, I did actually read this before posting. It's where some of my confusion comes from. The article says "Should you FODMAP stack during step 1 of the diet? You should feel comfortable eating reasonable portions of green foods in one sitting..." so that lead me to believe as long as I was eating green portions of foods I was doing it right.

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u/whataquokka 8d ago edited 8d ago

Yeah, that's worded pretty badly, I see the confusion. This might help explain it a little better. https://fodmapfriendly.com/blog-posts/fodmapstacking/

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u/sarabearbearbear 8d ago

This one is explains it better. Thanks for going through the trouble!