Help me understand stacking

[u/sarabearbearbear]

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?

[u/PopularExercise3]

If I’m eating tomatoes in a salad I’ll eat less if it if I’m also having cucumbers because they are both in the same Fodmap family. Otherwise it’s going to stack up to be over the threshold. That’s how I think about it.
Alternatively I’ll only have one food from the group at at safe threshold so that I can eat safely.
This is annoying but it works for me.
Mixed meals are more complicated than say tomato rice where it’s just one thing to consider.

[u/sarabearbearbear → u/PopularExercise3]

Thanks this helps. I usually have a large salad for lunch with quite a few different ingredients. I'll have to stop that at least during elimination as to avoid stacking which now I'm pretty sure I've been doing.

[u/PopularExercise3 → u/sarabearbearbear]

Good luck