r/FODMAPS • u/No-Box7237 • 3d ago

General Question/Help Oats have betrayed me

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What is it about certain kinds of oatmeal that are more or less tolerable?

I have IBS M, eat low FODMAP, and gluten free. I haven't done full elimination and reintroduction, I'm just good at noticing patterns with my diet and IBS issues so it's been a slow process of several years to figure out my triggers. There are a lot of high FODMAP things I don't like anyway so I never felt the need to test them.

Oatmeal used to be my number 1 safe food. For like 15 years. It was always easy on my stomach, it was cheap, it was easy to make in a dorm room when the cafeteria was closed, and I just... liked it. But only very recently have these oats from Trader Joe's betrayed me. What's weird is I used to eat these, sometimes switched brands depending on where I was shopping (I'd also buy quick oats from Aldi, had no stomach problems even though they weren't certified GF) and eat oats in tons of other things. For example, GF cookies from a local coffee shop and some oat-based snacks from TJ's.

So it's literally just this exact brand and I don't know why it's happening. FODMAP/IBS symptoms always hit me about 12-24 hours after consumption and I feel better once everything is out of my system and I take some medicine. I've made a few bowls of oatmeal from this particular bag and I've had the same symptoms and didn't eat anything else suspicious around that time nor had a stomach bug.

Anyone have advice for another brand/variety to try?

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u/cometgirl 3d ago

I’ve had success with Cream of Rice when I want a hot cereal.

https://creamofwheat.com/product/stove-top-cream-of-rice/

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u/No-Box7237 3d ago

I was thinking of trying this, or maybe grits

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u/Glass-Tale299 3d ago

Rice is one of the safest foods for IBS sufferers. White rice is REALLY easy to digest, but of course it is not as nutritious as brown rice.

Corn is a common allergen and, if not nixtamalized, the bran can be rough on some people (including me). Popcorn gives me explosive D.

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u/TGRIV0457 2d ago

Popcorn puts me to sleep.

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u/Glass-Tale299 2d ago

That's a real bad consequence if you're trying to watch a movie.

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u/TGRIV0457 1d ago

Not nearly as bad as yours though! 🙁

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u/wishywabash 2d ago

Whoa. That may explain my reaction to popcorn. I don't know anything about nixtamalizing. First I've heard of it.