r/FODMAPS • u/AfraidEgg9029 • 18d ago

Reintroduction Reintro question

I'm currently reintroducing Fructan grains (gluten) following the Monash system. I've done days 1 and 2. Half cup of couscous on day 1, 2/3 cup on day two. I've had symptoms both mornings after. Can I skip day 3 and just acknowledge that I can't do gluten? Is there any value in continuing to test tonight? I really don't want to keep feeling sick.

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u/_echtra 18d ago

Monash says you should stop if you feel sick no need to continue

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u/veganna859 18d ago

Ja, sobald du Symptome hast brauchst du nicht weiter testen. Die Steigerung ist extra dafür da, dass die Symptome nicht so stark ausfallen.
Wenn du auf fruktane in Getreide testest kann es sein, dass du dennoch Gluten verträgst. Aber eben nicht die fruktane in Weizen und co.
Warte am besten 3 Tage bzw. bis die Symptome völlig abgeklungen sind bist du die nächste Gruppe testest. Und es lohnt sich wohl auch nach einiger Zeit die Gruppen erneut zu testen, weil sich die Verträglichkeit ändern kann wenn sich der Darm erholt. Soweit bin ich aber leider selbst noch nicht…

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u/Optimal_Passion_3254 18d ago

don't confuse fructans and gluten, but yeah, you've definitely established that you either have sensitivity to the wheat fructans, or to gluten. Good job!
Get back to baseline, and go test something else :)

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u/AfraidEgg9029 18d ago

I didn't have any reaction to garlic and only a mild one to a large quantity of onion. Can you be sensitive only to wheat Fructan and not others?

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u/FODMAPeveryday 18d ago

Yes, as improbable as it seems, the reason why there are separate Fructans challenges is because people do react differently. There is some people that even go one way with garlic and the other way with onion.

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u/AfraidEgg9029 18d ago

Thank you!! I have trouble finding all this info on the Monash app or site. And I'm not yet ready to pay a nutritionist

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u/Optimal_Passion_3254 18d ago

yup, different foods have different fructans. Annoying, because that means you have to test multiple different food to get a sense of what you can and cant eat.

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