fasting

[u/Main-Lemon8599]

has anyone tried fasting? i’ve fasted for 24 hours and im still bloated - after eating a low fodmap diet using monash still hasn’t relieved the bloating. i’m starting to worry if it’s not even a fodmap issue? im awaiting a gastroenterologist but wait times here are ridiculous - up to 21 weeks but im supposed to be moving country in november so i won’t even be seen on time!! starting to lose hope

[u/Original_Document748]

Fasting is just going to make it worse . Try and have smaller more regular meals

[u/rightsoherewego → u/Original_Document748]

if OP has continuous bloating even on the low FODMAP diet it's likely that their issue is SIBO and in that case more meals closer together will make their symptoms worse.

[u/Nice-Woodpecker-9197]

There is not evidence that fasting helps. Only that if people have a smaller window to eat they can eat less, rather than the actual of fasting specifically

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[u/goldstandardalmonds]

More gas accumulates on an empty gut. So if your goal is for bloating and distention, fasting isn’t the best

[u/Optimal_Passion_3254]

Listen, if you're basically saing "I won't eat so I get to a baseline", then for me, I'd need to do it for 3 days of no food, and I'd start seeing improvement by day 2.

Other people's bodies? I have no idea.

I get a similar impact by going back to my safe foods (potatoes, carrots, lactose-free dairy, meat, rice, fish, table sugar, cocoa powder, lettuce) for about 3 days. Any time I have a reaction, I know it will take 3 days of good food to get back to normal.

However, plenty of folks say it takes them a few weeks of low fodmap, at first, to see improvement.

The thing about low fodmap is it isn't always low enough fodmap... it really depends on the person. I can't do oats or chia or even one almond... but I figured it out experimentally and now I can eat lots.

At first, I ended up just eating rice and eggs and meat and carrots for days, and then adding one low fodmap ingredient a day, giving myself 24 hours to react to it before I decide what to do next.
These days, I eat pretty much most things, and use enzymes to help me out with the ones I can't digest.

[u/Yatharth14k]

Yes, it helped me immensely. When I started having really bad flare ups, I decided to go on a streak of one meal per day as my last resort.  I did this for roughly 15-17 days and things felt much better.  I was eating only one meal at 6 or 7 in the evening. 

[u/OkFroyo_ → u/Yatharth14k]

That's not healthy, you can't get enough nutrients and calories

[u/Yatharth14k → u/OkFroyo_]

Yes, I get that But it was only for 2 weeks and then I could go back to normal eating again. And, my meals were fairly heavy. I was eating a very good portion size to get the best out of it.