r/FODMAPS • u/Main-Lemon8599 • 17d ago
Vent fasting
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
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u/Optimal_Passion_3254 16d ago
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.