Gastritis Support Group

Gastritis is a medical term for inflammation of the lining of the stomach. It means that white blood cells move into the wall of the stomach as a response to some type of injury. Gastritis has many underlying causes, from infection with the bacterium H. pylori, bile reflux, or excessive consumption of alcohol or certain foods or drugs like aspirin.

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soretum 02/19/2013

Does anyone else struggle with flourless cakes due to the large amounts of almonds?
I've avoided flourless cakes for almost three years in fear it would be bad news. I stupidly ate a delicious date/almond/ chocolate torte and found out the hard way that I can't do that. I can eat all the ingredients in the cake but with such high amounts of almonds and dates I had pain for over 12 hours.
I was making such headway but now struggle with more bad days than good. If the gastritis doesn't get me my IBS does.
I use to think I was getting somewhere but now know I'm not and never will.
I hope for better things for others here.

poorlygir4l 02/20/2013

Hi soretum,Im getting bad flare ups of pain most days. I like nuts but Ive found that I can get flare ups after eating them. I wonder if its the fat in them? I like Brazil nuts but have had to stop having them. However I seem to get lots of flare ups even when I don,t have nuts. Im not sure about flour as I eat bread. One day Im ok the next not so I don,t know. I would cut down on nuts though because of the fat. Walnuts are suposed to help with inflammation so I have a few here and there. I wish I could come up with a solution but have to keep plodding on.

soretum 02/21/2013

Hi Poorylgirl,
Nuts are hard to digest. I'm not sure about the fat issue. You could try soaking them overnight as this helps them to be more easily digested. These nuts would need to be refrigerated then. I'm ok with most nuts just in small amounts. I haven't tried peanuts as they are the worst offenders.
I hate that you think you're getting somewhere with all of this and then wham...you've slipped back and didn't notice.
Like me you have more than the gastritis to manage and that makes it hard to juggle foods doesn't it?

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