tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24857092125959809112024-02-23T03:29:36.702+11:00Belly BurdensLiving with Ulcerative Colitis and Fructose Malabsorption.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964430393200708503noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485709212595980911.post-15684763022270915812017-03-28T22:15:00.001+11:002017-03-28T22:15:21.601+11:00Belly Burdens at the 2017 Health e Voices Australia Conference
A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of attending the 2017 Health
e Voices Australia Conference in Sydney. It was a fantastic experience – the
speakers and panellists were amazing, I met some fun and inspiring people, and the
conference in general had a very positive energy!
I would like to share with you my top takeaways from the
conference:
Sometimes it helps to have a bit of a sense
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964430393200708503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485709212595980911.post-89145011768196601392016-09-22T20:02:00.003+10:002016-09-22T20:02:44.080+10:00Bad Bellies and Pasta
Growing up, pasta was my absolute favourite food –
especially Spaghetti Bolognese. Even today, a bowl of pasta is my go-to comfort
food, and the one thing I am very comfortable with cooking.
That’s why when I learned that I was fructose intolerant and
wheat was one of the worst culprits, I was initially very much at a loss. On
the one hand it forced me to step outside my comfort zone and tryAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964430393200708503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485709212595980911.post-51910450979299536592016-03-29T20:09:00.002+11:002016-05-10T08:57:06.769+10:00Recipes for Bad Bellies: Fructose Friendly Chocolate Chip Hot Cross Muffins
For those that celebrate it, I hope everyone enjoyed
their Easter holidays!
And as we say goodbye to Easter for another year, I decided to try something a bit different – Hot Cross Muffins. There have been a few recipes floating around online recently, but
I chose to adapt this one by Anna from FODMAP Journey.
The main differences from this recipe were that I used raw brown sugar
(Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964430393200708503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485709212595980911.post-4680892765013545992016-01-04T17:20:00.000+11:002016-01-04T17:20:34.113+11:00Bad Bellies in the New Year
I hope everyone has had a good holiday and New Year! :)
I don’t usually make New Year’s resolutions, but this year I
thought I’d make an exception.
In 2015, I continued to slowly gain weight, and by November
I discovered that I was now the heaviest I have ever been. I am not in danger,
but I do not feel good about myself, and don’t feel healthy either. Therefore,
I have decided that my NewAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964430393200708503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485709212595980911.post-50271875173510281912015-10-02T19:12:00.002+10:002015-10-07T22:33:26.812+11:00Recipes for Bad Bellies: Fructose Friendly Chocolate Chia Seed Pudding
I have recently been experimenting with making chia seed
puddings, and making them fructose friendly. In today’s post I will share these
experiences with you and give you my favourite recipe so far – Chocolate Chia
Seed Pudding.
Chia seeds come from the flower Salvia
hispanica (see photo below), and originated in Central America. There
is a good
reason that chia seeds are called a “superfood”Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964430393200708503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485709212595980911.post-78699209885676982142015-07-14T21:54:00.000+10:002015-07-14T21:54:05.272+10:00Defining Bad BelliesFor this week's post, I would like to share what I have learned over the last year about
the categorisation of bowel disorders.
It is now my understanding that IBD and IBS have very
different causes, and are very different types of disorders. As a summary of my
research, I have created the below charts.
Note that I have chosen a few of the more well-known disorders
for simplicity. For a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964430393200708503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485709212595980911.post-45701367094643630322015-06-09T22:48:00.001+10:002015-06-09T22:48:07.727+10:00Recipes for Bad Bellies: Fructose Friendly Ice Cream
I have recently been experimenting with
making ice cream, using my ice cream machine, and adapting recipes to make them
more fructose friendly. So far, I have been using recipes from The
Ice Cream Book, by Joanna Farrow and Sara Lewis. I would like to share a couple of these with you in today's post.
For now, I will focus on cream-based ice
cream, which is made with a custard.
The Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964430393200708503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485709212595980911.post-5735952303361197752015-05-19T22:30:00.000+10:002015-05-19T22:30:46.629+10:00World IBD Day: Reflecting on Me and My Belly
Today is World IBD Day 2015. This is the first time this has
come around since I started my blog, and last month was also the anniversary of
my first diagnosis, so I would like to use this as an opportunity to reflect.
A lot has changed since that day in April eight years ago, when
a urinary tract infection caused my first ever major flare up, and led to my diagnosis
with Ulcerative Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964430393200708503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485709212595980911.post-49743745715587094492015-05-15T22:01:00.000+10:002015-05-15T22:01:15.369+10:00Belly Burdens is now on Bloglovin'!Belly Burdens is now on Bloglovin'!
Check it out here, or by clicking the icon on the side bar.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964430393200708503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485709212595980911.post-59201039315857277172015-05-02T00:18:00.003+10:002015-05-02T00:18:58.852+10:00Bad Belly Lingo
One thing that I struggled with when I first started researching
bowel conditions and joined online groups was the particular “lingo” that is
used within this community. Apart from all of the scientific and medical terms,
there are also several acronyms and abbreviations, which can be difficult to
decipher on your own.
Here is a list of the abbreviations and acronyms that I have seen
and Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964430393200708503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485709212595980911.post-26217891134270448612015-04-04T00:19:00.000+11:002015-04-04T00:19:00.520+11:00Monitoring Bad Bellies
Last
month I had another colonoscopy and gastroscopy, which now works out to be my about
my fourth colonoscopy and second gastroscopy since my UC diagnosis. This week, I
would like to share my experiences with this process, and best tips for how to get through it!
Disclaimer: I will be discussing the colonoscopy process as per my experiences in Australia,
however they may differ slightly fromAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964430393200708503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485709212595980911.post-89875619960677085092015-01-07T17:19:00.004+11:002015-01-07T17:19:58.795+11:00Bad Bellies and Travel
Before I begin, I hope that you have enjoyed your holidays,
and for those that celebrate it, had an enjoyable Christmas and New Year!
I
apologise as well to my readers that I have not posted for a few weeks – I had
been very busy at work, and then was travelling for Christmas, so did not have
time to write.
For my first post of 2015, I am going to write about my
experiences Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964430393200708503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485709212595980911.post-21094360318800629282014-11-18T23:01:00.000+11:002014-11-18T23:01:02.746+11:00Bad Bellies and Different Cuisines
This past weekend, my partner and I met some friends for
lunch at a Chinese Yumcha restaurant, and it made me think about my experiences
with FM and other cuisines. In some ways, different cuisines can be better for
my belly, and others can cause problems.
This week, I would therefore like to
share my experience with FM and different types of foods.
ADVANTAGES OF DIFFERENT FOODS
I Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964430393200708503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485709212595980911.post-13608420440220311912014-11-07T21:18:00.000+11:002014-11-07T21:18:11.262+11:00Bad Bellies and Stress
It’s been a bit of a tough one this
week. :(
Things have still been very busy and stressful at work, which was not
helped by the fact that it was a short week, due to a public holiday on
Tuesday. As a result, my health has also been affected - I have had
difficulties sleeping, low appetite, and my belly has felt off all week.
Yesterday, work was busier than usual, and I was really struggling - Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964430393200708503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485709212595980911.post-54962510717168527212014-10-31T20:52:00.000+11:002014-10-31T21:40:25.094+11:00Bad Bellies and Appetite
This week I have experienced some loss of appetite, which is
not usually something I have trouble with. Therefore, this week I would like to
explore the causes of loss of appetite, particularly with a bad belly like
mine, and share my thoughts on how to manage this symptom.
COMMON CAUSES OF LOSS OF APPETITE
There are many possible causes of loss of appetite, and I
have listed the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964430393200708503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485709212595980911.post-7063501902801178732014-10-21T23:14:00.000+11:002014-10-21T23:14:05.128+11:00FM and Going Gluten Free
When I was diagnosed with FM, my dietician suggested that “going
gluten free” may help, as this would also help to decrease my intake of
fructans. This is because wheat contains high amounts of fructans, as discussed
in this previous
post, as well as gluten. However, gluten free is not always fructose
friendly, and this is something that I often struggle with, particularly with
the current Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964430393200708503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485709212595980911.post-29026173300669698282014-10-11T20:31:00.000+11:002014-10-11T20:31:58.543+11:00Recipes for Bad Bellies: Fructose Friendly Mason Jar Fruit Salad
Following on from last week’s post, this week I decided to
try making a Mason Jar Fruit Salad.
I adapted this recipe for Triple Berry Nut Salad. In
order to make the salad more fructose friendly, I substituted maple syrup for
the honey. And, just because I like them, I added in some kiwi fruit, swapped
the whole almonds for shaved almonds, and had some Greek yoghurt on the side. Greek
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964430393200708503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485709212595980911.post-35944772226804425392014-10-03T22:44:00.001+10:002014-10-04T10:07:43.825+10:00Recipes for Bad Bellies: Fructose Friendly Mason Jar Salad
Last week, I discovered a new phenomenon – the Mason
Jar Salad. By layering ingredients into a Mason Jar (or something similar),
this is a very clever way to make a salad, especially to have for lunch at work.
ABOUT THE MASON JAR SALAD
The basic principle of a Mason Jar Salad is the way you
layer the ingredients in the jar, particularly to keep wet and dry ingredients separated, to ensure Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964430393200708503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485709212595980911.post-65101962837922457642014-09-23T23:00:00.002+10:002014-09-23T23:00:50.028+10:00Planning Meals for Bad Bellies
One of the things that I find most difficult about having
two digestive disorders is planning my meals within the constraints of both,
while also keeping to my budget. Some days, the question “What am I going to
eat?” can therefore be very difficult to answer.
This week, I would therefore like to share my progress in
this, and what I have learned so far.
MY GENERAL EATING PLAN
For Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964430393200708503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485709212595980911.post-32547079547536158882014-09-18T23:25:00.004+10:002014-09-18T23:25:52.966+10:00Bellies and Fruit
When I first tell someone that I have FM, they often ask,
“So, that means you can’t eat fruit, right?” The idea that fructose is only in
fruit seems to be a common misperception among the general public. For this
reason, it is common for those who are newly diagnosed with FM, including
myself, to avoid fruit completely at first. This can become a bit of a paradox,
however, as we are often told Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964430393200708503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485709212595980911.post-46198247082113367922014-09-11T23:05:00.000+10:002014-09-11T23:05:05.085+10:00Bad Belly Aches
For sufferers of IBD and/or IBS, stomach aches and
abdominal pain are an extremely common phenomenon, and very often taken as a
given. For many, including myself, there is often a silent struggle to manage
the pain, while also not letting it take over our lives. However, not all belly
aches are the same.
This week, I would therefore like to share the
different types of belly aches I have Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964430393200708503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485709212595980911.post-10480417337778358832014-09-02T23:49:00.003+10:002014-09-11T21:41:29.296+10:00Bad Bellies and Diet
In my opinion, the most frustrating thing about having FM is
its sheer complexity, as fructose is in almost every food. Additionally, having
UC adds an extra layer of complexity for me. From what I understand, this is a
common problem in general for people with IBS and/or IBD. Many people,
including myself, have therefore tried to simplify things by creating special
types of diets, hoping to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964430393200708503noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485709212595980911.post-68796618333499555742014-08-26T22:04:00.001+10:002014-08-26T22:04:58.197+10:00Bad Bellies and Sleep
I
have previously
touched on the affect that sleep patterns have on the digestive system, but
what about the effect that the digestive system has on your ability to get a
good night's sleep?
For the last 2-3 years, I have struggled to get a full night's sleep. I did actually
get a full night's sleep on one night last week, but I don't remember the last
time I slept through the night before Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964430393200708503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485709212595980911.post-78396144399232163522014-08-19T22:48:00.002+10:002014-09-11T21:46:47.999+10:00My Belly and Food
One of the most common questions that people ask when I talk
about my UC and FM is: “So, what can you actually eat?” Similarly, in support
groups on social media, I have often seen people asking whether they can eat this
food, or that food. However, these questions are not easy to answer, because as
much food lists can be a guideline, everyone’s body is different, and can react
to certain foods Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964430393200708503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485709212595980911.post-14882806185897608942014-08-11T23:10:00.001+10:002015-04-06T17:16:10.455+10:00All About UC
As discussed briefly in this
previous post, Ulcerative Colitis (UC) is the less severe form of IBD, and
generally affects only the inner
lining of the large intestine, i.e. the colon and rectum. Essentially, UC
causes the lining of the large bowel to become inflamed and develop small sores
or ulcers, as discussed here.
The main symptoms of UC include diarrhoea, abdominal pain, blood in the stoolAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964430393200708503noreply@blogger.com0