Hi! I like vegetables with breakfast, lunch. When I eat a lot of cucumbers and tomatoes, I need to go to the toilet a lot. The worst thing for me is that it ruins my sleep. Does anyone have any advice or should I simply reduce raw seasonal vegetables? thank you
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Some foods do have more insoluble fiber, and that will add volume to the stool. A J-pouch isn’t very large. OTOH, if your stool is too liquid it can tend to increase frequency, and something like psyllium husk, even though it adds bulk to the stool, can help.
I am surprised to hear that a breakfast/lunch item is affecting nighttime sleep 12-16 hours away.
I am 2 years into this and try to follow a pragmatic approach to food choices.
- when I can eat
- what I can eat
- how much I can eat
at this point I pretty much know with good degree of certainty, based on the above, how a particular food is going to work with my body and I act accordingly.