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Chinese diet feels better than western diet?

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sleepallday

I just travelled within China for the previous 3 weeks and was amazed that besides a couple of sore and upset tummy times, I was generally so much better!

Ever since coming home and eating western food again, I have been getting the pain, weird bm and gurgling. My abdomen is crazy loud as I type.

My question is - has anyone found that an Asian style diet helps with their symptoms? I seriously felt like a normal human for once and even quickly ran to the shops tonight to stock up on chinese style food to try out here.
 
Eridon2002

Eridon2002

I believe Chinese food is low gluten and dairy. Try cutting these out of your diet. You also probably weren't eating a lot of processed foods when you where in China. I would suggest doing an elimination diet and keeping a food log to find out what your problem foods are. I doubt the processed Chinese food you get at the shops in your hometown will help your tummy-they aren't anything like the fresh cooked food you got in China.
 
christopherobin

christopherobin

Two things regarding Asian diet .... Yes the Asian diet helps a lot ( for Me ) but using rice noodles NOT wheat noodles but I can cope with Wheat noodles. and also if I am in a warm climate helps too. I also find If I am ill with a bad cold or flu the crohns symptoms are much less. I put this down to the raised temperature in my body.
 
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chrohnotrigger

What a crazy thread to stumble into.

I just spent a week in San Jose eating nonstop at Chinese places (visiting a company that was majority Chinese). Somehow I was able to eat Chinese green vegetable, bok choy, etc. mixed in with spice (cannot escape it even when I pleaded to make the dishes more mild) without too much damage. I feel if I ate the vegetables on their own or similary prepared western vegetables there would be ... much trouble. I don't think gluten + dairy free is the sole reason as I eat this way regularly, but it probably did not hurt. Processed food? Probably somewhat given the varying quality of restaurants, but not sure either. Any other theories?
 
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Poppysocks

Lara said:
I just travelled within China for the previous 3 weeks and was amazed that besides a couple of sore and upset tummy times, I was generally so much better!

Ever since coming home and eating western food again, I have been getting the pain, weird bm and gurgling. My abdomen is crazy loud as I type.

My question is - has anyone found that an Asian style diet helps with their symptoms? I seriously felt like a normal human for once and even quickly ran to the shops tonight to stock up on chinese style food to try out here.
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Yes. I've been eating sushi for the past year and a half and my symptoms are completely cured. I have perfect bowel movements and my bloodwork has normalized.
 
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Tuff

I've been making Chinese and Japanese foods for over a year now, and have cut down on bread and dairy. I find that I don't bloat at all from Asian foods. Not sure if it's the wheat or yeast, but bread makes me bloat something awful. I don't really have too many symptoms right now other than that.
 
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