Potatoes. Rice.

[EmAitch88]

forgive my ignorance, i know i may be totally off about this...

i love mashed potatoes. i have heard that white potatoes are not the best for you. -at least, if you have a lot of them. lots of starch and such. are sweet potatoes or yams better? does it make a difference for Crohns patients?

i also love rice. white rice? brown rice? wild rice? again, does it matter for us Crohnies?

what's your favorite way of preparing potatoes/rice?

 

[Lydia]

It depends on the crohnie. Some do better with more fiber in their diet and some do better with a low fiber diet. I can tolerate more fiber in my diet, so I like to leave the skins on my mashed potatoes, and I prefer brown rice. A food journal is a good place to start.

 

[David]

As Lydia mentioned, it depends on the person. As sweet potatoes are known to have fantastic anti-inflammatory properties, that's what I usually get. Either way I buy them organic as potatoes are one of the "dirty dozen":

America's favorite vegetable is the potato; unfortunately, more than 35 pesticides have been detected on potatoes in USDA testing. Sweet potatoes offer a delicious alternative with less chance of pesticide residue."

As soon as I get my house, I plan to cultivate a wide variety of sweet potatoes since the different skin colors have different health benefits. My understanding is that purple can be especially beneficial though I have yet to research why.

Rice? Up to the person, but again, organic . Milled white rice has less nutrients than your unmilled colored rices so if you can tolerate them, go with color.

As for preparation, there's millions of ways We've recently been eating lots of sweet potatoes by slicing then baking them in the oven with a light brushing of olive oil and a pinch of paprika. :thumbsup:

 

[glum chump]

Sweet potatoes have more fibre in them then regular potatoes, but because it contains soluble fibres (rather than insoluble), it can be better tolerated.

I like sweet potato fries, mashed sweet potatoes (with cinnamon), and roasted sweet potatoes.

Rice: I love fried rice, rice with stir fries and with curry.

 

[Slim Johnson]

No rice for me thanks. Gives me the D something fierce. Well, if there is some sashimi... I will pay the price, and eat some rice.

I do eat potato's. Mashed, or fries. Sometimes I will eat some plain potato chips, that depends on how flared I am.

 

[EmAitch88]

thanks, guys!!

 

[kenyasolovely]

I can tolerate and love, love...love potatoes of any variety but find that the red ones in a bit of olive oil with garlic is quite possibly one of the best things I can give my gut.

And white rice is marvelous as well. I find the sticky kind from the Chinese food resturants is so good. Its really cheap too....and I can eat it with no salt or butter.

 

[David]

I can tolerate and love, love...love potatoes of any variety but find that the red ones in a bit of olive oil with garlic is quite possibly one of the best things I can give my gut.

Meaning you tolerate it well or they seem to improve your symptoms?