What I eat as a Vegan Ostomate (w/ video) - Food and Recipes

RE: What I eat as a Vegan Ostomate (w/ video)

VeganOstomy — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:12:38 +0000

Posted by: @tigerlily

She suggested tapioca or chia seeds to thicken output. I have found them helpful. So I now mix chia seeds with chocolate soy beverage and leave it to soak for about 30 minutes

I've used Chia seeds (whole) and they are amazing - they produce a type of output for me that simply slides out of the bag! LOL

Have you tried grinding the seeds up? I usually use a coffee grinder to grind up flaxseed (haven't tried with Chia seeds), and in powdered form the nutrients are better absorbed, and they mix better with beverages.

RE: What I eat as a Vegan Ostomate (w/ video)

Tigerlily — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 21:20:05 +0000

I have been seeing a dietitian for the past few months to try to regain some control over my output. She suggested tapioca or chia seeds to thicken output. I have found them helpful. So I now mix chia seeds with chocolate soy beverage and leave it to soak for about 30 minutes, then mix it with some tapioca pudding and yogurt, fruit, and nuts for breakfast. I found that I need to go easy on the chia seeds because of the fibre content. Fibre makes my output quite loose.

Laurie

RE: What I eat as a Vegan Ostomate (w/ video)

LLNorth — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:21:42 +0000

Hi Sally - Welcome. I have a colostomy, am not vegan or a keto eater, so my situation is different from yours (but we are osto-mates!) - I heard, and have found, that applesauce can thicken output, and so applesauce is part of managing my output. It does contain sugar; I usually buy the kind with no sugar added (but not a sugar substitute - yech), and although I haven’t done it in quite awhile it is easy to make your own. I avoid raw carrot, all spinach, celery, and am careful with peelings.

The creativity involved in managing/changing diet can be kind of fun - I would like to eat cleaner, and although cooking tofu is a mystery to me the pictures of Eric’s tofurkey feast make me hungry, and I will start experimenting with it one of these days.

Best of luck to you - I have had my stoma for almost four years and it’s worked pretty well.

RE: What I eat as a Vegan Ostomate (w/ video)

LK — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 09:48:51 +0000

Hello Sally & a very delayed but big Welcome to VO. I apologize for the delay in getting to your questions. I have done some reading on the Keto diet to try & understand a bit about it for you. I can understand your frustration. Eight years on a diet that worked for you & being told to eat so differently had to be very upsetting.

If you haven't already you may want to ask to speak to a dietitian with knowledge of Ostomies & the keto diet. Its the ostomy part more then the Keto diet you may run into issues with in finding help so be prepared to educate a little about the speed you pass foods through & what your trying to avoid with your output from your ostomy & what you want to accomplish.

After my ostomy, I packed on 40 pounds in one month!! It wasn't anything I was eating differently it was my Thyroid Gland & Type 2 Diabetes & Anemia. Maybe if you haven't, see your Doctor ask him to test for Thyroid function. I did start to loose some weight following a visit to the dietitian about diabetes but not enough for my liking or for the clothes that no longer fit. lol!

I missed the raw veggies & salads & foods I once enjoyed so much that helped me maintain a steady healthy weight!! After binge watching many of Erics videos I was aware of two things that really hit a note with me. Put my fork down between bites & though I already thought I chewed my food well, I didn't chew it as well as he had talked about.

My 1st meal eating the way Eric suggested took me over an hour to eat but I chewed & chewed until I had hardly a thing to press between my teeth. It still takes me a long time to eat but I admit I enjoy my food a lot more & am now eating from the list of forbidden foods. This is where I tell you my kids had dubbed me Queen of Blockages so I was determined to beat that title down. I don't dare say I've succeeded because it'll happen if I do! Lol! But so far so good. lol!

However it wasn't just chewing & putting my fork down that helped. I had to learn to "cut my food differently" cooked or raw & to "cook it differently" also. I can share all that with you if your interested & if I'm getting to what you need help with . But Sally all this has allowed me to eat a big plate of Salads again and those raw veggies I enjoyed so much as well as a host of other foods I used to enjoy. But I had to make what may seem like silly changes & these changes have helped tremendously.

This is long already but if you think this will help let me know what you have tried & whats the most offending foods for you or what you would love to eat food wise & what's holding you back. Have you kept a food diary of sorts to figure out what works & what doesn't? Food journals are very helpful in figuring out so many issues with skin too.

I hope this is helpful for you. Again I apologize for the time it took to get a reply. When this happens its usually due to a very busy week for everyone. I hope you have a good day.

Linda

RE:What I eat as a Vegan Ostomate (w/ video)

VeganOstomy — Sat, 26 Feb 2022 20:14:39 +0000

Hi Sally, Is our output currently loose/liquid? Generally speaking, carbs will thicken output quite easily, although I'm sure there are bulking products like psyllium that might thicken things up, although, I wouldn't generally recommend using something like that long-term unless its cleared by your doctor.

RE:What I eat as a Vegan Ostomate (w/ video)

Sally — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 11:58:23 +0000

Wonderful website, thank you. I had an emergency ileostomy last year 2021, my colon stopped working completely. Over five years of bowel problems seeing five gastroenterologists, three colorectal surgeons, some privately, I was in despair of ever getting help or even being listened to. Thankfully I eventually was, I was so pleased to have the surgery, a loop ileostomy, all my anxiety and stress melted away. For the first few weeks it was all excellent, though I found the high carb diet dreadful, difficult, I quickly put on weight, felt sluggish, no energy, started to experience aches and pains I'd never had before. I've been keto for over eight years, I do not eat meat though I eat fish, and loads of low carb veggies. Keto helped me recover from ME/CFS very quickly, I felt amazing on a low carb diet. I also used to Fast regularly, it helped my body have the energy to look at itself and heal itself when it could, very successfully. Even my colon started to work again after a Fast, sadly this only lasted a few days, then it ceased working again. I'd be over the moon to get back to keto, low carb diet, I very rarely ate refined carbs - sugar or anything made with flour or from grains, I'd like to get back to keto though am struggling with how to make and keep my stoma output like porridge, not being a meat eater I will not eat pig gelatine, I've tried Agar Agar, vegan gelatine with very limited results. I wondered if anyone was keto with ileostomy, did not eat meat, and how they managed their stoma output, also anyone who Fasted, this was a very important part of my life. Thank you so much.

RE:What I eat as a Vegan Ostomate (w/ video)

VeganOstomy — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 13:54:12 +0000

Hi Carol, As with all food, I believe it has more to do with how you prepare and consume meals rather than the meal itself. I eat cabbage quite often without trouble. Some tips on eating after surgery can be found here: https://www.veganostomy.ca/ostomy-diet-what-to-eat-first-six-weeks/ https://www.veganostomy.ca/ostomy-diet-beyond-recovery/

RE:What I eat as a Vegan Ostomate (w/ video)

Carol — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 00:36:03 +0000

Is cabbage ok to eat?

RE:What I eat as a Vegan Ostomate (w/ video)

Trinity — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 21:35:55 +0000

Could you send me the study as well?

RE: What I eat as a Vegan Ostomate (w/ video)

LK — Wed, 08 May 2019 19:30:30 +0000

A recipe is a list of ingredients to me, adding what I feel like that day. I recently thru together smashed chickpeas, finely chopped onion, salt and pepper, a sprinkle of garlic powder and a dab of Dijon mustard and some mayo. Put it in a pita pocket, added some slices of avocado and thin slices of chopped asparagus. Was it ever good. I was not impressed with how the pita "did not" stay together, and because bread causes me so much gas, I use crackers now. I just loved the addition of the asparagus, it gave it that crisp green taste. I have served it to friends who eat differently and they loved it. Because I had cooked some salmon up I added some homemade tartar sauce, chopped onion to that and put that on the crackers on top of the beans. Pickles are always a must to me. So good. I am going to try your bean burger recipe. I have never had a bean burger but I love all kinds of beans. You cook the same way I do Eric. This way you can give and take however you like it.