intestinal difficulties

[charleslong]

When I handed the book to my wife and told her that I was going to start eating this way to try to get rid of my stubborn fat that should have left months ago, she looked it over and decided to try it also. Yesterday she made a good anti-estrogenic stew with beans, broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes, green beans, zucchini, and barley. The trouble is beans don't agree with her real well, and neither do cruciferous vegetables if eaten in quantity. She had intestinal difficulties after last nights meal. I didn't.

The question is : is there anything she can do to negate the effects those foods have on her system? She obviously can't follow this diet if the foods on it give her problems. Any good advice would be greatly appreciated.

Charles

[DN Moderator]

Charles, taking digestive enzyme pills may help her with this issue.  Many times, it simply takes a gradual merging into these kinds of foods.  I remember when I used to eat beans, etc. on occasion and would have much gas and bloating, etc.  Today, I eat them every day and have no gas or adverse effects. 

[Webmaster]

She could also try experimenting with different combinations and quantities of these foods. Maybe try eating just one kind each day to see which ones are worse than others and adjust accordingly. Please don't give up so easily, it might just a take a while to ease into it.

Best luck,
Webmaster

[peter]

That is good advice from the two previous posters; I've often heard people complain of abdominal pain after eating a plate of different forms of vegetable, yet, these same people seem to do fine when eating only one type of veg. Then again, there are others who simply can't seem to properly digest fibrous food. Time and patience will tell...