Bulgur

[aqua19]

Hello, ;D

Just wondering about bulgur wheat. I'm still early out, just wondering about in the future and how soon will I be able to try it again post-op.

Thanks!

[Gail R]

Everyone is different. I didn't eat many carbs until I was at goal, but after that I slowly added things so that I could tell what bothered me. Small amounts of bulgar do not give me any trouble. I use it tabuli in the summer with lots of mint and parsley, etc. It is never the main ingredient so I don't have large servings of it.

[bb212]

Just a DS disclaimer Focus on protein! If you're early out and still healing, you will need to avoid carbs and foods that could irritate your stomach and intestines as they heal after being cut and stapled.

Bulgur is just coarsely cracked wheat. Wheat gluten is really rough on a post-op stomach in the early months. I was advised by Dr. Stewart to avoid all wheat for 3-4 months. I unwittingly disobeyed , a cream soup I ate had flour in it as a thickener. I was in a world of hurt.

Your mileage may vary, but wheat made my stomach hurt so bad early out it felt like someone was beating my midsection with a baseball bat. It wasn't until month 3 that I was able to eat wheat in small amounts.

Always keep your carbs to a minimum, and don't indulge in them until you've eaten all of your protein first. But if you want to try it, please be careful and only try a teeny amount and see how your stomach handles it.

[Deleted]

I'm five years out and LOVE bulgur, but more than a couple tablespoons and I get the bellyache from hell.

That's something you should wait a long time to try. It takes up a LOT of stomach real estate that you need for protein.