Celery A Slider?

[reallyrosy 161]

I started salad this week and ate celery hearts. It did absolutely nothing for me. I mean, I liked the crunch but thought I would be filled up with a stalk...nothing doing. Felt like I hadn't eaten anything and was "still hungry".

What's your experience with celery?

[Rootman 1,101]

I have alkways avoided it as celery and coconut have a tremendous amount of tough Fiber in them that can ball up in your stomach and cause what's called a bezoar - a ball of undigetable matter trapped in the stomach.

I don't know how liekely this is, especially if the stuff is cut up fairly small but I've never wanted to take the chance.

[reallyrosy 161]

Gah...I ain't a cat tho I have 2 of those beasts. Nah,didn't do nuffink for me or against me and I ate some stalks with teeth I don't really have.

I'm almost 40# down at 6 weeks

[SuperMom 33]

ok this is gross but I am going to go there....as a med tech that has looked at specimens under the microscope I can verify that celery does NOT digest. The fibers come out in your stool. Because I know this and have seen it myself I am staying WAY away from putting that into my much smaller pouch. If I eat it at all I make sure it is cut very fine and not in long strands!

Sorry if TMI!

[Lissa 2,631]

Y'all are killing me! I love celery! I don't eat tons of it, but it's a great crunchy food for me. I do de-string it before I eat it, but I'm not super vigilant about getting all the strings off it. Guess I'll have to settle for the baby carrots!

[reallyrosy 161]

ok this is gross but I am going to go there....as a med tech that has looked at specimens under the microscope I can verify that celery does NOT digest. The fibers come out in your stool. Because I know this and have seen it myself I am staying WAY away from putting that into my much smaller pouch. If I eat it at all I make sure it is cut very fine and not in long strands!

Sorry if TMI!

If that's the case, why didn't if give me a sensation of being full? I ate 2 stalks!

[reallyrosy 161]

Y'all are killing me! I love celery! I don't eat tons of it, but it's a great crunchy food for me. I do de-string it before I eat it, but I'm not super vigilant about getting all the strings off it. Guess I'll have to settle for the baby carrots!

Wish I could join u but my throat closes up when I eat raw carrots.

[PdxMan 4,292]

I just want to echo what Rootman said. My NUT told me the same thing. If I want celery, I have to remove all the strands. If you don't believe us, do a Google search on Celery and Bezoar.

Remember, your stomach is the mechanical part of digestion, the intestines do the absorption. Your stomach does not have the mechanical abilities it once had.

[reallyrosy 161]

I just want to echo what Rootman said. My NUT told me the same thing. If I want celery, I have to remove all the strands. If you don't believe us, do a Google search on Celery and Bezoar.

Remember, your stomach is the mechanical part of digestion, the intestines do the absorption. Your stomach does not have the mechanical abilities it once had.

Ok so where are thetwo stalks I ate unstrung and natural??? Does this celerey ball happen right away or builds up like a furball?

[PdxMan 4,292]

They are probably sitting in your stomach. My NUT says it can build up over time.

[longer-life 139]

ok this is gross but I am going to go there....as a med tech that has looked at specimens under the microscope I can verify that celery does NOT digest. The fibers come out in your stool. Because I know this and have seen it myself I am staying WAY away from putting that into my much smaller pouch. If I eat it at all I make sure it is cut very fine and not in long strands!

:smile1: Sorry if TMI!

Not TMI at all. Great info. Thanks!

[Lissa 2,631]

I'm really glad you guys posted this, and all of the follow-up information! I have been eating celery for a couple of weeks, not tons, but enough! I think I'll skip the celery from here on in!

Are there any other foods we should be avoiding for similar issues?

[reallyrosy 161]

I'm really glad you guys posted this, and all of the follow-up information! I have been eating celery for a couple of weeks, not tons, but enough! I think I'll skip the celery from here on in!

Are there any other foods we should be avoiding for similar issues?

So you don't feel bad when u eat it....but does it fill you up? Tats the sensation I was going for and missing. Get more with red peppers...

[Lissa 2,631]

Oh, Rosy, I despise red and green peppers since surgery for some reason. I do eat some raw broccoli as well and it does fill me up. The celery I ate was part of a meal, chicken, celery and some BBQ Sauce as dip for the chicken for that "hot wing" substitute experience.

[PdxMan 4,292]

Like Rootman posted, coconut is the other fibrous food my NUT mentioned to avoid.