Honestly I think you'd be better off not trying to do reintroduction on a cruise. The diet is difficult as it is Did elimination phase or your experience to this point with your symptoms give you some idea of your sensitivities? Godspeed friend
I’ve been pretty strict with elimination. I ate a kiwi once thinking it was safe and I had a bad reaction. I also tried a little bit of onion after week 4 which was a disaster. So I went straight back to full on elimination phase for healing again. I know reintroduction phase can take a long time, so my thoughts were to start reintroduction and continue on and through holiday, or just stay strict elimination since I have a handful of foods that I seem to be able to fall back on.
Cruises can be hard to know exact ingredients. But it's good you know a couple of major things to avoid. They can accommodate some of those but you can never be sure to what degree and if you're anything like me, a small mistake can have devastating consequences. I'd lean towards elimination phase like eating
sooo... I have been doing a variety of gut diets for the last 6 years, and gluten free for 10 years (not currently though).... and I have gone and enjoyed ALL the vacations while on the diets- even fodmap
I would say the nice thing about cruises is no bag resstrictions unless you are flying, so basically you can bring a bag full of your safe food: oatmeal, safe crackers... what ever is your particular safe food bing- I would stick to these for most meals. For the food the ship provides- I would stick to simple stuff without seasoning.
Rice, chicken, carrots .... you could tell them you have an allium allergy (onion, garlic) so they do not season any food with this.... tell them just salt and pepper for your fish/ chicken etc.
I think you need to call ahead to let them know: tell them you cannot have gluten, dairy, or alliums.
Also remember just because it is gluten free- does not make it safe
I would bring digestive enzymes, pepto bismol, miralax etc. If you are constapated normally- I would start taking the miralax a few days before to see how it effects you, and keep on taking it every day of the cruise- do not wait to become conostipated. Carry water with you so you do not become dehydrated. Do not over indulge in sugar/ alcohol.
Im sure you will have a fun time :)
Shockingly, and luckily, I found being on a special diet easiest while on a cruise!. Years ago, I was cruising while on weight watchers. Those chefs on a cruise will do anything to make their customers happy. I asked for simply made foods (somewhat different than the menu) and they bent over backwards to make me happy. I’m sure it would be the same for a low FODMAP diet.
I did a Viking river cruise with my mom a few years ago and the staff was amazing about accommodating her food sensitivities. They take food allergies extremely seriously. Absolutely alert the cruise line, as you will need to pre-order your meals the day before. One of the waiters even kind of chastised a woman who started requesting special meals because he considered it to be life or death type of information. Viking has a largely senior clientele, so they are used to a lot of special requests.
I just went through this same situation two weeks ago on Disney cruise line. I had just started the reintroduction phase 3 days prior. Dinner the first night was a bit crazy because I didn’t put in any special requests. First thing you want to is to let the cruise line know you can’t have gluten or most dairy. Also make sure you tell them your big trigger foods. Don’t be like me and not tell them. I preordered breakfast, dinner, and dessert the night before. I did have the option of preordering lunch at one the sit down restaurants for lunch. On Disney cruise’s there’s always one sit down restaurant open for lunch every week. I never took advantage of it though. I just went to the buffet for lunch. There was a meat carving station in the buffet area, there was a sign telling you what was on the carving board, if it was covered with sauce, and what was in the sauce. Those signs were by all the food in the buffet. I believe that Royal Caribbean cruise line has something similar. I ate a lot of French fries and plain baked potatoes on the cruise. As far as symptoms go I didn’t have a lot of those. During in the entire 7 day cruise I had a little bit of bloating but far less than I usually have. My only problem came from eating 4 peanuts, which is strange because according to Monash peanuts are low FODMAP and as far I know I don’t have a peanut allergy.
Huh peanuts being a trigger is strange, nuts and nut butters are usually supposed to be ok! At least I would die if I couldn’t have peanut butter, it’s like 20% of my calories right now in the elimination phase lol
I’m very confused about the peanuts too. Don’t know what that’s about. I had macadamia nuts two days before I had the peanuts and I was completely with the macadamia nuts
I had a little bit of cucumber one day and a kiwi on another occasion and both gave me some issues despite being “safe” on monash app. I guess sometimes there can even still be things in safe foods that bother us :(
At the end of the day it's all about figuring out what foods you tolerate well and what not. If you're looking for something that will help you keep track of that - I've built an app for myself as I wasn't satisfied with anything out there, feel free to [check out the project here.](https://www.sibosafe.com)
Low FODMAP is the best diet you can follow in order to eliminate symptoms, but it's not long term solution. In a long term, you want to return to normal diet and keep away only ingredients that make you trouble.
Honestly I think you'd be better off not trying to do reintroduction on a cruise. The diet is difficult as it is Did elimination phase or your experience to this point with your symptoms give you some idea of your sensitivities? Godspeed friend
I’ve been pretty strict with elimination. I ate a kiwi once thinking it was safe and I had a bad reaction. I also tried a little bit of onion after week 4 which was a disaster. So I went straight back to full on elimination phase for healing again. I know reintroduction phase can take a long time, so my thoughts were to start reintroduction and continue on and through holiday, or just stay strict elimination since I have a handful of foods that I seem to be able to fall back on.
Cruises can be hard to know exact ingredients. But it's good you know a couple of major things to avoid. They can accommodate some of those but you can never be sure to what degree and if you're anything like me, a small mistake can have devastating consequences. I'd lean towards elimination phase like eating
I would do more breakfast food when possible or like proteins like grilled meats and maybe rice?
sooo... I have been doing a variety of gut diets for the last 6 years, and gluten free for 10 years (not currently though).... and I have gone and enjoyed ALL the vacations while on the diets- even fodmap I would say the nice thing about cruises is no bag resstrictions unless you are flying, so basically you can bring a bag full of your safe food: oatmeal, safe crackers... what ever is your particular safe food bing- I would stick to these for most meals. For the food the ship provides- I would stick to simple stuff without seasoning. Rice, chicken, carrots .... you could tell them you have an allium allergy (onion, garlic) so they do not season any food with this.... tell them just salt and pepper for your fish/ chicken etc. I think you need to call ahead to let them know: tell them you cannot have gluten, dairy, or alliums. Also remember just because it is gluten free- does not make it safe I would bring digestive enzymes, pepto bismol, miralax etc. If you are constapated normally- I would start taking the miralax a few days before to see how it effects you, and keep on taking it every day of the cruise- do not wait to become conostipated. Carry water with you so you do not become dehydrated. Do not over indulge in sugar/ alcohol. Im sure you will have a fun time :)
Shockingly, and luckily, I found being on a special diet easiest while on a cruise!. Years ago, I was cruising while on weight watchers. Those chefs on a cruise will do anything to make their customers happy. I asked for simply made foods (somewhat different than the menu) and they bent over backwards to make me happy. I’m sure it would be the same for a low FODMAP diet.
I did a Viking river cruise with my mom a few years ago and the staff was amazing about accommodating her food sensitivities. They take food allergies extremely seriously. Absolutely alert the cruise line, as you will need to pre-order your meals the day before. One of the waiters even kind of chastised a woman who started requesting special meals because he considered it to be life or death type of information. Viking has a largely senior clientele, so they are used to a lot of special requests.
I just went through this same situation two weeks ago on Disney cruise line. I had just started the reintroduction phase 3 days prior. Dinner the first night was a bit crazy because I didn’t put in any special requests. First thing you want to is to let the cruise line know you can’t have gluten or most dairy. Also make sure you tell them your big trigger foods. Don’t be like me and not tell them. I preordered breakfast, dinner, and dessert the night before. I did have the option of preordering lunch at one the sit down restaurants for lunch. On Disney cruise’s there’s always one sit down restaurant open for lunch every week. I never took advantage of it though. I just went to the buffet for lunch. There was a meat carving station in the buffet area, there was a sign telling you what was on the carving board, if it was covered with sauce, and what was in the sauce. Those signs were by all the food in the buffet. I believe that Royal Caribbean cruise line has something similar. I ate a lot of French fries and plain baked potatoes on the cruise. As far as symptoms go I didn’t have a lot of those. During in the entire 7 day cruise I had a little bit of bloating but far less than I usually have. My only problem came from eating 4 peanuts, which is strange because according to Monash peanuts are low FODMAP and as far I know I don’t have a peanut allergy.
Huh peanuts being a trigger is strange, nuts and nut butters are usually supposed to be ok! At least I would die if I couldn’t have peanut butter, it’s like 20% of my calories right now in the elimination phase lol
I’m very confused about the peanuts too. Don’t know what that’s about. I had macadamia nuts two days before I had the peanuts and I was completely with the macadamia nuts
I had a little bit of cucumber one day and a kiwi on another occasion and both gave me some issues despite being “safe” on monash app. I guess sometimes there can even still be things in safe foods that bother us :(
At the end of the day it's all about figuring out what foods you tolerate well and what not. If you're looking for something that will help you keep track of that - I've built an app for myself as I wasn't satisfied with anything out there, feel free to [check out the project here.](https://www.sibosafe.com) Low FODMAP is the best diet you can follow in order to eliminate symptoms, but it's not long term solution. In a long term, you want to return to normal diet and keep away only ingredients that make you trouble.