Reged: 12/13/04
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Loc: West Orange, NJ (IBS-D)
Well, then, if I were in your shoes, I would just eat IBS-safe, without really worrying about maintaining any semblance of the Break The Cycle diet. I think you'd probably have better luck staying safe if you ate based on the recipes on the Recipe Board and in Heather's books than if you tried to find packaged food that was "safe". I'm not saying that because I think all packaged food is bad - I use Reduced Fat Bisquick and the ingredient list reads like a high school chemistry project. It's just that packaged foods can be a real minefield, especially when you're first starting out, whereas if you use the Recipe Index recipes, you pretty much know they're safe. Also, you can eat more healthily if you open up the whole range of IBS-safe recipes.
Just my opinion. I actually didn't do the Break The Cycle diet when I first started Heather's approach and I still felt much better very quickly. I did do the Break The Cycle diet a few months later when I was recovering from going off Heather's diet big-time. (I think I posted you about what I ate then in an earlier thread.) I guess my point is, the Break The Cycle diet can be really great, but it's not absolutely necessary to start feeling better.
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