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I think it really comes down to the individual, but for me excess IF is not so much a problem when it comes from veggies, but usually gives me spasms the kind Syl described when it comes from wholegrains. Oatmeal I tolerate really well, but it can't be wholegrain oats! Only rolled oats, with around 8g fibre per 100g. A lot of porridge has the bran in it. Even when the package indicates that it's still the same amount of IF and SF apparently, I still have D and pain. So it should not be wholegrain oats but rolled oats.

I get a lot of pain from too much fat, although that comes in bouts instead of it being a dull pain, it is extremely sharp and acute. Buscopan helps me there: http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100000395.html

Hot peppermint tea reduces the bloating beautifully. Actually the only thing that really works for the bloating. Fennel tea does nothing for me. Peppermint capsules I can't take cos my mouth tastes pepperminty the entire day afterwards no matter how I take it.

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now: stable through EFI+FODMAP dieting (no lactose/no fructose/some fructans and some polyols)

before: IBS-D(pseudo-diarrhoea), bloating, often unbearable pain esp from too much fat: Apr 2007- Dec 2010

FODMAPs: http://www.todaysdietitian.com/newarchives/072710p30.shtml

[I've tried VSL#3 -> I could tolerate v good amounts of IF (even with less SF), it worked great (but overall I find it too expensive)]

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