Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Are these recipes safe?

Thanks for the quick answer! I'm thinking the beans will be okay as they don't seem to be a trigger for me and I eat them a lot. I'll probably just not have as much sauce and have more pasta.

Another question. I've been following the diet since Christmas and have been doing really well. The other night I made a recipe I found on this site for a chicken and rice dish. I decided I'd try brown rice as I'm usually kind of a health nut and big on whole grains so this eating white bread/rice/pasta has been hard for me. I did the brown rice and it didn't get cooked all the way through so was still slightly crunchy. About 4 hours later I had to worst pain I've ever had from IBS. I almost passed out it hurt so bad. Had lots of diarrhea and the pain lasted about an hour and a half and was still there a little bit the next morning.

Those of you more experienced with this, do you think it was the undercooked brown rice or just an IBS fluke thing? I was wanting to try adding things to my diet as regular yogurt is usually okay, as well as some other common trigger foods, but after experiencing that pain I'm now afraid to veer off the diet at all.

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