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I have really bad C-IBS and the only thing I've found that definitely helps me to keep the gas under control is to not get backed up. If I don't get well cleaned out on even one morning.....which is the only time my colon works at all..... I start to have terrible bloating, discomfort and awful smelling gas by mid-afternoon and by evening time I'm miserable.
I don't know how it is for others with D-IBS. I do agree that using beano consistently before every meal and gas-x after every meal, [ faithfully!]has helped me but not getting backed up is the critical factor for me. I haven't been able to tell if using a probiotic or 12 grams [ 8 tsps.] of acacia, plus lots of lukewarm water and 1 large mug of fennel tea/day, have reduced the gas. However, they've definitely helped me to have more regular BMs and this is the foundation of my keeping my IBS under control.
Also, if you do want to try eating cruciferous vegies, first be very careful and only test one at a time, in tiny amounts,[ like one tbsp and then gradually increase slowly over many days, as tolerated] to find out which, if any, you can tolerate [and for me, asparagus as well.....I treat it as if it were a cruciferous and I can't even eat one small tsp of it w/o having terrific pain within several hours. However, I can eat well cooked red cabbage, onions, leeks and garlic. The others: broccoli, brussels sprouts and cauliflower I can't eat at all, not even in soups....boo hoo!]. Also, be sure you cook them very well b/c this burns off the sulphur dioxide in them, which is a BIG gas producer.
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I, too, am severly C in general. Getting backed up definitely makes my gas worse. The problem is that I'm still getting backed up all the time. It's hard for me to get past the C. I'm taking 2 T acacia (one in am & one in pm) right now. I guess I need to keep increasing that. The Zelnorm generally helps me to go, but things are soo "hard" that it can be difficult to go "enough," if you know what I mean.
I think I'll go buy some probiotics this week & see if maybe that helps, too. 
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I read about using hummus on this website and started using it a few months ago. I buy the 2 lb tub at Costco and go thru one of them about every 10 days! I have gradually worked up to 2 heaping Tbsp mixed with 1/2 cup brown rice EVERY day and I've discovered that this really helps, in addition to the acacia powder and lots of H2O.
Be sure to buy a probiotic that has multiple different strains of "good bacteria" organisms in it and that is encapsulated, or somehow protected, so that it can bypass the stomach's acidity. Otherwise supposedly you'll only be getting a much smaller dose of probiotic into your small intestines than the dose written on the bottle, due to the stomach's acidity destroying alot of the organisms. Also, be sure to take it on an empty stomach at least an hour before or 2 hours after eating b/c eating turns on the stomach's acid making cells. I take mine in the middle of the night when I get up to pee!
This is the latest science that I've read about probiotics but it's still controversial. It's also controversial whether they even help C-IBS, but alot of posts on this board have been from people with C who are sure that they are helping them so I think it's worth a try for you.
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