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#245288 - 02/09/06 12:51 PM
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o gosh my questions are never ending ok.. Did anyone know Digestive Advantage has aspartame in it? Why does this diet conflict so much with the 'Breaking the Vicious Cycle' diet? Everything basically in this diet goes against the vicious cycle diet (or vice versa). I'm getting different stories from here..from my natural doc and from other people I know with IBS. I'm so darn confused. oh and everytime I eat banana's..I get even more bloated. I thought banana's were ok? And why is it okay to eat like, cake mix and real sugar and all this refined, white food? I've never ate that kind of food and now it seems like its necessary to get better. Does all this confuse anyone else?
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Sugar and most refined foods, like rice and white potatoes, are not GI stimulants - that's why they're okay to eat. However, just because you see a lot of recipes posted here, like recipes for cakes and bread, doesn't mean that the EFI diet promotes eating nothing but sugar. If you look at any of the EFI recipes, you'll see that they're really healthy in addition to be safe for IBSers. You don't have to eat cake, sugary desserts, or white bread to get better; but you should choose whole grains and vegetables that are easier to digest and combine them with soluble fiber. For example, a healthy and safe meal could be a mix of brown rice and white (if brown rice alone bothers you or you don't want to only have the refined white rice) as your SF base, with salmon or chicken (meats that are easier to digest) and a variety of steamed vegetables.
The "Breaking the Cycle" diet is one part of this diet. It's the first step and should only be done for a few days. This is to stabilize your GI tract. I don't know if "Breaking the Vicious Cycle" diet is diffferent?
Digestive Advantage has been discussed here before. Some people have found it helpful, some haven't. I think it's just a SFS (like acacia and Benefiber) with some other stuff added it in. You don't have to take it, especially if it contains articial sweeteners like aspartame or sorbitol. I find Benefiber to be a good SFS, and it's the one I use. However, Heather's acacia is organic and doesn't contain any additives.
If bananas bother you, don't eat them. Bananas are one type of food that doesn't produce much gas, but each person has his or her specific intolerances. That's why you start with the BTC diet, to stabilize, and then after a few days you start adding food back in to see what bothers you and what doesn't. This is where a food journal comes in handy: you keep track of what and when you eat, what types of symptoms you experience and when, consistency of BMs, supplements you try. This wouldn't be something you'd have to do forever (or at all), but I feel it helps you see what's going on with your body and deduce what the triggers may be.
Well, I hope I haven't confuse you any more! It really helps to have a print out of the Cheat Sheet and keep it as a quick reference guide. Also it may take some re-reading before you grasp the basics of the diet guidelines and understand how to safely incorporate IF foods into your diet.
Edited by Maria!Maria! (02/09/06 01:21 PM)
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Hi Lilheatha, Some versions of DA do contain aspartame, and other artificial sweeteners like mannitol. They changed the ingredients at one point.The BTC diet is just all SF for like three days or so, but it is the same SF foods as in the regul- ar diet(EFI). The regular diet simply contains a significant amount of IF in it. Bananas are fine as a general rule,more SF than IF. However, as is always the case, lots of people can't tolerate them, you may be one. As far as sugars go, rarely is someone intolerant of the simple sugars like brown sugar, that's why the diet advocates consumption of these. -Bob
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Yes, this can be very confusing. Everyone seems to have somewhat different triggers so you will need to find the food that will be best for you.
It takes a lot of trial & error to do this. I keep a food diary so that I will know what foods bother me. I can only tolerate about 1/4 of a banana mashed up in my oatmeal. They make me really bloated, too.
Just hang in there and you will get it right....
Barbie
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Thankyou guys for clearing that up! I feel motivated again!!
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