What are your trigger foods?
#314453 - 09/02/07 09:23 AM
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TATYANA
Reged: 07/22/07
Posts: 370
Loc: Washington, Seattle
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Mine are fatty, spicy, dairy, artificial flavorings, caffeine, alcohol, dressings, coconut, beans-gas...I am wondering what other people's trigger foods, so maybe it might help me figure out my other triggers...Thanks. 
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IBS-C since 2006. No signs of IBS now, it's been 4 yrs. Only dairy allergy now.
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It sounds like you have a lot of triggers. What can you eat? I just recently decided to try a vegetarian diet to see if that helps. As of right now, I have not been able to tolerate anything but potatoes, rice, bread and pasta. I have been having a tough time lately.
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Hello - I have many different food trigers:
coffee
tomato sauce
dairy
whole wheat
fried food
oils
certain fruits such as plums, apples with skin, figs, coconut
chocolate
red meat
pasteries
poato chips
pancakes -unless from Heathers' recipe book
spicy food
anything very cold
vegetables -brocoli, cauliflower, peppers(limited),
certain sauces and marinades
black tea, chai tea
That is all I can think of right now- I am focused on Heather's diet and so there are many things that I am so used to avoding that I no longer miss it- or found great substitutions.
commish
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For me, my triggers so far have been diary and high fatty. Other than that, I have no idea since I've been avoiding most things.
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Wendy IBS A thru Z 
Taking it one day at a time...
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I follow Heather's diet which has given me variety and relief. I use soy milk for my dairy products. I eat alot of potatos, rice , chicken and fish , bread. I use eggless noodles for my pasta and mix it with shrimp or just plain, depends on my day. I have starting the acacia as well. I only drink herbal teas and if sometimes sneak ginger ale at room temperature. I do all the cooking and baking so I can conrtrol what is made, my husband is learning but some things he makes it not safe.
I make alot of breads from Heather's book and eat luna bars.
My diet has been bland for awhile but now it has picked up really well I must say.
I have has IBS since I was a child-always told it was a nervous stomache and that I made it all up in my head. This past few years have been at its worse ( I am 29) I would go for days with out eating because everything seemeed to trigger it. I was diagnosed with IBS last year and the specialist is not been much help at all. So alot of this has been done on my own , trying to get help with Heather's diet and the hypno which has made all the difference in the world.
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Apples
Strawberries
Milk
Ice Cream
Cream- heavy light or half and half
Any SOFT cheese and sour cream
Fried Chicken
Okra
Brocoli and Califlour
lettuce
cucumbers
eggplant
bacon
Soda or anything carbonated
anything that contains: aspartame, sorbitol, malitol, maltodextin. Especially gum and breathmints, even these low doses will set me into an attack within about 20 minutes. Anytime someone offers me gum I always pass.
Protien shakes- for some reason too much protein at one time is no good for me either.
Some restaraunts I cannot eat anything from:
Kobe Japanese steakhouse
Chipolte
Moe's
My husband and I eat out A LOT. We get chinese- I can eat fried rice (but sub white rice), lo mein (no cabbage), shrimp and veggies. You can make your own rice meal at home in under 20 minutes! We go to the Wing place- I get naked grilled plain wings with a side of teryaki sauce for my own dipping.
Keep a log, but don't give up. Eat to live, don't live to eat.
Virtual Hugs, LJ
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IBS-D, with Coloitis from surgery
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The usual: dairy, red meat, caffeine, high fat foods
And it's not just food, but HOW I eat as well, which took me a while to figure out until reading Heather's book. For me, that means, overeating and eating too much IF without a good soluble fiber base.
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Hi, for me it is anything fried or greasy, un-ripe bananas, egg yolks, red meat, lettuce and mars bars (glucose???).
Also I suffer if I have too much dairy in one day so I tend to stick to dairy free products where I can. Chocolate makes my acid reflux worse as well. I guess I'm still learning what to avoid and when its ok to cheat a little but its still trial and error sometimes. Good luck in finding out what you can and cant eat!!!
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Magi
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Glucose
#314510 - 09/03/07 04:04 PM
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Syl
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Loc: SK, CANADA
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You can always consider glucose a safe sugar.
Glucose is a sugar that your body uses as a primary source of fuel for energy.
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ONIONS
garlic
dairy:cheese, milk, ice cream, butter
whole wheat and wheat bran
buckwheat
fatty foods
fruit, fruit juice, pancake syrup
those are the worst ones I've figured out so far...
Calli
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OMG! How about everything I eat?!?!
Well, I am just having a really bad attack right now, so it's probably not the best time to answer this question!
This is crazy. I am in one of my "am I going to have to live with this FOREVER??" modes.
I was diagnosed 6 years ago next month, and it seems it has only gotten worse. I have been taking prilosec for YEARS, and acid ease for YEARS, and I still have regular attacks.
I just don't know what else to do.
I have not drank a soda in 5 years, I don't eat fried foods, or dairy. Whew! IBS is sooooo frustrating!
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FancyMom
IBS-A,Constipation predominant, GERD
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Hi, Fancymom! Prilosec is not a drug typcially used to treat IBS, so I doubt that it's going to help ease your symptoms. It's used to treat upper-GI problems, like heartburn, and its side effects can include diarrhea and constipation. In my experience, using these kind of medications have made my IBS worse. I was prescribed Tagamet when I was first diagnosed with IBS and it was horrible and totally the wrong treatment. I've done much better eating carefully, according to Heather's guidelines, and taking meds that are more typical for IBS w/ diarrhea (Imodium, Elavil).
Please read through Heather's info or check out her books. She provides a lot of valuable information on different IBS medications, what they treat and their side effects. Maybe those medications are what's keeping you from getting stable and getting some relief!
Take care, and welcome to the boards!
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