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Yep, same here as Gerikat mentions. At one point, I was down to crackers and water, then in the hospital with nothing but ice chips. Had a barium x-ray and I was out of there in 45 minutes, vs the hours they expected for transit time. I talk to people all the time who say they have eaten something and can see it in their stool quite quickly - after questioning them a bit, they insist that they can see the corn, or whatever, not long after they have eaten it; so I wonder about those transit times. I was going to have the radioactive scrambled eggs transit time test at one point (when I was at Mayo), but after doing the pooping in the top hat test, I passed on that one... (no pun intended)
It got to the point where there was no one food that caused symptoms - one day one food would seem to cause problems, then next time I ate it, no problems, etc. I begged my gastro to put me on a nutritional IV only, as I did not want to eat at all! I spent about 4 hours almost every day in pain, D and agony!!! Only starving myself before needing to go somewhere would help.
Now I can eat beef - steak, hamburger, etc. no problem,(I try to eat lean beef, but sometimes you get a roast with more fat on it and just dont eat that part) past food triggers (or what I thought 'caused' my symptoms), no longer a problem. So after years of following all sorts of elimination and substitution diets, for my particular case, it was not about the food or diet either. Although, I did find, when going through a bad patch, simple bread or crackers was helpful, as well as the peppermint and fennil teas! 
Of course, everyone is different and needs to find their own way and sort out what is best for them.
Overly processed food with artificial ingredients are not meant for the body anyway, so why wouldn't a bunch of chemicals cause problems? Stay away from those - not healthy for anyone anyway!
But for me, the hypnotherapy was my way forward as well after going through many other treatments and diets for almost 20 years! I know what it is to keep trying, after being almost housebound with IBS, I know how frustrating it can be...
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Yes for some people simply the act of eating can trigger an IBS attack irrespective of the food eaten.
For others the trigger can occur after eating or it can be delayed for example until indigestible food reaches the colon where it is fermented. The spasms maybe triggered at the beginning or near the end of the colon. In summary colonic spasms can be trigger almost anywhere along the GI track. So symptoms from food trigger can occur anywhere from a few minutes to many hours after ingestion. Furthermore, hormones, illness and variety of other factors can trigger IBS symptoms. It is a very complex syndrome and the time delays make tracking symptoms from foods difficult.
You might find some of interviews IBS experts on International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders web site of interest. In particular, the first one with Dr. Whorwell.
Okay, thanks Syl! I guess I just got confused because Heather mentions the colonic spasms triggered by the gastrocolic reflex most often.
However, the way you described it makes more sense; I've found Heather's diet to help with both my IBS "attacks" (the ones triggered by the gastrocolic reflex, a minute to an hour after eating a "wrong" food) and my IBS "overall pain" (the pain the is more vague and can't be traced back to any particular trigger). Now I see why! 
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