Three Months Into Diet and Little Improvement
#91499 - 07/19/04 11:07 AM
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stevan
Reged: 04/26/04
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I have been on the diet for the past three months, with occasional lapses due to dining out with friends or at their homes. Often I feel better for a day or two, but then it returns, often compromising my lifestyle and making me insecure about having the energy to work as hard as I would like to do. I also include Acacia as part of my regimen.
My question is whether it is unusual to have such acute symptoms after three months. I know Heather's book talks about the first year of the condition.
What have all of you found with regard to length of time before lengthy, significant improvement is seen?
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I can tell you for me I only had improvement when I went more strict and counted my fat grams and I have to have tea often after dinner, and exercise helps. But I am not cured- heat bothers me and stress and eating/drinking cold stuff and I still get C especially after D even if mild. But for me the results were immediate -I felt better right away and just kept stabilizing. I did not feel better when I first tried the diet back in April but was not very strict then. Hope this helps.
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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a few days
#91527 - 07/19/04 12:25 PM
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daliatree
Reged: 07/10/04
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Loc: Manhattan, New York
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I am ibs c and it only takes me a few days to start getting stabilised but i HAVE to be strict and also i don't do heathers diet.....i have a different one...but you have to focus....good luck!!!
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Hmm...
#91540 - 07/19/04 12:56 PM
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atomic rose
Reged: 06/01/04
Posts: 7013
Loc: Maine (IBS-A stable since July '05!)
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How much acacia are you taking per day? If you haven't worked up to a full dose (9-12g) a day, that might be part of it. And have you tried any other SFS? I know that some people have problems with the different fibers... I couldn't take Citrucel, I know some people can't use Metamucil, and I've even heard of people not being able to stomach the Acacia. Is it possible that that's bothering you?
I'm going to assume you've actually had an IBS diagnosis, with all the tests involved, that ruled out anything more serious.
I felt somewhat better after about a week on the diet, but it's been 7 weeks, and I'm still not stable. I can pinpoint my problem, though - I'm still at a small SFS dose (6g/day) and I don't eat enough (long story). I also found that exercise is a trigger for me! I can do some nice slow-paced walking, but even yoga is too much for me right now.
Just some thoughts...
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dalia, what sort of diet do you do? I am C also and am having a terrible time!
Also, to all, most people seem to say that they slowly add in different foods to their diet to see if they can handle it, but what I am looking to know is what is it that you can eat while you are adding these foods to test? I am C so defintiley need insoluables, any suggestions? I find myself getting frustrated because its not working and then I go and eat something 'bad' because I get fed up!  My biggest problem is the bloating, it is so painful, i have been eating fennel seeds like crazy too and not much of a difference...any suggestions?!! thanks to all!! 
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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From what I understand you can have rice and chicken to start any food test. I don't know details beyond that. If you are trying to see if you have intolerances you then add one thing back and see what happens. That works for dairy, fructose, gluten and sorbitol. That's all I know.
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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I eat baby carrots all the time and I thought they were on the soluble list. Not that I think I am having problems but now I am confused.
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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Yes, carrots are on the soluble list because they have much more soluble than insoluble fiber. Just because things are on the soluble list doesn't mean they don't contain any insoluble. Does that make sense? Anyway, because of the high amount of soluble fiber they're one of the safest veggies, at least for me! They're one of my staples.
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