What's your biggest trigger?
#146731 - 02/04/05 01:09 PM
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I'm not sure...this may have been done and I just don't remember? If it has...please point me to the nearest duntz sign! If not...great! Cause I'm really curious:
What your BIGGEST IBS trigger is?!?!
Is it fat, caffeine, insolble fiber, meat, dairy, high fructose corn syrups, etc?
Mine seems to be insoluble fiber. Although meat and fats run a close second. Cafeeine actually seems to be ok for me most of the time. HFCS is awful and I just hate the stuff in general. Dairy doesn't effect my tummy as bad as it does my migraines...
Can't wait to hear from you!
Love,
Ruchie
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Red Meat (especially hamburgers), Milk (but not cheese, go figure) and anything with high acid (especially tomatoes)
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Mine is caffeine and high frutose corn syrup. these will give me severe D. Needless to say, I stay away from these two items.
Lene 
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high fat content....especially things like grease or dairy with high fat content.
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my truly biggest trigger is red meat (even some broth getting into something...) but since I am so viligant on that one... my biggest oops I've made by accident and set something off by is HFCS.. Dairy is actually not just a trigger for me- I'm officially allergic to it now, so I'm not counting that because I honestly don't know what it does to my IBS since it gives me hives and they warned me next time could send me into anaphalaxic shock!
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IBS - A
Dairy Allergic
Fructose and MSG intollerant
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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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High fructose corn syrup, high fat content, intense stress, caffeine, and chocolate. All of these are very bad for me.
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FATS!! FATS!!! FATS!! and then second is a tie w/ redmeat and milk.
Christie
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Sorbitol/mannitol, HFCS, lots of veggies & fruits, stress & eating too much!
Barbie
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DAIRY, anything with too much fat, raw veggies (so I guess IF, but whole wheat bread for example is not nearly as bad), and stress.
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Not food!
#146813 - 02/04/05 03:45 PM
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Nelly
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My biggest trigger isn't food!! It's heat!! If I get hot it 100% of the time triggers an attack! Also if I get jolted awake or if I have extreme pressure on my tummy it'll start an attack 80% of the time.
My biggest FOOD trigger is anything dairy-- When I'm stable, I'll get an attack 50% of the time, when it's combined with any other environmental stressor, 100% of the time!
~nelly~
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Anything dairy, baby!
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Formerly HanSolo. IBS, OCD, Bipolar, PTSD times 3.
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IF...
#146827 - 02/04/05 04:02 PM
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Linz
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...darn it: why can I eat fattier foods and not lots of veggies! No wonder I put on weight. 
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MSG ohhhhh man hurts to even think about it, stress, caffiene and carbonated drinks like pop (sorry soda if you are in the US lol.
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Microscopic Colitis, IBS-A, GERD, Hiatal Hernia
Bethany, Ontario, Canada
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I'd have to say coffee, oil, and milk.
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For some reason, avocado. I can't touch it at all. In fact, the attacks avocado give me are the reason I went to the doctor and got diagnosed in the first place. It's only in the last couple of years that I've added up that normal people don't get cramps and nausea all the time and that I'm justified in complaining about it!!
Coffee is a big trigger now, but I used to drink lots and lots of it. Egg yolk is my other big baddie.
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*Emma*
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But I just can't make myself give it up entirely! That and fat. A big greasy meal will send me into pain madness!
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Amy
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Aren't avocados usually considered a safe soluble fiber choice? It's listed on Heather SF food list.
Do others have problems with avocados as well?
I just bought some to try as a spread and now I'm wondering if maybe I should toss them. This adding new foods thing is baffling! 
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~ Beth
Constipation, pain prodominent,cramps, spasms and bloat!
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I eat them ALL the time and NEVER have any problems. 
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I eat Heather's Guacamole all the time and I even eat a half avocado with a little lemon juice occasionally. I always eat the guacamole with lots of Baked Tostitos or with flour tortillas and the plain avocado as part of a meal, so the soluble fiber cushions the fat content.
I really do believe that there are different triggers for different people, although some are more universal than others. That does mean adding new foods can be confusing, but not adding new foods gets awfully boring. I'd say try a little bit of the avocados you bought - with some soluble fiber - and see how you do.
If you bought lots of avocado, you can freeze the rest of them until you see how you tolerate avocado. Once they're ripe, mash them, add a Tablespoon of lemon or lime juice per avocado, put them in a plastic Ziploc bad, squish them to the very bottom of the bag, sqeeze out all the air, lock the bag, and roll it up. I've done this and the frozen avocado makes great quacamole.
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[Research tells us fourteen out of any ten individuals likes chocolate. - Sandra Boynton]
Edited by Sand (02/05/05 06:33 PM)
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Most foods that are triggers for me (whole wheat, alcohol, dairy) act like sandpaper - I have to eat them over a period of a few days for them to affect me. The two that are pretty much instantaneous are coffee and Chili's Southwestern Egg Rolls. I was never a big coffee drinker so I don't miss that, but boy do I miss the Egg Rolls. Sigh.
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[Research tells us fourteen out of any ten individuals likes chocolate. - Sandra Boynton]
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Ice cream, milk, sour cream, cream cheese. My second is Garlic and onions. Anything made with it or in it!
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They were one of the first 3 triggers I noticed whan I was 12! The 3 A's: Avacados, Apples and Asperagus!!!
I won't touch them with a 10 foot pole now!!
~nelly~
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their high fat content. They are an excellent source of soluble fiber, but are high in fat. Thus should be eaten carefully.
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Formerly HanSolo. IBS, OCD, Bipolar, PTSD times 3.
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...that gives my DH a sore throat! So I guess if you're sensitive to whatever that is and you have IBS, it could cause an unhappy tummy. Personally, I love them.
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Fat!
#147065 - 02/05/05 06:49 PM
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atomic rose
Reged: 06/01/04
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Fat is definitely my worst trigger. I even have to decrease the oil in a lot of safe recipes so they don't bother me. That's why fast food and fried things don't even REMOTELY tempt me anymore... I will literally be sick as a dog within 5-10 minutes of that stuff passing my lips.
Actually, I just had this come up, too... I was eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches every day for lunch, with literally just a teaspoon of peanut butter. I started having D every day, and wouldn't you know it, it turned out to be the peanut butter!  I have to be REALLY careful about even "good" fatty things, like salmon and avocado. Bummer!
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I can't eat peanut butter to save my life. Or almond, or soynut butter eat.
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Fat
Dairy
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Janey
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Avocadoes are one of my staples! I was born in California, and lived there until four years ago, so I grew up eating them. I never have any problem with them at all. I usually eat them slightly mashed with a tiny bit of "Spike" seasoning mixed in, on white bread(toasted), or on bread as a spread with some shaved turkey breast and grated soy cheese. Also delicious with rice crackers, eggs (eggbeaters of course), or just sliced up alongside rice and chicken breast. I have no IBS problems at all with them. And I have been losing weight while eating them also, so that's something to think about also. People worry that they are too high in fat, but it is the good kind of fat, and if you aren't eating much other fat, (which I'm not) then you definitely need it besides.
I say give 'em a try, they are my favorite taste besides. Very satisfying, especially when I have had to eliminate and/or severely limit so many other foods that I have loved, but, alas, my gut does NOT love....
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Meat for sure. Guaranteed to throw me for a loop. After that...dairy, occaisionally, but I haven't had any for over a month now, so hard to gauge at this point.
Avidan
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Hey Ruchie, it has to be Chocolate, and that maks me sick, because I think of chocolate as my most fav thing in the world.
Dairy kills me too, I love cheese,and I am having a very hard time getting away from both of them. but, I should be happy to know that these two things cause me to have explosive embarassing gas, and I can stay away from problem causing mood. not happy, not one bit!!!
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meats, fats, all dairy products are a big trigger for me. jasper.
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ive had ibs for 8 years now. im learning alot on this web board. thanks again everyone
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Red Meat Hands down! I can not eat it with out pain! Veggies being second. Dairy I can handle ok, moderation is the key with dairy for me.
Hugs Ruchie!!!
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Fat and dairy!
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Dairy!!!!!!-nt-
#147943 - 02/08/05 05:35 PM
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Angie113
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Artificial sweetner, esp sorbitol, red meat (the next day i have problems), coffee (but I use it to get a bm if I am really desperate!), cabbage (had bloating for 3 days afterwards). not sure if dairy really is but I dont ever eat it just to be safe, i am afraid of it now.
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