Help for my son
#204291 - 08/10/05 12:40 PM
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JudyS
Reged: 08/10/05
Posts: 3
Loc: West Hills, CA
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My adult son and I both suffer from IBS. Although he follows your dietary guidelines religiously, he is having trouble adding in anything except white carbos, jello, bland turkey and chicken to his diet after a flare-up. Even rice milk and rice chex caused a problem. Any advice?
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I don't know the answer to this, but I know there are some IBS whizzes who might!
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Somedays, I also end up living on white pasta, white bread (bagels, english muffins, french, etc), and honeycombs cereal. Then I slowly try to add some turkey and baby spinach leaves( with the stems pulled off) to my bread. I also try to work in some baked sweet potatoes. I also buy frozen mango and just blend it with some cold water (it doesn't taste that great, but at least I am getting some fruit). I also work in oatmeal with some frozen blueberries and brown sugar cooked in. Also most of the fruit breads from Heather's recipes also work out for me.
The key is to start slowly and don't do too many new things at once, or you won't know what caused the flare up.
Is he trying soluble fiber pills and peppermint tea and caps?
Good luck. I know it is tough. Some days I think, "gosh, I am going to end up starving to death", but then things slowly get better.
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Hi Judy,
Reincorporating healthy but "difficult" foods back into the diet is probably the most difficult part of the IBS diet... Some tips though:
- make sure that all IF (insoluble fiber) foods - vegetables, fruits, beans, nuts etc. (see Heather's page on this) - are chopped, mashed, pureed, peeled, etc. etc. etc. At first, I always like to "hide" the IF in a good SF base like rice or pasta, i.e. a blended veggie sauce with lots of rice or a soup with lots of bread. Smoothies are another good option if you have them after a slice of bread (i.e. soy or rice milk with lots of SF fruits like bananas and an SFS mixed in). Another good option is homemade breads such as Heather's Zucchini bread.
- for that matter, is he taking an SFS?
- don't underestimate the amount of SF needed with fats, IF and other difficult foods - at first. You should be going from the all SF diet (aka the Breaking the Cycle Diet, or BTC) to a little bit of IF... i.e. meals would be 100% SF, then, say, 85% SF for a few days, then 70% etc.... based on his own tolerances.
- he did do the BTC diet right?
- I know that for me, exercise has been key to keeping my gut stable. Drinking lots of water too. Not eating too much at any meal, eating every 2-3 hrs etc...
- Does he lean towards C or D?
Hope that helps a bit 
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Dear Laurel,
Thanks for your informative response. He is definitely a "D". He has Heather's book and has been religious about SFS and SF. I will pass on the info!
Judy
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Peppermint tea gives him heartburn. I will pass on your tips. Thanks!
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