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I was recently diagnosed with IBS-C and have eliminated many things from my diet and am trying to figure out my trigger foods. Can someone please tell me if these foods are safe?? Thank you so much

-Natural chunky peanut butter
>Smidgen worth of smooth peanut butter ok;Please read thoroughly about guidelines in The First Year:IBS book:

-Quick oats (only ingredient is whole grain oats)
(I have learned that whole grains give me bad gas and bloating, but oatmeal is on Heather's safe list, so is this ok??)
>Some people can handle it, maybe because they're drinking enough water to move the higher amt of soluble fiber (all at once) before it ferments alot/excess irritating gas;Fiber takes a while to build in folks' systems, and some types of soluble fibers ferment quicker.

-Lara bars (raw vegan snack bars with very few ingredients such as cashews, dates, chocolate chips, sea salt)
>NO;Please refer/rely mainly on book guidelines for whys. Also,manufacturers change ingredients over time with many convenience foods.

-Silk Unsweetened Almond Milk
>As long as fat is kept at 20-25% of calories should be ok, but some gum thickeners in alternatives can cause excess irritating gas. Xanthan and gellan gums seem ok to me and is usually at <1g or 1.

I switched from coffee to Teeccino and was wondering if these are okay to put in my drink for flavor:
-Sugar Free Fat Free coffee creamer
Ingredients: WATER, CORN SYRUP*, PALM OIL**, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: MALTODEXTRIN, CARRAGEENAN, SUCRALOSE, CELLULOSE GEL, CELLULOSE GUM, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, SALT, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM CASEINATE (A MILK DERIVATIVE)***, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, ARTIFICIAL COLOR.
>NO and even decaf coffee still has some caffeine, like the green tea decaffeinated even in the book gave me terrible cramping and then no need for this unsafe creamer. Plus don't go to the chicory/inulin coffee substitutes idea..more excess gas problems;It's "fast fermenting" acting. Suc(rose) sugar and brown sugar is fine on the diet.
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Fat Free Coffee creamer (powder):
Corn Syrup Solids, Vegetable Oil (Partially Hydrogenated Coconut or Palm Kernel, Hydrogenated Soybean) [Adds a Trivial Amount of Fat], Sugar, Sodium Caseinate (A Milk Derivative) [Not a Source of Lactose], Dipotassium Phosphate (Moderates Coffee Acidity), and Less than 2% of Color Added, Mono- and Diglycerides (Prevents Oil Separation) [Adds a Trivial Amount of Fat], Sodium Aluminosilicate, Artificial and Natural Flavors, Salt, Annatto Color.
>NO

Basic foods that are listed as safe in the book are much easier on this diet, but also knowing the whys from the book really helps.

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