Question about triggers
#79295 - 06/15/04 08:53 AM
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Let me set up a scenario here: Subject A , has IBS-D, caused by a liver disease. Subject B , also has IBS-D, but it is caused by an actual spastic colon. The question is: Are there triggers all going to be different?
I am asking because this is a real scenario between my good friend and myself. She keeps recommending I try Buttermilk and says it is making a big difference for her. I would like to try it, but I am scared to death of it. She can eat green veggies freely and I can't even look at them!
I hope this question doesn't sound lame! 
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Hi Aunie,
Even though you both have IBS the triggers will probably be very different. As you can see from a lot of the messages here different people react to different things. Dairy is a big no no for me as well as most veggies. I stick more to the rice, pasta, bread that sit well with me.
Don't feel you have to try something that you know will make you sick. Stick to what's good for you.
Barbara
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hhmmm... though i am a newbie to the whole IBS thing, I would certainly think that buttermilk (like my pineapple idea) is not too good of an idea!
Sorry!
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Dairy is a trigger for almost EVERYONE with IBS -- all dairy!
If you want buttermilk, use soy milk instead (provided soy doesn't bother your IBS, and some people are sensitive to it) and add a little bit of vinegar that "sours" the soy milk. Works perfectly.
I recall a post from Heather about a month ago in which she stated that everyone with IBS is NOT all that different as we think; the triggers are pretty much the same for all, and dairy is right up there as one of the worst, if not THE worst. Well, okay, coffee's the worst....
Think soy milk and vinegar.
Bev
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LOL!  Actually I say YOWZA to the thought of drinking thick buttermilk, yuck! But it is true that buttermilk has probiotics and other stuff that helps your "good" bacteria growth. That's why I brought it up. Thanks for everyones input!
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Good bacteria
#79460 - 06/15/04 01:11 PM
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Linz
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Take a dairy-free probiotic (us. in capsule form) instead and you'll get the good without the bad!
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