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Re: How do other C-IBSers figure out which insoluble foods affect them positively vs negatively       09/13/04 01:37 AM Edit Reply Quote daliatree Reged: 07/10/04 Posts: 1176 Loc: Manhattan, New York hello from a fellow ibs c'er!!! well when you are ibs c, it takes longer, sometimes much longer to identify trigger and heres what you do!! take yourself back to basics...identify a few foods that you KNOW are safe for you ie for me this is my list: white bread, wholewheat bread, toast crackers, cooked carrots, sweet potato, potato, white rice, brown rice, applesauce,mangos, bananas, peaches without skin, oatmeal, small amounts of tehina, chicken breast. I then eat only those foods until I stabilise and reach a point of regular bowel movements with little or no other symptoms ie almost be like a normal person! (I know its not a totally balanced diet, but its not for the long term). Now here is the important bit: ibs c is like balancing act. you NEED the insol fibre, but not an overdose causing lots of bloating etc so its so important (and this take a lot of the time) to establish how much of each you can eat. eg I know that if I have more then one whole white pitta bread in one day I am going to be backed up. but I also know if I have more then one wholewheat pitta in one day i am going to be uncomfortable. so I only have one of each!!! :-) no more, no less and also limit that as my wheat intake for the day! I find white rice very very clogging, so I mainly stick with brown rice. I know I cannot have more then three pieces of fruit a day. You may also find wholewheat is better on an empty stomach then on a base of white bread or vice versa. Once you have reached what feels like stability for you (it took me about a month of just eating the above and playing around with the ratios) then you start to add in one new food every 72 hours. I know its a long time scale but it is the only way to be 100% sure of whether something disagreed with you. I get excited and nervous to reintroduce new foods...there are nasty surprises (eg I can't tolerate sugar boo hoo) and great ones (I can have olive oil!!!). This is my foolproof way of reaching liberation with ibs c...it takes loads of time, focus and determination...and some tears....but it really works. hope i helped! -------------------- Feel the fear and do it anyway! Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator

Entire thread How do other C-IBSers figure out which insoluble foods affect them positively vs negatively lithelady 09/12/04 01:01 PM Re: How do other C-IBSers figure out which insoluble foods affect them positively vs negatively daliatree 09/13/04 01:37 AM Re: How do other C-IBSers figure out which insoluble foods affect them positively vs negatively ptillen 09/12/04 01:12 PM Re: How do other C-IBSers figure out which insoluble foods affect them positively vs negatively JosephC 09/14/04 02:53 AM Re: How do other C-IBSers figure out which insoluble foods affect them positively vs negatively daliatree 09/13/04 04:30 AM Re: How do other C-IBSers figure out which insoluble foods affect them positively vs negatively lithelady 09/13/04 05:20 PM

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