Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Similar experience, long reply

Thanks again to everyone for their replies.

I've had several treatments for the parasites and amoebas (drugs, herbs, restricted diets, supplements... you name it, I've done it) all to no avail. In some cases I experienced temporary improvement and then worsened; in others I experienced no change other than feeling terrible side effects from the powerful drugs I took.

There is something out there called the Body Ecology Diet "www.bodyecologydiet.com" which really makes a lot of sense in terms of rebuilding the inner ecosystem and improving health from the ground up, so to speak. However, it is almost exactly the opposite of the IBS diet in terms of what to eat. This has been my dilemma all along - the anti-parasitic and anti-candida diets say that bread, pasta, rice (i.e. the SF foundation of IBS diet) are the absolute worst thing you can eat because they feed the bad bugs.

My fear in doing the IBS diet is that thought it may lessen some of the spasming and pain, it will not heal whatever condition is causing the spasms/pain in the first place.... and, if that cause is parasites or amoebas, the IBS diet could actually make it worse.

I don't even know if I have a question here... just venting some frustration. For six years I've been trying the "biochemical" approach - i.e. being treated as if parasites/yeast/bacteria were the problem, and I've gotten nowhere. This is why I'm interested in at least giving the IBS diet a shot, because it's an approach I haven't really done yet. I can't see how it will get at the fatigue, exhaustion, foggy-headedness, muscle soreness etc. but I don't know what other options I have.

Chris

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