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Hello all IBS'ers

There's only one good reason why you have not heard from me in awhile, I have been completly stable for a month and a half now. I tolerate everything in Heather's diet now, fish, chicken, olive oil, soy product, IF, etc. Following Heather's guidelines, I even cheat from time to time and have myself a good glass of red wine while I'm eating.

What's my secret? Well, Sand was completly right: the minute I hit the 15 grams mark of SFS a day I started to be stable + time in the diet.

So, I've been doing great. I've been experimenting with all kinds of variation of muffins, mmm! I ate Salmon with a soy milk thym sauce at noon...mmm! I went to Philadelphia in august and had the greatest time, the hotel would cook my french bread in the morning with egg whites and I tried all those great asian restaurent! You can travel with your IBS! The BIG test will be when I go to Bordeaux (France) in october, cause I know I won't be able to resist duck confit with a glass of Bordeaux (a double-trigger, i'm bad!). But you know what, I will be fine, even I get an attack afterwards, cause I know exactly what to do now when that happens. Like Heather's says, I am not even thinking about IBS anymore, but always got my back-up plan (in this case: pretzels and mint tea!).

OK! A question for you pros! I've been trying to find a good soy cheese and they all seem to have casein in them! Heather's says casein's a trigger! So, is there any cheese without casein?

In Heather's book, she incorporate Jasmin and Chai tea in some recepie for drinks, are they safe if drinked alone? I would like to expand my range in teas, but don't know if Jasmin and Chai vanilla d�caf would be safe...

So, to all of you guys who are presently suffering, there's hope! Calm down and Hang in there! I'm living proof!

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