Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: I Don't Get It??????????!

Hi - Wish I could answer your question but I don't know either. Check the IBS research library under diet for clinical studies on fiber and IBS. My favorite is the one showing that soluble fiber (as guar gum) is much better for IBS than insoluble (as wheat bran). There are studies on how wheat bran makes most IBS folks worse that go back to the 1980's.

Just fyi, I saw a GI doc about 5 years ago and mentioned that I base my diet in soluble fiber but am careful with insoluble fiber. He asked me if I had coined the term "soluble fiber" as he'd never heard of it! Scariest thing was this guy is a gastro doc treating people with IBD, who can end up with bowel obstructions requiring surgery if they eat too much insoluble fiber.

Don't know whether to laugh or cry about this...

- Heather

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