Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: eating for IBS and endo. Worried about Med.

Coconut and coconut oil are high in fat. That doesn't mean you must avoid them totally under the EFI Guidelines but that you should eat them carefully. Heather's recommends no more than 25% of calories come from fat but you can certainly get some of those calories from coconut. Just treat coconut as you would any other fat: make sure you have a good Soluble Fiber base and eat it in moderation.

There was a discussion a while back about tropical oils in general. If you Search you may be able to find that. As for coconut, the idea that it's good for your digestive tract - and good for D in particular - has been around for a while. For example, there are people who insist it's relieved their post-chemotherapy diarrhea. A coconut macaroon after dinner sounds like a nice medicine to me.

You can also Search both on the Diet Board and on the Living Room board for endometriosis. This has come up a number of times. This post in particular has a lot of info on it, including a surgical treatment option: web page. The link to the Center for Endometriosis Care reviews all the treatment options, including Lupron. Their discussion of Lupron doesn't discuss IBS but it does seem to have a long list of side-effects.

I don't remember hearing that menopause makes IBS worse but anything that fiddles with your hormones can affect your IBS.

As for being scared of taking the Lupron, I don't want to interfere between you and your gynecologist, but you've only known for 3 days that you have endometriosis. Surely you can take a little more time and do some more research - maybe even get a second opinion - before deciding on a treatment for your endo.

HTH.

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