Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Celiac Sprue disease?!

Celiac's is pretty common and it is a test that all IBS candidates should have. You can have both Celiac and IBS and that is pretty rough. If you find a Gluten Free (GF) diet makes you almost totally better than Congrats! because those with Celiac's can be GF and then completely symptom free whereas with IBS it is very difficult to be symptom free. There are many folks here that are GF or who avoid wheat. The diet is an adjustment but there are lots of GF choices now a days being it is more common. The GF specific foods are pretty expensive though. The difficult thing about being GF is eating out because sauces often have gluten and you have to avoid any particle of gluten with Celiac's however with IBS you can often be less strict than that. You need to do as much research as possible to see what you can and can't eat.
As for what you should eat, you might want to ask the doctor's office. I know a test for gluten intolerance might come up negative if you DO NOT eat gluten. The antibodies it looks for won't be present unless you eat gluten.

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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!

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