Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Brand New To This: Severity Question

Well I can say that all of what you ate sounds like triggers to me.
The basis of my diet consists of lots of white bread.After that I can eat pretty much anything.
My IBS started after the birth of my second son and always flares due to stress.Funny thing is...it hits me 6 months later.
My suggestion to you woul dbe to follow the diet now and see what happens.I would also take a probiotic like acidophilous or even activia yogurt.Your stomach bug could have altered the balance between good and bad bateria.

So the peppermint tea was probably ok but for me I can't drink it or reg tea.I drink Rooibos with no problems.
If you had a SF base in your stomach such as white bread,white rice,pasta or potato...the tuna and avacado may not have been such a pain.
The trail mix again would have killed me.Banana ok but lots of people can't do them on an empty stomach.
The fiber one bar I know nothing about but by the sounds of it , it may have glucose fructose as an ingredient?? That could also be a trigger.

It won't take you long to figure out your triggers if you try the base diet for a few days and introduce your reg favs slowly.

Yes IBS sucks but it isn't the end of the world.Somedays are good some are bad and here you will find all degrees of severity.Some of us have it at a managable level while others are still struggling.The support of others going through the same thing will likely help you plenty.

finish with the tests just to make sure but it really won't hurt for you to try eating the EFI diet.We all tweak it to suit our own comfort levels so you will find the right balance too.

Good luck and I hope that helps a bit.
Chris

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IBS-D since 1999...mostly stable..i do cheat too.Bad me.

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