I think only the lucky few are able to eat according to EFI guidelines and be symptom-free. There's the FODMAPS for one thing, besides Heather does not say that every single meal should have 25% of fat maximum and there are supposedly safe recipes on this board which call for say salmon and have greatly more fat than a quarter and propel me into so much pain that I can't express.
I recommend that you follow the four EFI rules (no alcohol, no caffeine, less IF than SF per meals, limited fat per meals) and the FODMAP guidelines simultaneously.
Safest foods to eat would be: porridge (cooked in water), boiled/baked potatoes, cooled rice, grilled chicken breast, shrimp, white fish, boiled carrots, peeled baked peppers, peeled cooked courgette (ie zucchini), tomato paste, orange juice, no-pulp-berry juice and a bit of fat with each meal (salmon/olive oil to mention two of the healthiest options, but do count the kcals here) (kcal coming from fat should be max 25% per meals: 1g fat has 9kcal, 1g carb has 4kcal, 1g protein also has 4 kcal). Incredibly restricted I know but I think you are extremely unlikely to have trouble from these foods and once your gut has calmed down after a week or so, you may experiment with adding different foods back into your diet one by one to see whether you can tolerate them.
See Syl's reply for that!
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now: stable through EFI+FODMAP dieting (no lactose/no fructose/some fructans and some polyols)
before: IBS-D(pseudo-diarrhoea), bloating, often unbearable pain esp from too much fat: Apr 2007- Dec 2010
FODMAPs: http://www.todaysdietitian.com/newarchives/072710p30.shtml
[I've tried VSL#3 -> I could tolerate v good amounts of IF (even with less SF), it worked great (but overall I find it too expensive)]
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Re: Not getting much help from EFI diet - any suggestions?
