Thank you Heather and friends for this wonderful site. As many have mentioned - it is good not to feel alone in this and to have so much information located in one place. Heather, your books are terrific. My question: I have recently been diagnosed with IBS-D (have had it almost all my life to some degree or another - 42 years old - and have learned to live with it as best I can.) However, recently I have been having added severe problems with spastic colon. My spasms are frequent, extremely painful and in the early a.m. hours. This is what got me to the Doctor. (I have had ALL THE TESTS done to be sure it is not something other than IBS). My doctor said that I need to consume between 20-25 grams of fiber per day. I have not read (and maybe I have missed this due to the volume of this site) any discussions on "AMOUNT" of fiber per day. Just type. I am just starting to eat for IBS. Changing my prior diet of whole grains, lots of fruits and veggies. You know - a healthy diet! The spasms seem to be slowly improving. Does anyone know if the spasms are due to quantity or type of food that I am consuming? Do you see quantity of fiber as an important step? Does anyone know if this will help the spasms? A discussion or direction to a discussion of "QUANTITY" of fiber would be appreciated. Thank you all.
Joyce
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Question regarding total fiber intake per day....
