Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Confused...ibs'ers claim Atkins diet helps??

I'm so confused! I'm having a hard time with the idea that refined sugar, white pasta and breads are okay. Even people who are not pro-Atkins agree that white bread and pasta is bad stuff. It is basically worthless and raises your blood sugar very quickly.

Yes, I've read what Heather has written about how this diet will not make you fat because although you're eating high refined carbs, you're also eating low fat. That certainly is better than high carb AND high fat, but it doesn't change the fact that potatoes, white breads, etc are not healthy. I'm not concerned about gaining weight; I'm concerned about health. I've heard that our country has an epedemic of Adult Onset Diabetes because of all the sugar that we eat...it messes with your blood sugar level.

My husband is bigtime pro-Atkins and is giving me a hard time about this diet. He told me to do an internet search on Atkins and IBS. I found on several newsgroups people who claim that their IBS has improved dramatically since starting the Atkins diet. I'm not kidding! So how do you explain that....it is totally opposite of this diet. Although the majority of them were IBS-D people not C people like me. A few IBS-C people said it made the C worse.

In the past year I have cut out white breads and pastas and started using splenda rather than regular sugar, thinking that I'm "getting healthy". So I'm having a hard time suddenly using regular sugar.

I am going to continue with the diet; it is worth a try. But help me out here; convince me why all this is okay when everybody (even non-atkins people) say that sugar and white breads/pastas are BAD. Is this in fact true, but for IBS people this is what works for OUR bowels?

Those of you who are big believers in this diet, please don't be offended. I am asking these questions with sincerity and really what to hear your feedback.

Thanks!

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