Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Trigger foods - are they ever cumulative in effect?

I am trying hard to use Heather's advice on identifying trigger foods for IBS flare-ups, but it is hard.

My question is, can a food impact be cumulative, making it hard to find except by long term tracking? Or will a trigger food "trigger" soon after consuming?

Example: For 2 months I drank a glass of plum wine after dinner to relax. For those 2 months I had no IBS symptoms of any severity. Then suddenly, I had an IBS-D flare-up, which may have been caused by a Rolfer deeply massaging my abdomen (much to my dismay) coupled with some family emotional issues. Since wine is on the "bad" list per Heather, was the wine possibly a culprit, with the irritation building with each day until it manifested in a flare-up? Or is that far fetched and in general if wine was bad, I'd have a flare-up soon after drinking it? Can a food seem OK for 2 months, then still be a trigger if there is then an IBS flare-up? I am going crazy trying to identify food triggers because I never change my diet, but sometimes my IBS disappears and other times it is pronounced. Help?

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