Re: Can Pure Honey and Other Foods Cause Bloating?
04/27/05 09:21 AM
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Sand
Reged: 12/13/04
Posts: 4490
Loc: West Orange, NJ (IBS-D)
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I agree with the other posters on this issue who have said that following Heather's diet 75% is not going to eliminate your symptoms. You mention fitness activities in one of your posts, so let's try a sports metaphor, here, and see if that will give you a different way to think about this.
Let's say you had a specific goal in some sport: bench press 200 pounds; bat .325; run for a hundred yards a game; or get a triple double every time out. If you went to a coach, told him your goal, and asked him what you had to do to achieve it, you wouldn't think you could follow 75% of his advice and succeed. (If you did, you wouldn't have a coach for long!) You have to think about managing your IBS the same way.
And please think about the people on this Board who are trying to help you the way players who know they need help think about their coaches: treat them with respect, follow their advice, and value their time.
One last thing: Your main complaint is blaoting, so drink that fennel tea no matter how much you hate it. Search on "fennel hate" and you'll turn up at least one thread about what you can hide it in to mask the taste. Or search on "fennel nose" and you'll find a post by someone who just holds her nose and drinks it. Brew it in really hot water - that makes sure the goodness gets out of the seeds and into you. Drink it 3 times a day and if you get bloated have 2 cups one right after the other. Try this for a month. This is the equivalent of that one part of your fitness routine that you just hate, but know you have to do to achieve your goal.
HTH. Good luck.
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