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I had really bad D in the mornings also. It helps for me to eat something immediately when I wake up to stabilize my stomach. I eat oatmeal (with a touch of brown sugar), and white toast or bagel with some "safe" jelley, and a cup of peppermint tea. I don't take my fiber until right before I eat lunch.

Go easy on the soy margarine, light mayo, and eggs. They can be troublesome if you aren't completely stable. Also, gravy is bad, I can't think of anything safe about gravy. And the tomatoe sauce might be too acidic.

Also, I cannot tolerate whole wheat at all. Not even on a stable day. I tried the 80% white flour, 20% whole wheat flour bread, and even that hurt. Whole wheat is bad, just stop it.

Here is my typical diet that keeps me stable.

Breakfast: oatmeal, some type of white or oat toast, peppermint tea

Snack: honey combs cereal or animal crackers

Lunch: soluble fiber supplement, piece of chicken breast, with pasta, zuchinni, and carrots, and a little bit of olive oil and a piece of french bread, water

snack: zuchinni or pumpkin bread

Dinner: usually something involving chicken or turkey, bread, baked sweet potatoe, mango smoothie, and peppermint tea

That is not what I eat every day, but that is an example. I also take peppermint caps after breakfast, right before I leave the house. Or if I am feeling a little fluttery, I take 1 immodium AD.

Just be careful with the amount of fats you're eating and peppermint tea really is a miracle.

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