No, this study doesn't suggest more diet restrictions for IBSers--it doesn't even prove that these foods cause IBS. It did show that the IBSers participating in the study were more sensitive to certain foods. However, it wasn't a very large sample (only 132 people), didn't provide information as to whether or not these IBSers had other intolerances (or exclude them as Heather mentioned earlier), and it doesn't seem that they even got to finish their study (see the skin prick section of the article linked below).
I hope I didn't confuse you even more! It's sort of difficult for me to get through it as well, but I thought it was interesting and am always glad to see more research being done in the area of IBS. I think it's good that they are starting to do more studies to see how and if certain foods affect IBSers. Until they do more extensive studies, I don't think this means we need to anything else than what we're doing right now (keeping a food journal, finding our own personal triggers, using a SFS, etc).
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Re: More info on this study and a follow-up diet exclusion study
