Hi, Beth! I don't think anyone (who's not celiac)should exclude wheat from their diets right now; the study didn't suggest doing that it just showed that there may be certain foods that cause certain antibodies in certain IBSers. I think the only conclusion they came up with was to do more studies. I think I might wait and see what future studies on this subject prove or disprove.
However, if you're following the IBS diet and lifestyle recommendations, keeping a food journal, still not feeling better, and you think it might be wheat related---well, you should either discuss this with your doctor or decide for yourself if you want to "eliminate" it for a while. You should just keep doing what you're doing to figure out your triggers.
My concern is that some people might start changing their diet again without giving the IBS diet a chance. And if a person's constantly changing their eating patterns or deviating from the diet guidelines before they're stable, how will they be able to tell what is triggering attacks? Plus change itself is a stressor and dramatically changing your diet could be enough of an intrinsic stressor that it could possibly cause an attack--and then the person blames the diet. I think it's very important to commit to one thing for a while (at least four weeks) in order to track what/how/when you're eating and to get some sort of regularity going with our digestive tract.
Unfortunately, I'm irregular today. I've been up since 4 am, so forgive me if I don't make any sense. 
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Re: Is anyone going to exclude wheat products now?
