Potentially heretical question
12/13/05 05:04 PM
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Emily H.
Reged: 02/28/05
Posts: 83
Loc: Luxembourg, LU
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So, I've been thinking about something, and I wanted to run it by all of you at the risk of sounding completely crazy. Three of the women I know (all in their late 50s now) were diagnosed with IBS in their 20s. They were given variations on what used to be the theme: lots of fiber, bland foods, excercise. All of them followed it, all of them suffered moderate-to-horrible symptoms for 2-5 years, but all of them are now fine. One can eat anything no problem, and the other two just have to be careful about eating too much really rich food.
This makes me wonder, given something else: I've heard from reputable sources that completely cutting something out of your diet makes it harder to introduce (sometimes even impossible) later, because your body "forgets" how to deal with it - even for totally healthy people.
Is there any evidence to suggest that just "toughing it out" for a while will allow us to recover, while following the diet strictly just means that we're reinforcing our various intolerances? Bear in mind here that I'm as averse to pain, suffering and embarrassment as the next person, but if a few years of misery lead to a lifetime of being a "normal" person, I'm tempted to try.
So, am I a heretic?
~Emily
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