I don't think you're a heretic or crazy, but...
12/13/05 06:02 PM
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atomic rose
Reged: 06/01/04
Posts: 7013
Loc: Maine (IBS-A stable since July '05!)
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I've had IBS for 18 years. I tried that - toughing it out, I mean. And it didn't work. I was able to go a couple years without symptoms, but then they came back again with a vengeance.
For the most part, the things that we're supposed to cut out of our diet completely (or at least almost completely) - dairy, red meat, caffeine, fatty foods - are things that aren't healthy for *any* person anyway, whether they have IBS or not. You really have nothing to gain by "toughing it out"... and a generally much-healthier lifestyle to gain by following a low-fat diet, eating plenty of veggies safely, and getting exercise.
Just my .02, of course.
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