Short answer: yes, the diet does work for MANY PEOPLE. Not all, no guarantees etc. but it DOES work for MANY with IBS.

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I live in Australia and have ordered the books from heathers website, the books havent arrived yet, though looking at a lot of the posts I am reading a lot about people who are doing the diet with very little results....

In general, the boards are not the best place to get info about the diet. If you have a look through the books when they arrive as well as the rest of this website, you'll see lots of examples of letters from people speaking really positively about their results. In general, people post on the boards when they're having trouble, not when things are going well, so it's easy to get a kind of skewed picture of how many people it works for, you know?

the diet looks very very bland and I am quite concerned that I wont be able to stick to it, am wondering if it is worth it...if Im going to stay sick with daily diarrohea, then I might as well do it in style and enjoy yummy food...

Bland!? Far from it! This diet is not bland at all, I promise you! At first, you may find it a little different and difficult to stick to if it's very different from the way you currently eat and it may be difficult to give up some of the major triggers completely - but that's what you gotta do. You do have to decide between whether you want to feel healthy or you want a Big Mac more... but you don't have to decide between feeling healthy and eating good food! There is so much good food allowed on this diet. I think you'll find that you will discover lots of fabulous foods you never knew about before too - bonus!

also what else can you drink on heathers diet other than herbal teas and water??

OK not the answer you want but: stick with herbal teas and water. They are the safest drinks out there - they not only don't hurt but they HELP. Plus there are SO MANY great herbal teas. Make sure you're drinking lots of tea and water, but you can also drink (after a safe meal or snack) soy milk, rice milk and other safe "milks", most people seem to be ok with small amounts of cranberry juice, you can make hot cocoa with a fake "milk" and cocoa powder, most flavoured waters and mixes to make water flavoured are ok...

also could someone tell me please is it okay to just take psyllium as purchased from the supermarket or does it have to be in powdered form??

This is ok but it might not be as potent, not sure. If you suffer from bloating though you might want to try a soluble fiber supplement other than psyllium as many find it can be painful. Try it out first and see how you do with it. Make sure to read the info on the SFS page about dosages!

thanks...any responses would be appreciated...have had another day from diarrohea hell...have all of my hopes pinned on this diet.

Good luck! I hope you feel better soon. Honestly, as soon as I *completley* (NO cheating!) cut out all the triggers and followed the strategies of this diet, I started to feel better immediately - no more D hell! However it did take me about 6ish months to completely stabilize... so hang in there! You can do it!

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