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Laura:

Your question is very timely for me because I just tried cranberry juice for the first time about 10 days ago and I've been successfully drinking it ever since. My IBS is very severe so this is pretty much a miracle for me!

The other two posters are correct in warning you to check the ingredients of the juice, as well as the bread you ate.

What I did was to go to the health food store and buy a brand of cranberry juice that was organic (I won't bother mentioning the brand because it's Canadian and probably not available in the U.S.) and that contained nothing else other than cranberry juice.

I didn't drink the juice "straight." I poured about 1/4 cup of cranberry juice and filled up the glass the rest of the way with bottled spring water. I made sure I had some soluble fibre staple (white IBS-safe bread, potatoes or white Basmatic rice) in my system before drinking it. In other words, I didn't have it on an empty stomach.

I started off the cranberry juice at a much tinier amount and slowly built up that amount until I was confident I could tolerate it. I did this over a period of several days.

It has taken me literally years to get up the courage to try cranberry juice and I am delighted at the discovery I can tolerate it!

Belinda

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