Hi,
I have been attempting to incorporate Heather's dietary guidelines into my eating habits for the last few months. I am not strictly following the diet, because I have found it impossible with the limited selections at my college dining hall, but I am doing my best to cut down on triggers.
Here's my problem: I find that the more I reduce the triggers, the more sensitive I become. For example, I stopped drinking carbonated beverages because that made sense to me, but didn't experience any relief from doing that (which I didn't expect, since I drank a LOT of Diet Coke, which has three major triggers in it!). But even though I didn't get any relief from cutting cola out, now when I cheat and have a little bit, I have a huge reaction to it. Same thing with ice cream--I used to be able to eat a little with no problem, but now even a spoonful or two upsets me. Is this normal? I'm beginning to wonder if I even have IBS, as none of the dietary suggestions have helped at all...
sorry if this is discouraging--it seems like the diet is helping most of you greatly, and that's wonderful! I'm just trying to figure out what to do for me.
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