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I am not sure anyone knows for sure if the problem is just the fat in beef and/or something else in beef that is a trigger too. However, a meal high in beef or any aninal protein can slow down the intestinal tract. This does not mean it is difficult to digest just as fat which stimulates the gut cannot be considered difficult to digest either because both can be digested nearly completely. On the other hand things like nuts and IF can pass through the bowel undigested and can be considered difficult to digest.

If you do eat beef it might be best to have small portions of very lean cuts and eat lots of fibre with it. Some IBS suffers find they can eat bison (buffalo) meat which is red but quite low fat.

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