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I figure with IBS my gut is already cranky and confused so anything new I put in it is going to upset it. For Acacia and calcium and vitamins I advise starting at a very low dose and working up slowly. Start with 1/4 teaspoon of Acacia per day and go up by 1/4 teaspoon every 3-4 days. For calcium start with the lowest dose you can find - I started with 200 mg- and again go up slowly. Same thing with Vitamin D.

It's also super important to get lots of fluid - SF does it's best work wet.

My IBS got steadily worse. It went from a nuisance to a problem to a disaster to a catastrophe before I found this Website. I believe that since I kept feeding it foods it couldn't handle and not feeding it the SF it needed, it just got more and more irritated with me. It was like I'd continued to hit my thumb with a hammer instead of putting down the hammer and wrapping the thumb in a cool towel - it never got a chance to feel better.

Conversely, the longer I follow Heather's guidelines the more resilient my gut becomes. I'm not going to "get over" IBS but a slip in the guidelines isn't an automatic attack any longer and if I do get attacks they aren't nearly as horrible and don't last nearly as long.

HTH.

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