I just read the post I'm about to post  . It may sound really confusing, as if I was about to go on a crazy eating frenzy! It's not the case; generally speaking, I think I just need to vent. I still stick to the EFI guidelines. I just wish I had some definite answers (don't we all?). Thanks for reading!
I'm tired. I'm sick of wondering whether the next dietary thing would work. I stick to the EFI and while it did help generally, I'm still looking for ways to perfect it. Three years ago I tried the South Beach Diet. I only lasted one week because I really missed carbs (I was doing the first phase during which carbs are limited except for certain amounts of dairy). But my IBS seemed gone, I was still C but no gas, no pain, my stomach was flatter than ever. Then I tried it again a few months/years later, and I was bloated, in pain, and miserable. I don't understand why it worked the first time but not the second (and yes, I already had IBS before I tried the first time).
Then I also think about my pre-IBS times (mostly childhood). I wasn't big on veggies back than, and I didn't eat any high-insoluble fiber foods either. Just plain white bread, potatoes, rice, meat, some junk food  . I've always been C but back then there was no bloating, no pain. I guess my diet back than was similar to EFI except for the fact that I ate dairy.
So basically I have these two contradicting approaches that worked for me at certain points in the past. Why doesn't either bring me back to being normal again now? Very frustrating! Does anyone ever wonder if going back to pre-IBS way of eating would also get rid of IBS? I know that for me the answer is NO, but I still can't stop wondering, thinking that maybe I'm just not "copying" the diet right. It's driving me nuts sometimes!
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