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Since it is directly against board rules to say it is ok to eat dairy I do not need to defend myself! A limited study looking only at distension for a limited time does not prove that eating dairy will not bother the digestion of someone with IBS for the long term.* It is infinitely better to get probiotics from a safe source. No doubt Activia must taste great but it is irresponsible to cite this study as gospel when Heather's plan of avoiding dairy has proven beneficial in the long term for so many with IBS.

Furthermore I will not agree to disagree. I feel very strongly and will not change my mind that more good would come to the posters here to base your philosophies on the HFI plan. Since you have started posting all the stable and very helpful posters have left. No one is bringing people back to the basics of the HFI plan. I think it is a shame.

*We have to take new studies like this with a grain of salt. Much of the time, according to my GI doc (a very renowned specialist) people will have some initial benefit to a change in diet but it isn't sustained. Many times people will feel better on a low carb diet for a few weeks but then crash hard. Changing eating or adding some new thing may seem to help for a while, but it is often ephemeral. Whereas using a proven program like Heather's will be lastingly beneficial.

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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!

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