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I'm very familiar with the stabilising drill - restricting your diet to plain sf foods, rice, white bread etc., for a few days until you start to feel better. But what if this isn't working - how long should one keep up this restricted diet for? What tends to happen to me is that stress or leaving too long a gap between meals because I'm busy/out and about perpetuates my symptoms, even when i'm sticking strictly to the plain sf foods. So I don't get anywhere and then after a couple of days i think ok, i've just got to add in some vegetables and protein now for the sake of my health (and becaue i've got a fridge full of food, bought in all hopefulness that I'd be able to eat well this year). But perhaps i should ignore the nutrition thing for while longer and keep with the plain sf. I've probably posted something like this before and i'm sorry for repeating myself - guess i'm just looking for some words of encouragement or extra tips because after returning to Germany where I live, i'm back in that annoying cycle again where i can't seem to get rid of D. This comes after three happy, stable weeks at home over Christmas where i was eating a good, nutritionally varied diet. Sigh.

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