Hey E!
Glad to see another hiker on the boards, but sorry to hear about your symptoms. I have not figured it all out yet myself, but I can share what have learned over the years of working in remote locations where I hike all day and there are few to no restrooms. The most important thing for me has been the soluble fiber (read Heather's book if you can). Heather's powder and Fibercon (easy to pack and take tablets, give you calcium as well), in addition to mostly sticking to the diet, have worked wonders for me.
Specific camping/hiking foods that I have found work for me include (I know not all of these will work for everyone):
Target organic fruit leathers; Rice cakes; Organic peanut butter; Pasta with some canned tomatoes with basal; Instant grits; Tea with sugar; Couscous (Near East with pine nuts is my fav); Fantastic Foods taco filling dry mix with tortillas; Bananas; Carrots; Odwalla bars- berry flax; Chicken or salmon (cooked) in a pouch in water; Falafal dry mix; light tofu in box; dried fruit (banana, mango); trail mix
Obviously not all of the above are extremely light nor do they all keep for weeks. Also, the portion control seems to be very important when dealing with IBS- that is hard to do when you are hiking so much and need so much energy, so you could perhaps try to eat more often, smaller amounts.
Good luck and let us know if you make it out on the trail this spring/summer!!
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IBS-D with stress related bouts of C, 10+? years.
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