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I appreciate everyone's concern and advice...it is comforting to have people to talk to who know what you're talking about and going through.

I do realize food is not the only factor related to IBS and I try to utilize other ways of stabilzing it...mostly through exercise. It does seem however, that food plays the biggest role? While my, like everyone elses I'm sure, stress can change from day to day, overall it is pretty low...my biggest stress is the stress of having IBS.

So, finding a way of eating to suit me, is exactly what I'm trying to do. I do use EFIBS for my base but have added a few things like cutting out wheat and am now concerned and wondering about brown rice. I will always eat white rice but find that brown rice is used in almost every secondary food like rice milk and rice pasta. And when I come across things like FODMAP's (i.e. fructose malabsorption) I am naturally curious. I am a Chef (in a fine dining restaurant), so food is my life. On any given day I have access to any food you can imagine. But, my usual day of eating is either oatmeal or 2 slices of wheat-free toast or IBS friendly cereal with rice milk for breakfast. I don't really eat lunch but have snacks of baked chips or rice crackers and then a banana and orange either. Dinner will be white rice or a baked potato with either chicken or fish and I try to get in some vegetables. And somewhere in there will be a protein shake. All I drink is water or rice milk.
If someone told me all I had to do to get rid of IBS was eat bark for the rest of my life...I would do it no questions asked.

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IBS-D. Or so a doctor says.

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