I don't recommend apples. You can get fresh, frozen or canned fruits. As long as you have some SF with them they don't need to be canned. Remember avoid apples, pears, grapes and melons (for now). Canned fruits definitely are lower in IF but I think it would be good to try a banana followed by a grapefruit or pineapple instead of just eating more SF fruits. You should increase IF remember? BTW you asked what I eat and I don't think I ever responded. I eat oatmeal for B this time of year and smoothies with soy milk/soy yogurt and fruit in the summer. I eat a snack bar of some kind, almonds, banana, grapefruit or pineapple for morning snack much of the time. Or instead of almonds I will have a soy cheese stick. I eat leftovers for lunch or a sweet potato with some IF like veggies or nuts or a boca burger or lots of different things. for afternoon snack I have a banana and an orange or peach or something like that. That's on work days and I am hungry in the AM after exercise and sometimes eat even more for snacks in the AM. Non work days I might have a PB&J for snack or if farming I'll eat bananas and lots of snack bars or baked goods that are quick and easy. Sometimes I have a banana with PB and raisins/craisins on it. Adding IF is a personal thing. For me IF of fruits, cooked veggies and nuts is much easier than IF of grains or raw veggies.
Distension is the thing many doctors don't believe we get so bad. It is the starving child huge belly thing. Bloating is more what is inside and distension is that it sticks out. My GI doc was amazed at how much my stomach grows in size when bloated. Docs just don't believe it can be so big.
-------------------- 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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