Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Great post, thank you! 3 quick things that might help you...

Hi - there's a whole page on all the different types of soluble fiber supplements here Best way to take them is to divide your dose, take at least twice a day or before every meal if you can.

You'll see that it's very difficult to get any kind of decent amount of fiber with capsules. It will probably have to be a powder. And I'd avoid Metamucil and psyllium, inulin and FOS, if you can - try something that is 100% soluble, with nothing else added to it. That will be more concentrated, and thus cheaper on a gram per gram basis, and you won't risk having problems from additives in there you don't need (like citric acid, artificial flavor, color, etc.)

If you can get to any kind of shop with bulk herbs and spices, they'll have bulk peppermint leaf. It's going to be much, much stronger than the teabags you're using and also much, much cheaper. Loose tea is always less expensive than teabags. If you're stuck with the regular kind of teabags, you might have to use up to 5 per cup. I know that sounds crazy, but even then it really won't be as strong as the loose tea or as strong as medicinal strength tea bags. The difference is the grade of peppermint - you want cut and sift or whole leaf, you do not want teabag grade. But, something is better than nothing, so use what you can get. If you are happy brewing loose tea, buying that online, even with shipping costs, is going to be less expensive than buying regular grocery store teabags locally.

For some fast and easy visuals for the EFI diet info, you can download the cheat sheet here

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