Heather mentions somewhere that if your IBS is stable, you can get away with a bit of cheating. I have found that this is true with regard to IF (even then never wholegrains, but from fruit and veg). But I am so sensitive to fat that each individual meal must contain no more than 20-25% of kcal coming from fat, otherwise I feel the rather unpleasant effects in due course (half a day- a day later).
As for FODMAPs, green beans, chives, beansprouts, bokchoy, which are all apparently FODMAP friendly give me around a thousand times more gas than the pure humble white sourdough bread. Butter is said to be incredibly low in lactose, I feel even the tiniest, smallest, almost negligable amount however. Some apples, such as Granny Smith are supposed to have equal amounts of fructose and glucose, yet I have problems from them too. (I'm much more sensitive to lactose than fructose though)
I can eat venison, ie red meat naturally low in fat. Beef (or pork), even if v lean and actually not too fatty overall as part of a meal is still a huge problem for me, perhaps it's the protein.
All these have not really changed over the course of years for me, not got better or worse.
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now: stable through EFI+FODMAP dieting (no lactose/no fructose/some fructans and some polyols)
before: IBS-D(pseudo-diarrhoea), bloating, often unbearable pain esp from too much fat: Apr 2007- Dec 2010
FODMAPs: http://www.todaysdietitian.com/newarchives/072710p30.shtml
[I've tried VSL#3 -> I could tolerate v good amounts of IF (even with less SF), it worked great (but overall I find it too expensive)]
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