Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | A few confusing things....

Ok. First Question.

1. I know that we cannot just eat raw carrots and celery etc alone because they have the Insoluble Fibre and that is a MAJOR trigger.

However, even when juiced so there is no grainy-ness etc..a lot of people with IBS can have gastro symptoms, cramping and diarrhea.
What actually causes this? The IF should not be there anymore should it?

2. We all know we can't just stop eating our vegies even though it is a major trigger for me. I watched on YouTube Heather making some Turkey Club sandwiches and I was really shocked at how much IF she put on there. I can't eat that much and I know what Heather put on is not considered a LOT by most peoples' standards. I am really concerned that I am not getting hardly any vegies at all unless they are of the pureed potato/pumpkin variety if I even react to the small amount Heather puts in her sandwiches.

I have a lot of Soluble Fibre when I eat like rice etc, so is it true that if we can try and tolerate some vegies that have IF, that by theory we could do the same with other foods that are triggers aswell? For example, if you loved coffee or icecream or steak it would be foolish to have it. But if you have a bowl of plain rice before you eat it aswell as lots of digestive enzymes and soluble fibre supplement, is it possible you could tolerate it? I know that the only reason we do that with vegies is because they are good for us and there's no nutrition in coffee or icecream that we really need, but would it be ok to do that like just once a month?

Edited by Roxstar (07/15/13 01:06 AM)

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