Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Heather: need help with soluble/insoluble

Hi Heather and Eating for IBS'ers! I have ulcerative colitis and am on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD), which is no carbs except honey, fruits and most vegetables, and some beans, but I also am one of the minority of IBD'ers that have trouble with constipation. I am looking to see how Heather's model of the soluble/insoluble fiber balance can be addressed within my diet. Strictly speaking, SCD discourages the use of psyllium and methylcellulose so I am trying to devise a way to get my fiber balance right with just plant foods (although I am open to trying fiber supplements at some point). Heather - my thinking right now is to increase my soluble fiber intake, and distribute it evenly through out the day, and have it be the first thing I eat on an empty stomach. My choices seem to be applesauce, bananas, mushrooms, avocados, cooked and/or pureed carrots, beets, squash, mangos, and papayas. Also, since I can have lentils, white beans, and black beans I am thinking that I could cook them and run them through a food mill to take out the skins. Also, split peas - looking at them it seems like the skin is already off and that I may not need to run them through the food mill - what do you think Heather?. Although SCD prohibits grains, there are similarities in how vegetables are treated (peel, seed, cook, puree especially for beginners) and also the concept that D is just at another end of the bowel disfunction spectrum from C and that they can be treated by the same approaches! However, if both your model and the SCD model of bowel disfunction are correct (obviously many success stories with both diets), it underscores how important it is to distinguish IBS from IBD. Thanks for any attention you can give this. Jennifer

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