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Guar gum? Or other SFS? Or all of them?       06/15/04 09:26 PM Edit Reply Quote Heather Reged: 12/09/02 Posts: 7799 Loc: Seattle, WA I've heard of bad reactions to psyllium and inulin, but for guar gum the worst I've heard is bloating/gas. If it gave you cramps and diarrhea too that's unusual, though I'm starting to think nothing about IBS should surprise me anymore! Guar gum would be a bit tough to avoid altogether, since it is in so many different products. If you have a true allergy or some such you might want to search ingredient lists and see if even trace amounts of it are bothering you. If it's just the larger amounts that are in Benefiber, you should be okay trying other SFS. I have heard from people who cannot tolerate gums at all, no matter what type of plant family they're from. If that's true for you, watch out for things like locust bean gum and xanthan gum as well - they're in tons of products just like guar gum is. - H -------------------- Heather is the Administrator of the IBS Message Boards. She is the author of Eating for IBS and The First Year: IBS, and the CEO of Heather's Tummy Care. Join her IBS Newsletter. Meet Heather on Facebook! Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator

Entire thread Need advice (long) Amyhead 06/15/04 03:38 PM Carbs and soluble fiber are not one and the same thing.... Heather 06/15/04 04:24 PM Me too 06/15/04 11:05 PM Re: Carbs and soluble fiber are not one and the same thing.... Amyhead 06/15/04 05:04 PM Benefiber Karin 06/15/04 03:49 PM Nope, Benefiber (guar gum) not a laxative, just soluble fiber... Heather 06/15/04 04:19 PM Re: Benefiber Karin 06/15/04 05:27 PM Re: Benefiber ChristineM 06/15/04 06:21 PM Re: Benefiber Linz 06/15/04 06:26 PM Exactly - "bulk laxative" is code for soluble fiber - it's not a true laxative at all... Heather 06/15/04 06:35 PM Re: Exactly - "bulk laxative" is code for soluble fiber - it's not a true laxative at all... Karin 06/15/04 06:43 PM Guar gum? Or other SFS? Or all of them? Heather 06/15/04 09:26 PM This will probably be it then - try Acacia instead - nt Linz 06/15/04 04:20 PM Re: Need advice (long) Linz 06/15/04 03:44 PM Re: Need advice (long) Amyhead 06/15/04 04:55 PM Re: Need advice (long) Linz 06/15/04 05:01 PM Re: Need advice (long) Amyhead 06/15/04 05:06 PM Just checking... Linz 06/15/04 05:07 PM Benefiber expert needed, please! - nt Linz 06/15/04 03:45 PM

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