I sent an email to Gena Hamshaw, the administrator of the Choosing Raw Food site. It took her a couple days but she did reply only to say that she can't really help me unless I'm interested in her coaching services. Ha!...I guess we all have to make a buck somehow. She reiterated the (free) info from the article about Food Combining and added that she doesn't personally believe that raw insoluble fiber is negative for IBS sufferers.
The way I see it, if you follow Heather's diet for IBS, there's very little to worry about anyway. You're already eating limited (or perhaps no) animal protein, including dairy so there's a low maintenance food category. Veggies are neutral, so our only concern with them is still policing what's soluble vs. insoluble and making sure that we, as IBS sufferers combine them with a soluble fiber food. This leaves fruit which seems to be causing the most confusion. A lot of us are saying there's no way we can eat them first, on an empty stomach, and or without combining a soluble fiber. My personal thoughts and one of the questions I posed in my email, was does it matter if you have IBS-D or IBS-C as I think it does. As someone with IBS-D, I'm looking to stabilize and slow down the digestive process and I know I achieve that better with eating something soluble like oatmeal to start my day and getting my fruit in later. Whereas someone with IBS-C may benefit more from this strategy of eating.
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IBS-D. Or so a doctor says.
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Re: looks very helpful..although
