Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Going to Follow the Ibs diet,while eating as healthy as possible.

Rooibos (or red bush) tea is naturally caffeine free, as are all herbal teas as they do not contain black tea. I love Tetley's herbal Summerberry tea when I'm not drinking peppermint tea. It's very refreshing. But sadly, you don't get any nutritional value from tea as the fruit and herbs are minimal and the doused is scalding water! No, there's no naturally existing fiber in tea.

Kuudoos to you for trying to follow the diet more strictly. It isn't easy - I admit I had a chocolate attack last night - ate too much of a safe dessert, but it was the chocolate sprinkled on top which got me... Lesson learned.

Other snacks you might try are rice crackers - really low in fat - I think 1g for every 15 crackers! I also eat graham crackers and baby cookies. But read your ingredients!! I know what I have at my stores here will differ greatly from what you can get.

Watch for the ingredients like whey / whey powder - it's from milk, and watch the fat grams. When I was trying to get stable I tried to eat no more than 12 to 14 g of fat in one meal. It was enough through the day to sustain me, but any more made me ill.

Good luck!!!

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Cassandra

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