Could sugar be the problem?
#328551 - 04/20/08 06:45 PM
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Kteach84
Reged: 03/31/08
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So I've finally got my bowel habits under control. However, I am still bloated all of the time! I know this is the most difficult thing to get under control. Lately I've been thinking maybe its the sugar. I don't have a lot of fat anymore, but between fruit and other things I eat (cheerios, apple cinnamon rice cakes, vanilla soy yogurt, etc) I just wonder if maybe sugar is making me bloated. I don't THINK it's fructose though...I could be wrong but I seem to feel okay after fruit and not as great after "table sugar" items...when I was younger I would get sick when I ate too much soda or frosting or something high sugar like that- I don't eat those anymore though...its just so hard to pinpoint what causes bloating because I am pretty much bloated all the time no matter what.
I know sugar is not usually an IBS trigger, but like I said most of the IBS is under control just the bloating...what do you think?
And if sugar is the problem, what in the world am I going to eat with no sugar or fat, yikes!
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It might be the high fructose corn syrup. This is different from natural fructose. HFCS causes me incredible bloating and gas and it is in almost all processed foods. Read the labels. I had to give up the flavored rice cakes because of it and most of the dry cereals I was eating. Most fruit doesn't bother me unless its all sugar like grapes.
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Are you sensitive to gluten? My DIL had the bloating problem for years. She found out she might have celiac sprue (sp?) & went on a gluten free diet she felt better in a short time. No more bloating unless she eats wheat.
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Other people have reported sugar as a problem, despite it being listed as a non-trigger. Maybe it's like oatmeal and bananas and soy.....those aren't safe for everyone. Maybe sugar isn't safe for some of us. You aren't alone, by any means.
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