Re: my agenda
#341379 - 01/29/09 01:25 PM
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Aly
Reged: 08/16/04
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Loc: Columbus, Ohio
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"I hope people see that symptoms aren't always caused by a specific thing you ate. If you follow that road, it will just be frustrating. If you realize IBS is irritable then setbacks are more understandable. "
Oh Little Minnie, Thank you for this! I love these boards, but have been frustrated recently that everything seems to be "I had an attack, but I ate safe food, so what hurt me?"
I only was able to get stable once I could admit that EVERY food in the world has gotten me sick at one time or another. If I said it was something specific, I would be a mess. Instead, I eat very safe foods and if I get an attack, sometimes it's stress, sometimes it really is out of the blue. Irritable is a great word to describe our bellies.
Now, I COMPLETELY agree there are trigger foods and we NEED to stay away from them, but if we focus only on our diet, it's an endless road.
Thanks for the post, LM, it was nice to hear!
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thanks!
#341389 - 01/29/09 06:07 PM
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I really appreciate your agreement. I hope someday we find out there is no emotional or unexplained side of IBS and it can be cured physically! For now I know I can eat the same thing three days in a row and one day I will have bad bloating or whatever, so there must be more than food.
I think Mulder and Scully should be put on the case- it is paranormal stuff! 
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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You are right there are so many people focusing on fructose now. With IBS I think you have to focus on the whole picture.
I have had IBS for many years and I have always said I can eat something 10 times and it won't bother me and the 11th time will send me running to the bathroom with D. There is no way to explain it and I have found the only way to somewhat control my IBS is by following the EFI diet. With that said there are items on the safe list that I cannot eat and just because it is on the list doesn't mean everyone can tolerate it. Even though we all suffer from IBS we are all different and what works for me won't for someone else.
If I am under stress or feeling anxious about a situation it doesn't matter how safe I have eaten I will probably have to go to the bathroom. Some people are lucky enough not to have stress as a trigger.
In the end we all need to remember that what works for one person may not work to another. We are all in this together for support but it is an individual journey. If there was an easy fix that worked for everyone we would all be well now.
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Janey
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To Syl
#342699 - 03/01/09 08:34 AM
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Mattie
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You told me that you eat bananas so I tried one and have been eating one small banana each evening. I also eat about a half a cup of strawberries each morning with my beakfast. I love being able to eat fruit. Thank you for helping me. I handle my diet fairly well but once or twice a month I get "fructose symptoms." I understand that the symptoms occur from the undigested fructose in my intestines but wondered if there is something I could take to move it out more quickly. I am usually sick for 24 hours. Do you think miralax would work?
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Re: To Syl
#342701 - 03/01/09 08:49 AM
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Syl
Reged: 03/13/05
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Glad to hear things are working out for you.
The only way you can have fructose symptoms would be if you ate some high excess fructose food. However, fructose symptoms are indistinguishable from other IBS symptoms. If you didn't eat any high excess fructose foods then you are experiencing IBS symptoms which are caused from something else.
Fructose does not sit around undigested in the intestine. In fact, because it is a simple sugar as soon as it gets to the colon the bacteria there treat it like fast food and very quickly ferment it producing by-products and gases. The by-products and gases cause the symptoms from fructose reaching the colon. However, if you ate something with a lot of excess fructose then it can act like an osmotic laxative just like Miralax drawing water into the small and large intestine.
I hope this helps 
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