When you get down to what I truly believe when it comes to medicine and IBS it is this: I only care what science says when it can reaffirm or explain something that is already working or makes sense to me (same with religion and science for that matter). Some things are so obvious after awhile with IBS that if medicine disagrees with them I don't need it, but when it backs up things like the recent acknowledgment that soluble fiber is better for IBS than insoluble, well that is science I can use!
-------------------- 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!