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Posted 8/12/2010 11:20 PM (GMT 0)

I have had IBS for almost 18 years now and have had every diet and test I can think of.  I read that people with IBS can get some relief if they stay wheat or gluten free. Has anyone tried this? Today even a bowl of applesauce killed my stomach.

Posted 8/13/2010 1:33 AM (GMT 0)
Were you tested for celiac?

It may helps some to limit wheat.

You might want to read the thread

"Any specific questions or information"

On the forum here as part of that I am going over is diet/foods for ibs.

What are your symptoms?

Posted 8/15/2010 12:30 PM (GMT 0)
I would first have a test to determine if you are sensitive to Gluten. It wouldn't harm you to go on a gluten free diet but from what I can gather from reading online medical journals, posts, etc. and from one particular book (The G-Free Diet, by Elisabeth Hasselbeck), it's not easy to go gluten free. It can be done but if you are able to tolerate gluten (and it something else that's irritating your GI tract), I probably wouldn't go to the bother of going off of it. Apparently gluten is in so much of our prepared food (even dining out is a challenge), etc. A food journal might be helpful to try as well but after 18 years of living with this disease, I'm sure you've tried one. If not, at first you think how can writing down every single thing I put into my mouth help (meds, vitamins, food, liquids, if you chewed gum, used straws). But after a while you begin to see a pattern form. I did. I determined that plain food agrees with my gut. And specific go-to foods really turn things around for me (white rice, bananas, applesauce, cottage cheese, yogurt, what my husband jokingly refers to as my White Diet). But as you pointed out applesauce didn't agree with you. So in time you'll find the foods that soothe your tract.

I hope you receive more replies so I also wanted to bump up your thread.

Over on the UC forum, people there have tried gluten free diets.

Good luck to you.
Posted 8/15/2010 4:08 PM (GMT 0)
Health crusader Dave Klein, has written a book that is said to be a 100% effective and natural healing diet for IBS, colitis, and Crohns. My nephew who suffered with IBS for years is following this dietary approach (which includes being gluten-free), and has been symptom-free now for two years.

http://www.colitis-crohns.com/
Posted 8/16/2010 1:33 AM (GMT 0)
"100% effective and natural healing diet for IBS"

IBS isn't caused by foods. So foods aren't going to "heal" IBS.

IBS trigger foods are pretty well known for the most part.

There is some bad information on that site in general.

 

Posted 8/16/2010 4:07 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the replies.  I havent been tested for Celiac because the doctor said I didnt have enough symptoms. I have IBS C and D. After 18 years I can't pinpoint any certain type of food that upsets me.  I am just at a loss and trying something new. I am so tired all of the time I am getting to the point of not being able to function.  Just need something to get my energy back.
Posted 8/16/2010 4:19 PM (GMT 0)
You might till want to get the test for celiac anyway.

Dee, this may sound odd, but have you ever heard of gut direst clinical hypnotherapy for IBS?
Posted 8/18/2010 11:29 PM (GMT 0)
I tried going gluten-free, and all it did was make my chronic constipation WAY worse!  NObody understood that one.  Now I'm pretty much following a diet I read about on this forum, "Heather's IB diet," I think.  Lots of soluble fiber, less of everything else.  And I am having more normal bowel movements.  All my adult life, I've been cramming fruits, veggies, and whole grains into my body and I'm a mess. 

Go figure!

Debbie

 

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