i have ibs and i need to know what foods i should and shouldnt eat?
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IBS sufferers have different dietary needs what suits one may not suit another. A visit to a dietician can help they may put you on an exclusion diet for example. Stress can be a big factor to IBS sufferers as well not just the diet. There are lots of websites to help you, its worth doing some study on the matter. Good luck.
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it depend because it could be that you have a wheat and gluten allergy,your age,ibs(irritable bowel syndrome)and numerous gynaecological disorders so please go to the doctors and have him check you over
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Try to avoid the foods that are most troublesome, such as cabbage, broccoli, beans, onions, fresh fruits, and most dairy products, as you may be lactose intolerant. Don't eat when you're stressed or upset.  Chew your food thoroughly and eat slowly.  Don't gulp liquids when you drink.  Sip them instead.  You might also try a probiotic supplement, which you can buy at health food stores.  Probiotics contain "good" bacteria, such as that found in live yogurt cultures.  If you take antibiotics, that medication will destroy the "good" bacteria which are present in the intestines to help digest food.  Probiotics will replace them.
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I have IBS too and I got a lot of help from this site: http://www.helpforibs.com/ \n\nIt has a whole list of trigger foods, it explains quick remedies (peppermint and fennel tea), there's a recipe book you can get, and there's a message board for support. Fantastic site! It has really helped!
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Eat more fiber.  That's cheap.\n\nSeriously though, colon cleansings are a total waste of money and are potentially very hazardous to your health.  I know some people swear by them to remove "all the toxins", but those same people have no idea what those "toxins" actually are.\n\nYou asked your question in English, so I'm going to assume that you eat an American type diet.  To specify, I mean way too much fat and not enough fiber.  So, to actually keep yourself healthy and decrease your risk of cancer, start reading labels and eating fiber.  Also, drink more water and exercise.  Both increase gastric motility.\n\nSeriously, stay away from crazy people who want to shove tubes where they don't belong.  Unless it's a GI doctor, and they only do it to look for stuff, not for fun.  And stay away from enemas too!  \n\nOkay, I'm done.  Good luck.
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Gut Problems...Relief\n\nThe food and water you eat and drink the food water you don't eat and drink could relieve your IBS and more.\n\nTo begin with, IBS or Irritable is not a disease but rather a denfense system. It is a gut indicator that your body is toxic. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results without changing behaviors. Many people want good health but they want a magic pill to fix them so they can continue with their life just as it was before their health failed.\n\nGut problems and most diseases are indicators that you are out of alkaline/acid balance. Imagine your body as car battery. If you give your car battery a proper acid and water balance then it will give your body the boost it needs to wake up in the morning and keep giving you a proper amount of current to keep all of its electrical systems. You don't even think about your car battery unless something starts going wrong with your electrical systems. If you have gut problems, your body like a battery may start but it will start showing signs that it is in decline. IBS and 95% of all health issues are indicators that should be telling you that your battery low on water or has an improper amount of acid. It is easy to add distilled water to your human body but just like a car, many of us ignore the signal until we have a dead cell. Unlike a car though, you can't throw out your body and start over. Our bodies are an amazing battery though and if you give it the proper acid and water it needs,\nyou can relieve your IBS, Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia or Leaky Gut, Hormonal Imbalance, Diabetes, Parasites, HIV, Gout, Allergies, Psoriasis, Cancer and every other disease.\n\nThere may be a cure for IBS in the sense that you may some day be capable of eating toxic foods and drinking toxic water again but if you have gut problems then be aware that it is like the red light going off on the the dash of your car. Many people want to run to a doctor to get their body to stop sending that signal.Doctors are good at masking symptoms without addressing the cause of the problem. If you take drugs to mask the signals your body is giving you then you may get temporary relief that prevents your body you sending you a danger signal but consistently ignoring our body may lead to chronic illness. Make some dietary and lifestyle changes and you may overcome disease and any gut problems or health condition you might have.\n\nMany other people around you may eat the same food you eat and drink the same water you drink and they may appear healthy but for you that same food and water may cause your body to give you a warning signal that you are poisoning yourself. IBS could be a big red flag that you need to eat or drink something different than what other people eat and drink. Imagine there are 5 kinds of people in the world and for 4 of those kinds people, what you eat might be considered food to their body but for you of the fifth kind of people, what you eat could be considered a toxic chemical. Eat and drink what is right for you and your body.\n\nAn elimination diet could help to isolate what is causing your body to warn you that it is being poisoned. Start in the morning and quit one thing that you normally eat or drink for breakfast. If it is coffee, milk, tap water, or even a piece of toast, pick one thing to quit putting in your gut. Give it a week and if you feel some relief, you should consider eliminating this food and substituting a more healthy alternative. Move on to lunch then dinner and identify then eliminate what your body is telling you is toxic. Discover what is causing your body to send up a danger signal and you may no longer have IBS related gastro-intesinal disturbances.\n\nMilk and other dairy products- are the end product of a cow that has had toxins pumped into it from birth and for all of its life. Vaccines and hormones are pumped into milk cows to fatten her up and to increase her milk production. Vaccin
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TONS!  It was thought that I had IBS, but I ended up having celiac disease.  They're now starting to say that if you have a diagnosis of IBS, you should be tested for celiac.  \n\nTake a look at this page by the National Insitutes of Health on Celiac. \n\nhttp://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/celiac/\n\nIf that starts ringing bells, here are a couple of message boards for people with celiac and other gluten intolerances.  \n\nwww.glutenfreeforum.com\nwww.celiacforums.com\n\nAlso, I never knew that some of the most common foods are also the most common things that people are either allergic to or intolerant of.   So if it's not a gluten intolerance, some of the other things that you may want to consider paying attention to are soy, dairy, yeast and eggs.   You can be intolerant to just about anything though, so sometimes when you're trying to figure something like this out, it's a good idea to keep a food diary for a while just so you can try and identify what the pattern is, if any.  \n\nWell, I hope you start feeling better soon.  \n\nNancy
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First of all, are you stress out, under pressure from work, job, etc. Second of all, what is diet like? High fiber, fruit, fats, vegs, alot of milk products, etc. can cause a problems. Next is it loose or formed? After this, please consider that you may have IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), colitis or something other. If a all possible, got to your primary care provider. Tell him or her. There are all kinds of medications out there that can help you. Hope this helps.
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Oat bran, always drink lots of water or hot herbal tea or coffee, get a mineral oil enema and use it, take stool softener or milk of magnesia. Have a specific time each day to try to go. Prune juice will only give you gas so forget about that.
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My girlfriend has the symptoms of both IBS and arthritis and found they had a comon cause: hypothyroidism. You might want to have some bloodwork done to see how active your thyroid is. She now takes synthroid and has changed her diet to exclude or limit soy, peanuts, crucifers (broccoli, cabbage) and other foods that can affect thyroid function. In people with a normal thyroid function, these foods don't matter much, but if your thyroid is underactive, they can exacerbate the symptoms.\nHope this helps.
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You really need to watch your intake of acidic foods. \n\nThere are certain foods that are beneficial and certain you should avoid.\n\nDrink sufficient fluids -- your weight divided by 2 = ounces per day. Take fluids between meals, using reverse osmosis purified water, unsweetened juices, and herbal beverages. Try liquid chlorophyll in pure water, it is delicious and refreshing! \n\n*A minimum of 50% of your food should be alive -- fresh, raw, unprocessed. Dead food cannot build strong bodies. Eat foods in season and foods that can spoil. (But eat them before they spoil, of course!)More is preferable! \n\n*Eliminate foods used in a microwave. Try to eliminate using the microwave for anything you eat or drink.\n\n*Eliminate processed sugars and white flour and any foods that contains these; i.e., read labels. \nSubstitute whole grain foods for white -- stone ground whole wheat, brown rice, etc. \n\n*Avoid all stimulants. They are very hard on the adrenal glands. (Coffee, cigarettes, chocolate, cola drinks, alcohol, aspirin, black tea -- herbal tea acceptable.) \n\n*It is easier on your digestive system if you eat fruit by itself. Fruit digests faster than any other type of food. Starches and proteins do not combine well either. \n\n*Eat two-thirds of your daily food intake before mid-afternoon if possible. It is best to use protein in the morning and at noon, not in the evening. \n\n*Eliminate fried foods of all kinds -- bake, roast, or steam instead. \n\n*Avoid pork and any product containing pork -- lunch meats, hot dogs, ham, bacon, sausage, etc. Experts feel that the parasites in pork are heat-resistant. \n\n*Do not use aluminum cookware. \n\n*Replace table salt with Vegetable Seasoning Broth, kelp or B-Salt. Table salt -- sodium chloride -- is an imbalanced chemical which can cause health problems. \n\n*Replace red meat with fish or fowl whenever possible. \n\n*Substitute leaf lettuce -- Romaine, red or green leaf, or butter for head lettuce which has very little food value and is toxic in the colon. \nTry to add cultured products, natural yogurt & keifer (not sweetened) to your diet to help your digestive system. Also add acidophilus supplements to your regimen to increase friendly bacteria in your intestines and support your immune system. \n\n\n*70% of your daily food intake should be selected from alkaline-forming list. 30% from the acid-forming list. \n\nTo accomplish this, you may have: \n5 vegetables* \n2 fruits \n2 starches -- or -- 1 starch \n1 protein 2 proteins\n\nAcid - Forming Foods \nMeat \nFowl \nEggs \nBread\nNuts \nCitrus juices \nFish \nCheese \nRice \nGrains (cereal) \nSugar \nAlkali - Forming Foods \n\nFruit juices/except citrus \nVegetable juices \nRaw Honey \nSoybeans \nPotatoes \n*Liquid Chlorophyll - Chloropyll may be used as a vegetable.\nGoat milk \nsprouted seeds \n\nMe - fitness expert, nutrition and life coach \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSoda of ay kind is one of the worst things you can put into your body.\nOne can of soda has about 10 teaspoons of sugar, 150 calories, 30 to 55 mg of caffeine, and is loaded with artificial food colors and sulphites. I can't think of any good reason to ever have it. The diet varieties are also problematic as they are filled with harmful artificial sweeteners like aspartame.\n\nAspartame has been linked to \nBirth Defects \nCancer (Brain Cancer) \nDiabetes \nEmotional Disorders \nEpilepsy/Seizures\n\nSplenda is just as bad in fact Splenda is one of the worse things you could ever put in your body. It sugar and chlorine mixed together forming a chemical called sucralose.\n\nSplenda's Sour Side Effects\n\nShrunken thymus glands (up to 40 percent shrinkage) \nEnlarged liver and kidneys \nAtrophy of lymph follicles in the spleen and thymus \nReduced growth rate \nDecreased red blood cell count \nDiarrhea \n\nStudies have linked soda to osteoporosis, obesity, tooth decay and heart disease, yet the average American drinks an estimated 56 gallons of soft drinks each year. Pl
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I have IBS and I do a Castor oil cleansing one weekend a month and have much fewer problems for the other three weeks. I start by inserting two bisacodyl suppositories and then drinking four ounces of Castor oil. In about an hour I am having flush bowel movements. I take six dulcolax pills. Be sure to drink at least 8 to 10 ounces of water or more an hour while doing this. This process will make you go until what come out is clear. After doing this eat lightly for a few day and include yogurt to put a good flora in your system. I know many people will disagree with this but it works great for me. People are always afraid of what they have not tried or is not common practice!!!
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Yes, I already have IBS, but I find that drinking alcohol excessively worsens it. I haven't tried to lessen it, but I would imagine that having food with your alcohol, and drinking lots of water would help...
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IBS can be very uncomfortable but can be controlled with a few easy food choices.. I would suggest that you eat 5 to 6 small meals per day.. add fiber to your diet.. and stay away from trigger foods.. ie: spicy food and acid type foods.. there are a few good medications on the market today to help slow your digestive track and calm the syptoms.. See your doctor for further treatments if you can not control with food modifications.. I also suggest that you try eating foods like Carrots and salads.. more fruit and drink plenty of water.  Do not fall for the many rip off adds on the market.. Get your information from a qualified doctor... You can also go to www.webmd.com for other helpful information.. Hope this helps :)
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I have has IBS for @ 15 yrs but sympton fee for @ 13 yrs and lactose has had nothing to do with it( I went off all lactose products for 2 weeks...no change)...wat u have to do is...eliminate 1 thing per week and write a journel and  calculate your "movements" in accordance with your diet. It can be a lenghty process but worth it in the end...my biggest problem was peanut butter and things containing nut products... Its not a nice condition and I wish u luck with discovering your bad dietry products.   :)
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Get yourself checked out for celiac disease if you haven't already.  It is treatable, and has many of the symptoms of IBS.  Best wishes.
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Hi, I know what is like to be an IBS sufferer..Try this one:\nBanana Butterscotch Souffles\nThese make a spectacular presentation for a formal dessert. The souffles rise high and golden above their bowls, and inside they are creamy, sweet, and rich. Oh, and did I mention they're almost fat free and full of soluble fiber, too? Enjoy. \nMakes 4 Servings\n\n3 large organic egg whites\n1/4 cup granulated sugar\n2 firm-ripe bananas\n2 tablespoons butterscotch chips, finely chopped\n\nPreheat oven to 450F and spray four 2-cup capacity ramekins or bowls with cooking oil. In a large bowl beat egg whites until they hold soft peaks and gradually beat in sugar until egg whites hold stiff peaks. Coarsely grate the bananas into the meringue and fold in with the butterscotch chips.Place ramekins on a cookie sheet and fill with batter, mounding it in centers and running a knife along the sides of ramekins to aid rising. Bake in center of oven for 15 minutes, or until puffed and golden brown. Serve immediately (souffles will deflate quickly).