Wow!!! I don't deal with that, but what about cutting back non-soluble fiber and increasing soluble fiber. That's supposed to slow things down a bit. Sorry, that's the best I can do.
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08-20-2005, 04:57 AM #1
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08-20-2005, 06:09 AM #2
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Depends what your IBS triggers are: sometimes soluble fibre can do more harm than good. Seems to be very much an individual thing, unfortunately
Originally Posted by mikki
Wow!!! I don't deal with that, but what about cutting back non-soluble fiber and increasing soluble fiber. That's supposed to slow things down a bit. Sorry, that's the best I can do.
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08-20-2005, 07:30 AM #3
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shadon, do you know what triggers it? I finally figured out I shouldn't eat lunch off the catering truck at work
That really should have been a no brainer for me, but it took a year before I figured it out!
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08-20-2005, 09:25 AM #4
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I don't have IBS anymore, but I used to find prilosec to work wonders at stopping that over-working-tummy kind of stomach ache. If it is an acid sort, try one of the acid-blockers, such as zantac(?)(ranitidine). Both are available otc now I believe.
If it's a long-term problem you might consider re-balancing the flora in your gut by taking a probiotic. It's basically like the live culture you find in some yogurts, so you can eat that instead. The idea is to take a little every day for awhile. A fluid probiotic I've used is called Nature's Life, and just a slug of that a day works. Tastes like kefir, a sweetish fluidic form of yogurt.
Hope it gets better soon.
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