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Contradictions with triggers

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Dorset87
Dorset87

Following a low fod map diet - it lists I can drink black coffee, eat processed meats, have chocolate etc but all those three things are well known trigger foods?

Whilst following the above I'm trying to find out my own triggers - how long do foods take to react and cause issues, for example if I was to eat a trigger food that irritates me would I tend to know about it within an hour or tomorrow or 2 Days?

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  • pippa58442
    pippa58442 Dorset87

    Posted

    Everyone is different with IBS and will have different trigger foods.  Some things on Fodmap are listed as safe but trigger symptoms for some. Other people find that foods that are listed as bad for IBS don't cause them any trouble at all.  The best way to find out your food reactions is to eat normally and keep a food/symptom diary. Note down what you ate, when you ate it, any reactions you had and when the reactions appeared and how long they lasted. Everything is trial and error with IBS.  I have no IBS food triggers at all; my IBS is entirely stress related.

  • sam18386
    sam18386 Dorset87

    Posted

    Hi Dorset, it has taken me 7 years since I was diagnosed with ibs to do the last FODMAP challenge, but if you"re on the reintroduction diet then you try things for 3,days if you get no reaction after 1 day, try more on day 2, if no reaction try more on day 3. If after 1 day you react then STOP! What are you trying?

    • Dorset87
      Dorset87 sam18386

      Posted

      I've cut out all carbonated drinks, all dairy and all chocolate so far amongst other things. I'm just having meat for dinner with veg listed as low fodmap, for breakfast I'm having porridge made with water. For lunch I'm eating rice and fruit.

      I'm snacking on biscuits and stuff which hasn't affected me yet. It's more tough what I can drink. It's really just water and squash but not sure if that's allowed!

      Thanks for your reply

    • sam18386
      sam18386 Dorset87

      Posted

      Go to your doctor and ask for an urgent dietitians appointment, you need advice I think and medication by the sound of it, good luck#
    • Dorset87
      Dorset87 sam18386

      Posted

      It's already done. Had a colonoscopy which came back fine. I've been on coloflac which hasn't helped, amitryptyline, buscopan, colpermin you name it it's been tried. I am awaiting a dietician appointment though

  • leeniepie
    leeniepie Dorset87

    Posted

    As all ready stated, some low FODMAP food can be an IBS trigger, you just have to see how you go and keep a food diary. How fast something affects you is very individual. For example I react within a few hours to something that is going to give me diarrhoea, but bad wind may take a day.

    As for squash, it's fine as long as it is made from low FODMAP fruits and doesn't use sugar alcohols as sweeteners.

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