IBS and Healthy diet

Some would say milk is unhealthy, others fruit. Did you mean "I do not eat brown bread or white bread"?

Every day, take a TBSP of Fybogel in a full glass of water...or even more water, which is fibre in the form of psyllium husks; pure and simple.  If you don't drink enough water with it, it can work in reverse and cause constipation. 

1. Eat 6 - 10 servings of vegetables per day.

2. Starting your day with a healthy smoothie of let's say: a handful of strawberries, half an apple and any fruit or veggie you like, with ALMOND MILK (NOT dairy ever!) and probiotics...the 50 billion beneficial bacteria kind. I add protein powder..again NON dairy. That's possibly 3 fruit servings right at the beginning of the day.

2. Get some exercise every day to keep things moving...whether it be walking or a sport or an exercise class. 

3. Limit constipation causing foods such as white rice, cured meats which are  salty like ham, salami, too much meat in general, salty foods like crisps and tea.

4. Eliminate dairy altogether in every form; yoghurt, ice cream, in cakes and cookies, sauces and salad dressings, cheese in pasta dishes etc.. Be a dairy detective. Read labels.   

5. Drink plenty of water. (I have a pitcher by my computer so first thing in the morning I drink down 2 full glasses). 

The Dairy Board has convinced us that dairy is good for us. But if you think about it, it is the breast milk of a cow meant solely for a baby cow. Cows have 4 stomachs which they need to digest such indigestible milk. Zebra milk is meant for zebras. Mouse milk is meant for baby mice. Very high fat whale milk is meant only for baby whales. Human milk is very sweet and digestible and is the only milk meant for human babies. We are the only mammal that robs another mammal of its breast milk...and drinks it not just in infancy but in adulthood. Totally unnatural! 

Some yoghurts have good bacteria added to them that ferment and are good for your intestines. But you can buy them grown in soy milk which is what I take. 

I cannot tolerate milk so so many millions of people in the world. Asians totally lack the enzyme necessary to digest it. If I drink milk my nose runs, i sneeze and cough...a lot!  If I have more than a bit, I will run to the toilet. 

I drink only almond milk...which has a mild, delicious flavour. I have learned that if I cheat (temptation to eat an ice cream cone in summer does happen), then I just learn to tolerate the consequences. 

But since you are likely in crisis mode, don't cheat at all. Get yourself the almond milk which is in your grocery store and enjoy it. You will get accustomed to the new but mild flavour. 

You say that you don't eat brown bread. Why not? As long as you are a healthy weight and active, you probably need a piece of toast with your morning smoothie. Try cutting out bread if you really feel it's going to make a difference but unless you have celiac disease, I don't think it will affect your bowels. 

What has been tampered with and contains chemicals that are not good for us. You would have to read Wheat Belly to understand it all. 

Cut out ALL dairy and I am sure you will be as fit as a fiddle in now time.

Good luck Annepink

Robin

When you have IBS as we all have, you will do anything to avoid the intense pain of bowel cramping. No one needs to suffer with this 21st century condition. If we all just drank plenty of water, filled our dinner plates with colourful veggies (no beige meals) and moved our bodies more, we would be fine. Listen to your body. Treat it well.  And your bowels will be happy... and so will you! And in your case, if you have adult onset diabetes, with the above regimen and eating far less, especially of carbs, you can be cured of your diabetes. Lifestyle, lifestyle, lifestyle!

it really is a case of finding what suits you we are all different there are no set rules for IBS even the specialist will tell you so and bowel specialist believe me , my Daughter is a Clinical Bowel Specialist and she finds all her patients really are different and find mostly for them selves,she can give information but it does not suit everybody.

I have found that stopping all bread helps me I have gone gluten free although not celiac and certainly cannot eat peppers or lots of fruit to much acid and fruit sugar.

I do wish you well but it is a case of perhaps keeping a note of what you have eaten.

But please that is only what has helped me not suggesting you do it ,and nobody should say you should do this and that.