Ibs vegan help
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I have IBS and have suffered for years I managed to get it under control with a healthy diet and some other natural help but I recently turned vegan and I am unable to eat how I ate before!
This evening I have been curled up in pain after dinner I don’t know what I ate differently but I’m in so much pain does anyone here have a vegan diet and suffer with IBS ? I noticed it the first few weeks of vegan diet but it seemed to ease! This pain is crazy! Like I would rather have a baby again 🙄 please please someone help me x
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linda282930 dawn76464
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Are you eating more veggies ?I can't tolerate many vegetables,
they give me awful cramps and diarhea.
dawn76464 linda282930
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I am eating more vegetables but honestly not much more than before! Always loved my veg! 🙄 the cramps last night were insane x
mrs_susan74280 dawn76464
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dawn76464 mrs_susan74280
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FA54321 dawn76464
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You are probably relying more on beans (legumes), soya products and pulses etc., and these can be a problem for some people. Have a look at the low FODMAP diet, you will see from it, that a lot of the foods you eat are not permitted on the low FODMAP diet as a lot of foods ferment in the stomach and this is what causes the problem. I am doing the low FODMAP diet at the moment and have 10 days to go before I can start re-introducing foods back in (you have to do this one at a time, to see which foods are causing the problem). Try it, I know the stomach cramps you speak of and they are horrible, this was the main reason I went on it, barring a couple of mistakes I made, it has worked very well.
dawn76464 FA54321
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I am using more beans and other protein sources! I am trying to be a personal trainer and there is no way I can get enough protein with out beans and soy protein 😩😩 this is a struggle!
Tim038219 dawn76464
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Hi Dawn,
I began to eat a plant-based diet a few years ago - and that coincides with the time when my IBS started to show itself; bloating, gas, tightness of the stomach, loose stools, morning rush, etc.
I battled through and continued to eat a predominately plant-based diet as I didn't want too much animal produce for health/ethical reasons, but the symptoms got worse.
I then changed to eating 'bland' food (white bread, rice, banana, chicken breast) with the occasional portion of veg or fruit. I coupled this with probiotics (about 2-3 a day).
After a couple of months of doing this I've noticed some changes - I don't suffer the morning rush as much, there's a lot less undigested food in my stool and I hardly have bloating/gas.
I've began to add more veggies and salads to my diet over the last week and will continue to monitor, but I think I overloaded my body with too much fibre and fermenting foods that may have caused a gut-imbalance in my stomach.
dawn76464 Tim038219
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Oh it’s so disheartening! I don’t want to eat meat! It literally repulses me now! I’ve watched too many videos basically! 🙄 but I don’t want to feel pain! Maybe I will have to start eating fish again. More pescatarian diet with no dairy maybe!
Tim038219 dawn76464
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I know - it's a struggle :-(
Don't want to eat animals and animal produce but too much plant food sets my IBS off! I have looked at a vegan FODMAP, but it does begin to make the food choices scarce.
dawn76464 Tim038219
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Yeah I hve seen posts about this before my only worry is I won’t be getting my protein in take a day! Which I need for my work! 😵 frustration isn’t the world right now!
FA54321 dawn76464
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sam18386 dawn76464
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