Top 5 Trigger Foods for IBS



Posted: Saturday, May 16, 2009

by Randi Cestaro
Happy Healing

The key to being pain free from IBS is to eliminate certain foods for a few weeks and see how you feel. By not eliminating these 5 IBS trigger foods; you will continue to feel pain, discomfort, bloating and irregular bowel movements. Treatment for IBS begins with knowing which of these trigger foods promote an IBS attack for you.

Keeping a food diary of what you ate and how you felt after each meal will help you to assimilate what are your IBS triggers foods. Try caring around a small notebook in your pocket book or brief case with you to use as your food diary.

Eating a variety of foods in your dishes is the wrong way to go in determining which foods are causing you the pain and discomfort associated with your IBS.

Eating simple meals while eliminating these 5 trigger foods will give you relief from pain, bloating and irregular bowel movements; will also help you to take charge of your IBS.

These are the top 5 proven trigger foods for IBS:

1. Dairy

For starter's dairy is the top food that you should start eliminating. Often time's diary causes extreme cramping and loose bowel movements. If you use cows milk daily then try using a soy or goats milk and see how you feel after eliminating dairy for a few weeks.

2. Sugar

Sugar is one of the worst things for IBS. It strips the body of nutrients in order to process it. Try avoiding white table sugar for a few weeks and see how you are feeling. Try a more natural form of sugar in your teas or snacks, like agave nectar or stevia.

3. White Flour

White flour has no nutritional value to IBS suffers; there is very little if any fiber in white flour. Often time white flour can cause constipation due its low fiber and binding quality. Try replacing all white flour with a natural multi-grain for a few weeks and see how you feel.

4. Coffee

Coffee strips the intestinal lining, so coffee is very big trigger food for IBS. Try to gradually cut back on the amount of coffee you drink per day and see how you feel. Eventually you should be coffee free.

5. Artificial Sweeteners

Artificial sweeteners often times cause extreme cramping followed by loose bowel movements. If you use any of the artificial sweeteners get rid of them, and replace it with natural sweeteners from your local health food store.

Try eliminating these trigger foods for two weeks and see how you feel. Remember to make sure you are substituting the foods you are eliminating with healthier options of non IBS trigger foods. This will ensure that you are still getting the correct nutrients, vitamins and minerals from your diet.

Following the above tips after consulting your doctor can help you have less pain, bloating and regular bowel movements.

Now, isn't that a great way to spell relief' for yourself? I think so and so do the many IBS sufferers I have been fortunate to work with.

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» left by Anonymous 2 years 9 days ago.
I do all this but still have severe IBS C!
 
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