Diet and IBS

It's natural for anyone to think that IBS attacks are linked to food and drink. Sometimes the episodes are brought on by stress or other situations, but in many sufferers, food and drinks do play an active part in triggering symptoms.

As we have seen in studies we have conducted with the help of subscribers to the IBS Bulletin who have been diagnosed as suffering from IBS what helps one person is not beneficial to the next. Similarly, many find help through alternative medicine and treatments while for others, those do not work at all. There is no magic wand- but there are some basic markers for sensible eating and drinking that can help.

Therefore, in this section on diets, we begin by giving some general observations and guidelines on food and drink intake. From time to time, we may ask visitors to this site to help us in specific areas of research by completing downloadable survey forms which we shall ask to be completed then e-mailed back to us for analysis.

Please Note: The success of the dietary treatment of IBS lies very much in individualised patient assessment, planning and follow up, there is no blueprint of generalised dietary advice which will work for everyone. We will all react differently to the manipulation of our diets.

Bearing all this in mind, we suggest that you should take the information presented here as a guideline to assess if your dietary intake is anywhere in the region of what is considered normal, then on a basis of this decide whether you need to seek further advice.

Follow the links below to read more about Healthy Eating, Fibre, Fluids and Windy Foods.

 


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