Good to eat with ibs

[Pemny]

I need to know what are the best foods to eat with ibs c. Also, fast foods o can eat with ibs c.

[Iggls]

That’s easy ! Strict Fodmap diet, via dietician, and NO fast foods, ever ! Totally incompatible.

[BlackIsleGirl]

You need to see a dietician, especially if you're considering the fodmap which personally I've found really effective. A good dietician will help you find the right modification to make to best support your body.Fast food is difficult as is eating out. I managed to find a helpful local Chinese who was willing to help me find stuff on their menu that can be modified to support my diet. There are some chippies that offer gluten/wheat free batter and some bigger pizza shops offer gluten free and lactose free and the choice to personalise the toppings. It's not impossible once you know your trigger foods, which is why you need a dietician, but it will never be easy.

[fodder4me]

Strict Fod map diet has worked for me also. I have oat porridge in the morning and I sprinkle about a 1/4 of a teaspoon of flax seed meal into the porridge whilst it is cooking, this has been a game changer for my IBS C. You may need more than this, most do. But I am fine with this amount. If feeling an upset coming on, drink water and a hot water bottle on your tum with a gentle massage across the pain. Good Luck

[IBSNetwork Partner IBS Network]

Do you know what your triggers are? First step would be to find out what they are by keeping a wellness diary this will help to identify what your triggers are and learning what works for you have a read about the dairy here theibsnetwork.org/blog/how-...

There may be other factors that are linked to your symptoms that have nothing to do with food, ie stress, anxiety life style factors, work. Taking medications, may well not be the answer.

Taking medications and diet, lifestyle changes ect will help but once you have discovered your triggers, there may be something causing them that you are not aware of and then you can start to look at what works for you diet or medication and self-management. A healthy diet isn’t always the solution some parts of that healthy diet may be a trigger food for you. Have a look at this factsheet here IBS (bda.uk.com)

Have you downloaded our take control booklet?

theibsnetwork.org/blog/down...

A FODMAP diet is second line advice and should not be embarked on as a first port of call for managing IBS symptoms there are many other things that can be tried first.

Dietitians are the only practitioners with training and up to date information about the low FODMAP diet, we don’t publish a list of foods as the diet should be completed under the supervision of a dietician. It isn’t just about food groups it’s about the amount of each food and the amount of each food that is put together within a meal.

The diet is complex and it is vital that the foods removed from a person’s diet are replaced with suitable alternatives to prevent nutritional deficiencies.

We recommend that people are cautious of obtaining information via the internet, much of the information on the internet is no longer accurate because it’s out of date.

Monash the creators of the diet provide data that is evidence-based, it’s been peer reviewed and published in major journals around the world so it can be trusted.

Hence to obtain good results and maintain a healthy balanced diet it is advisable to ask your IBS specialist or GP for a referral to a trained dietitian who will use the latest information. With that in mind, be very careful from where you obtain your information and FODMAP food lists as much is out-of-date or just simply incorrect.

[Marvelteam in reply to IBSNetwork]

Thanks for the links, very helpful for all this information

[eliz45]

I think you would be safe to eat a grilled chicken sandwich without the bun and a baked potato without the skin unless you can't eat nightshade vegetables. Bring your own safe toppings. I do this at Wendy's.

[Viklou]

For constipation I always find a McDonald's the best to get anything shifted really fast. Not recommended though when entering a flare of any kind. Liquid diet and soft foods that are easy to digest and rest your gut.

[Warwick429]

I find FODMAP very contradictory but my dietitian is really helpful I've only been on this diet 1 week and up to now l haven't felt any improvement in my constant abdo pain that l have had for the last 18 months. But bowels movement are changing. NoOne can believe this so joining this forum l realise I'm definitely not the only one

[Luisa22]

It depends what kind of IBS you have. I have the 'd' variety. I don't have it as badly as some people, so mainly what I'm dealing with is loose-ish stool daily, plus some lower abdominal bloating usually later in the evenings a few hours afrter dinner, and a heavy stretched uncomfortable feeling down there at the same time, which usually passes in an hour or two. I sometimes get the gripy trapped wind pains too.

So for what I have, I can eat some healthy foods but have found I daren't go overboard on fibre. I also prepare very simple meals, based mainly on fish or eggs, plus steamed vegetables. I can eat plain carbs happily so long as they don't have high fibre (for instance I can eat cous-cous but not wholemeal pasta!)

So for the 'D' low fibre is likely to help (in my experience), but if you have constipation, you will need a different diet.

What we can eat depends on basically what suits us, and that is often Low Fodmap, but can be an individual thing, and I discovered mine through trial and error. Have you got your head around the Low Fodmap diet? Do you have access to advice from a dietician via your doctor? If not, it is possible to do it yourself. I did, but had to do stacks of nutritional research. If you're not up for that, be careful, as you can possibly get deficiencies.

That Fodmap list is also a movable feast. From the beginning I found I was fine on some high Fodmap foods, but couldn't tolerate some of the low Fodmap ones!! So you have to be intuitive to what your body is telling you, and creative.

Whether you have the 'C' version or the 'D', there are some foods that almost always won't suit, and that's gas producing foods like cabbage, cauliflower, beans, lentils, and even broccoli (though I'm fine with broccoli in moderate amounts.)

You might be gluten sensitive, sugar or lactose intolerant (I'm not as far as I can see) but do think about those foods. I might not be strictly lactose intolerant, but if I eat too much cheese I will flare up. So watch for things like that.

It's a complicated tricky game with the body I think. I have got used to it, and now trying to re-introduce many foods with mixed results.