Diet Do's and Don’ts for IBS
Diet Do's and Don’ts for IBS ( Irritable Bowel Syndrome
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The proper diet has been proven to help alleviate IBS symptoms.
Although generally food is not the cause of IBS, certain kinds of
foods seem to exacerbate the symptoms considerably. The types of
foods that will trigger severe symptoms in one IBS patient, however,
may not bother another IBS patient at all. This confirms the fact
that Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a very individual, functional disorder
with few patients experiencing the same symptoms or reacting similarly
to the same triggers.
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Heather's Irritable Bowel Syndrome
(IBS) Diet Kit #1
Heather's IBS Diet Kit #1 has the information
and products you need to take immediate control of IBS through
diet. The dietary approach to managing Irritable Bowel Syndrome
symptoms - constipation and/or diarrhea, abdominal pain or
discomfort, bloating and gas - is based on calming and regulating
the gut and normalizing bowel function.
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Diet Do's
1. Listen to your body carefully and avoid foods that trigger your
symptoms.
2. Eat regular meals and never skip breakfast.
3. Try to divide your food into smaller portions (for example, spread
the same amount of food during the day into six meals instead of
three).
4. Try to vary your diet.
5. Include both soluble and insoluble fiber in your diet. If you’re
not used to large fiber intake, introduce it gradually.
6. Drink plenty of fluids (3-4 pints a day or 1.5 -2 liters).
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Heather Cooks - Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Cooking Show DVD
- Fast and Easy Traditional Favorites
- Traditional recipes made IBS-friendly
- Illustrated recipe cards included 5 fabulous shows, 8 delicious
recipes
- Approximate running time: 110 minutes
- Originally aired on Seattle television
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Diet Don’ts
1. Don’t eat big meals.
2. Don’t eat rich and fatty food which can stimulate bowel
contractions.
3. Don’t eat processed food which may contain preservatives
and additives (for example, sorbitol can be a symptom trigger for
many IBS patients)
4. Don’t eat trigger foods such as:
a. Spicy foods
b. Fried and fatty foods
c. Certain vegetables (broccoli, onions, leeks, garlic, etc)
d. Pulses (beans, lentils, etc)
e. Citrus fruit
f. Milk and diary
g. Nuts
h. Sweets & desserts
i. Red meat (beef, pork)
j. Chocolate
k. Egg yolks
l. Wholegrain bread or cereals
m. Certain fruits (grapes, bananas, ect)
5. Avoid trigger drinks:
a. alcohol
b. coffee
c. cocoa
d. carbonated sodas
e. strong tea
f. beer
g. wine
h. milk
i. fruit juice
6. Never eat in a hurry.
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Heather's Irritable Bowel Syndrome
(IBS) Diet Kit #2
This kit includes the world's best-reviewed, best-selling
book for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Eating for IBS, by Heather
Van Vorous. Eating for IBS is a dietary guide and cookbook,
with 175 delicious recipes, that explains how learning to
eat safely for IBS does not mean deprivation. It simply means
realizing how different foods physically affect the GI tract,
and how these foods can prevent or trigger IBS symptoms.
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