Anyone here with IBS? I've gotten it in light off and on bouts since I was little, but it's back with such a vengeance lately. Obviously it's embarrassing and inconceivable to be battling digestive mutiny at work (gas, cramps, diarrhea followed by constipation and then back again- ack! HELL!)...but when my stomach is this irritated, all I can eat safely (ie- when I know I have to be somewhere like work or school) is white rice, bananas, applesauce, dry toast, soymilk, oatmeal, potatoes...anything with high fat, dairy, caffeine, or insoluble fibre sends me off the edge. It sucks unbelievably. Usually it goes away after a week or so and I can slowly work in normal food again (obviously everything with insoluble fibre is healthy, but impossible for me to digest when IBS-y)- but it's been a month and still no dice. Every time I have dairy I get sick again, or a salad. Dammit. My doc said to ride it out, but really didn't have much else to say. Any advice? Any fellow sufferers? I know it's the stress of just having started dancing, going back to school, AND getting a new apartment that is contributing to the endless tummy ache (so much stress that I got the second cold sore of my whole life- last one was before high school grad exams three years ago). This sucks!![]()



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I had recently bagun to eat a large amount of soy products and other "low calorie" foods. I went to the bookstore that day and picked up a book on a raw food detox diet. The jisst of this diet is to up your intake of raw foods and clear all or most of the processed crap out of your life to improve your overall health, digestive track, and weight. It also deals with when and in what order you eat certain types of foods. You should look into it on your own if interested, but here are some examples:

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