Top 5 Trigger Foods for IBS

The key to being pain free from IBS is toTry avoiding white table sugar for a few weeks
eliminate certain foods for a few weeks and seeand see how you are feeling. Try a more natural
how you feel. Eating simple meals while eliminatingform of sugar in your teas or snacks, like agave
these 5 trigger foods will give you relief fromnectar or stevia.
pain, bloating and irregular bowel movements; and3. White Flour
will also help you to take charge of your IBS.White flour has no nutritional value to IBS suffers;
The key to being pain free from IBS is tothere is very little if any fiber in white flour. 
eliminate certain foods for a few weeks and seeOften time white flour can cause constipation due
how you feel. By not eliminating these 5 IBSits low fiber and binding quality. Try replacing all
trigger foods; you will continue to feel pain,white flour with a natural multi-grain for a few
discomfort, bloating and irregular bowelweeks and see how you feel.
movements. Treatment for IBS begins with4. Coffee
knowing which of these trigger foods promote anCoffee strips the intestinal lining, so coffee is very
IBS attack for you.big trigger food for IBS. Try to gradually cut back
Keeping a food diary of what you ate and howon the amount of coffee you drink per day and
you felt after each meal will help you to assimilatesee how you feel. Eventually you should be
what are your IBS triggers foods.  Try caringcoffee free.
around a small notebook in your pocket book or5. Artificial Sweeteners
brief case with you to use as your food diary.Artificial sweeteners often times cause extreme
Eating a variety of foods in your dishes is thecramping followed by loose bowel movements. 
wrong way to go in determining which foods areIf you use any of the artificial sweeteners get rid
causing you the pain and discomfort associatedof them, and replace it with natural sweeteners
with your IBS.from your local health food store.
Eating simple meals while eliminating these 5Try eliminating these trigger foods for two weeks
trigger foods will give you relief from pain, bloatingand see how you feel.  Remember to make sure
and irregular bowel movements; will also help youyou are substituting the foods you are eliminating
to take charge of your IBS.with healthier options of non IBS trigger foods. 
These are the top 5 proven trigger foods for IBS:This will ensure that you are still getting the
1. Dairycorrect nutrients, vitamins and minerals from your
For starter’s dairy is the top food thatdiet.
you should start eliminating. Often time’sFollowing the above tips after consulting your
diary causes extreme cramping and loose boweldoctor can help you have less pain, bloating and
movements. If you use cows milk daily then tryregular bowel movements. 
using a soy or goats milk and see how you feelNow, isn’t that a great way to spell
after eliminating dairy for a few weeks.‘relief’ for yourself? I think so and so
2. Sugardo the many IBS sufferers I have been fortunate
Sugar is one of the worst things for IBS.  Itto work with.
strips the body of nutrients in order to process it.