| The key to being pain free from IBS is to | | | | Try avoiding white table sugar for a few weeks |
| eliminate certain foods for a few weeks and see | | | | and see how you are feeling. Try a more natural |
| how you feel. Eating simple meals while eliminating | | | | form of sugar in your teas or snacks, like agave |
| these 5 trigger foods will give you relief from | | | | nectar or stevia. |
| pain, bloating and irregular bowel movements; and | | | | 3. 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 to | | | | there is very little if any fiber in white flour. |
| eliminate certain foods for a few weeks and see | | | | Often time white flour can cause constipation due |
| how you feel. By not eliminating these 5 IBS | | | | its 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 bowel | | | | weeks and see how you feel. |
| movements. Treatment for IBS begins with | | | | 4. Coffee |
| knowing which of these trigger foods promote an | | | | Coffee 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 how | | | | on the amount of coffee you drink per day and |
| you felt after each meal will help you to assimilate | | | | see how you feel. Eventually you should be |
| what are your IBS triggers foods. Try caring | | | | coffee free. |
| around a small notebook in your pocket book or | | | | 5. 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 the | | | | cramping followed by loose bowel movements. |
| wrong way to go in determining which foods are | | | | If you use any of the artificial sweeteners get rid |
| causing you the pain and discomfort associated | | | | of them, and replace it with natural sweeteners |
| with your IBS. | | | | from your local health food store. |
| Eating simple meals while eliminating these 5 | | | | Try eliminating these trigger foods for two weeks |
| trigger foods will give you relief from pain, bloating | | | | and see how you feel. Remember to make sure |
| and irregular bowel movements; will also help you | | | | you 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. Dairy | | | | correct nutrients, vitamins and minerals from your |
| For starter’s dairy is the top food that | | | | diet. |
| you should start eliminating. Often time’s | | | | Following the above tips after consulting your |
| diary causes extreme cramping and loose bowel | | | | doctor can help you have less pain, bloating and |
| movements. If you use cows milk daily then try | | | | regular bowel movements. |
| using a soy or goats milk and see how you feel | | | | Now, isn’t that a great way to spell |
| after eliminating dairy for a few weeks. | | | | relief’ for yourself? I think so and so |
| 2. Sugar | | | | do the many IBS sufferers I have been fortunate |
| Sugar is one of the worst things for IBS. It | | | | to work with. |
| strips the body of nutrients in order to process it. | | | | |