If you are suffering from this condition, you have noticed that you get abdominal pain, diarrhea or constipation after having eaten certain foods. After going on diet for some time, the symptoms have passed.
Nevertheless, medics cannot recommend a specific diet for all irritable bowel syndrome sufferers, as each person witness different symptoms.
A person may experience headaches, nausea and a lack of vitality together with abdominal pains and diarrhea, while another person may only suffer from constipation.
In addition, just like the manifestation of the condition, the triggering factors differ from person to person.
There are, however, some general guidelines all IBS sufferers can follow to relieve the symptoms.
First of all try eating in smaller amounts. If you eat the same amount of food distributed over the whole day instead on having two large meals, your gastro intestinal tract will work more efficiently and easily. Eating a large meal is known to cause diarrhea and abdominal cramp to IBS sufferers.
Avoid foods that are very rich in fat and try consuming more carbohydrates rich aliments, such as whole-grain breads, pasta, rice, fruits, vegetables, and cereals.
Fats are harder to digest than other foods and your stomach and bowel will have to put additional effort into digesting and conducting the digested food through the intestines.
Many people have certain food sensitivities and this is what triggers their irritable bowel syndrome. Aliments known to cause food sensitivities are lactose (from diary products), fructose (contained by fruit juices and dried fruits) and sorbitol (a sugar substitute found mostly in chewing gum).
Many people suffer from lactose intolerance and eating diary products (milk, cheese, ice cream, cream, butter, etc) causes them to suffer from abdominal pain, diarrhea, gas and a bloating sensation. In such cases, the body cannot digest lactose and it eliminates it as whole. Avoid as much as you can such aliments to reduce the symptoms.
However, it is necessary to include other food in your diet that would add the necessary calcium in your body, such as yogurt. Yogurt also contains acidophilus, a helpful bacteria which resides in the digestive tract and whose role is to help the body to digest the food. Yogurt also contains calcium, so it is a good milk replacement and the body better tolerates it compared to other diary products.
You should also verify if you are not allergic to certain aliments, allergies that can cause similar symptoms.
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