want to do an exclusion diet - Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Message Board

meringue · 08-24-2007, 05:59 PM

I've decided I want to see if my condition is triggered by food or not and I want to do an exclusion diet. I can't believe the dietician my gastro fobbed me off onto didn't tell me to do this. 1. Does anybody know what any of the unallergic "safe" foods are? I've heard turkey, lamb, rice and pears are safe foods. I ate crisps today and had an attack, then learnt that starch can be a food intolerance. But if starch was a substance my body was intolerant to, then surely rice wouldn't go down very well, but it always does?

morrisun · 08-24-2007, 06:58 PM

When I was first diagnosed with Celiac Disease I learned that you need to read the ingredients in everything very closely.

Sometimes starch means potato starch, or corn starch, or wheat starch, etc. Modified Food Starch could mean corn starch or potato starch, but it could also mean wheat starch. Avoid stuff with malt flavoring. The labels are a little better today than a few years ago but you still need to read over every ingredient until you know what's safe and what's not, depending on whatever it is you're allergic to.

Potatos, Rice, Tapioca, Chicken, and possibly Corn should be okay to start off with. You'd probably want to avoid wheat, rye, barley, oats and dairy. Basically everything that is processed. Try to stick with stuff you make at home from scratch.

You'd probably be able to find better examples online, like I said I am only familiar with the ones for Celiac Disease. Good luck!!

desertdweller · 08-28-2007, 04:07 PM

I already knew I was allergic to dairy, but for the last 3weeks I've tried removing gluten from my diet. So far it has been working very good. I looked up what foods have gluten, which is wheat, oats, rye, barley, etc. When I went shopping it was hard to find foods without even some wheat starch in it, but I managed to find some decent food that fit the bill. It's hard to stick to because I love bread, but this is the longest I've gone without having any problems whatsoever, so that is my motivation.

osteoblast · 09-11-2007, 08:34 PM

Desertdweller-I have read a bit at various cites regarding celiac and the one thing they keep saying again and again is don't cut the gluten out . First go see a doc and get an endoscopy to see if you have a problem. The thing is if you cut first and still have issues, and the doc wants to do an endoscopy , you would need to reintroduce gluten for awhile and this can cause you alot of trouble. But, you should check the official celiac assoc. websites and you will see this. Good luck !