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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and the Food Diary

0 Comments Published by tummyblogger September 16th, 2007 in Sweetener, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS Triggers, IBS Diet

Naturally Controlling IBS
Amid a group of generally excellent suggestions for the treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) from Andrew Weil, M.D., there comes the following classic description of how the “Food Diary” suggestion from your doctor is supposed to work.
How a Food Journal Works
A food journal: Most people with IBS say their symptoms worsen after […]

IBS Basics

2 Comments Published by tummyblogger July 18th, 2007 in Teas, fiber, Sweetener, Probiotics, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS therapy, IBS Triggers, IBS-C, IBS-D, Soy Products, FiberSure (tm), Heather's Organic Acacia Tummy Fiber (tm), Benefiber (tm), Digesting Information

In this post I will try to outline the basics of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) therapy. The harsh truth is that there is no magic pill or potion. IBS is a condition rather than an illness. I know, when you are in the middle of the current round of bodily “wrongness” that is IBS, you […]

Low-Fiber Meal Replacement

0 Comments Published by tummyblogger September 28th, 2006 in fiber, Sweetener, Stevia, Revival Soy, Food for IBS, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS food

This is a quick recipe for a low-fiber meal replacement that I just invented. I discovered, sadly, that there is a fairly small window between too few grams of fiber a day, and too many. Since my standard meal replacement shake provides 13 gms. of fiber in one nice-sized serving, and two of them provide 26 gms., I’m near my limit. If I then add a high-fiber taco to the

Unsweetened!?

1 Comment Published by tummyblogger September 27th, 2006 in Breakfast, Sweetener, Stevia, Revival Soy, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS food

UGH! Breakfast with unsweetened coffee (or whatever), and Unsweetened Soy Shake from Revival Soy? Doesn’t sound very good, does it? Well, I left out the best part. I found, first on the Revival Soy pages and then elsewhere on the web, a very good no-calorie organic sweetener called Stevia, which comes from the stevia rebaudiae plant found in South America. The following copy from Revival Soy sums it up:

An intensely sweet . . .