Foods To Avoid With IBS- Specific Foods You Must Eliminate From Your Diet If You Want To Cure Your IBS

Posted: Aug 28, 2009 |Comments: 0 | Views: 196 |

There are foods to avoid if you suffer from IBS and it is also important to keep a food and symptoms diary.

This is the only way you will be able to track the foods that trigger your symptoms. Recent research points to the idea that IBS may be caused by an overgrowth of bad bacteria in the small intestine but it is essential that you know what your specific triggers are and the only way to do this is by keeping a food journal.

There are some specific foods you should avoid at all costs if your suffer from IBS and these include:

1. Gluten: This is a protein that is commonly found in a lot of grains including but not restricted to wheat, oats, rye, spelt, and barley. The first thing you need to do is go on a gluten free diet for about 2 weeks.


This means you have to pay close attention to the foods you are eating and read food labels and even over the counter medicines because even some of the foods and medications you least expect may contain gluten. You should see a significant improvement in your symptoms once you eliminate this protein from your diet.

2. Coffee (especially when combined with sugar): I used to suffer from IBS myself so I have experienced some of the symptoms e.g. gas, bloating, stomach making noises, spastic contractions of the colon, stomach cramps etc.

I noticed a significant improvement in my symptoms the very next day I stopped drinking coffee.

You see coffee and sugar are both acidic foods and they will increase the acidity of your stomach. If you suffer from irritable bowel syndrome, it is important that your stomach is not too acidic. One of the ways to achieve this is to reduce the amount of acidic foods you eat and consume more alkaline foods.

We have briefly touched on two foods you should avoid at all costs if you suffer from Irritable bowel syndrome, but there are other foods to stay away from if you suffer badly from IBS

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