Foods to Avoid to Relieve Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Yeast - This will include most breads, cakes, muffins (this is very important for persons with Celiac Disease)
Alcohol - In particular all fermented drinks like beer, wines and spirits. Instead drink lots of water, diluted fruit juice, vegetable juice, fat-free milk, herbal teas and green tea.
Sugar - Including soft drinks, cookies, ice-cream, sugar-coated breakfast cereals, syrups and jelly. Also avoid anything canned in sugar or syrup.
Vinegar - Including pickles, relishes, saurkraut, sourdough bread, soy sauce
Mushrooms or Other Fungi
Smoked Foods - Including smoked fish and cheese.
Other Foods To Monitor - These include wheat, rye, barley, chocolate, milk products and drinks with caffeine, such as coffee, tea, or colas.
NOTE: Before changing your diet, keep a journal noting the foods that seem to aggravate the symptoms of irritable bowel. Then discuss your findings with your doctor.
SOURCES include: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, 2002. Website: www.niddk.nih.gov/ |
