Hi
I have extremely severe IBS and dysfunctional bowel, after years of tests and one surgeon wanting to remove my entire large intestine, I was referred to an IBS specialist (Prof Whorwell www.ibs-care.org/) and was put onto a restricted diet as well as medication which has helped immensely.
BUT I have put on loads of weight.
Before I was eating clean, breads were organic wholemeal seeded etc, oats for breakfast lots of veggies and some fruit, no processed meals all cooked from scratch and I lost weight albeit slowly if I stuck to calories.
The restricted diet is only white bread, pasta, rice. NO veg or fruit apart from potatoes and carrots without skins. No cereal apart from rice krispies. Nothing made from wholemeal or seeded flours. No sweeteners, honey, agave. Meat, fish diary are all allowed.
I am gaining weight on this regime as I am definitely more hungry and struggling to stick to calories and now I am starting to introduce some foods back to see what I can tolerate. A small amount of salad or veg is ok for a couple of days then I have to have a day without again...working out triggers is hard as it may be something I ate 2 days ago or a combination of things that cause problems.
SO after all this waffle does anyone think that low carb is worth a go or will the lack of veg cause problems as I cant risk constipation with my dodgy gut and I don't fancy the Atkins side effects of bad breath etc.
thanks for any help
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