Body issues when starting diets.

Woodsmoke
Woodsmoke Posts: 360 Member
edited November 8 in Health and Weight Loss
Basically, my IBS has been awful the last couple of days as I've restarted my healthy eating (after a month of being very VERY BAD).

Is this basically my body detoxing? I feel like I am constantly running to the bathroom. It's uncomfortable and I want to know if it will stop soon, or keep going for a while.

Help!

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  • wilsoncl6
    wilsoncl6 Posts: 1,280 Member
    I only see two days of logged foods on your food diary so it is difficult to tell what could be causing the problem. It could be that you are eating foods that are higher in fiber than your used to. Fiber will make you go more often and can cause higher amounts of gas production in the digestive track. If I eat a lot of roughage throughout the day, it's guaranteed that my stomach will gurgle and rumble for quite sometime.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    No, your body has been detoxing since you were born and it will continue to detox itself in the same way it always has.

    I have no idea why you're pooping more. Maybe you ate more fiber, maybe who knows what. If it keeps going for a while, call the doctor.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    If you have IBS there could be a particular food that is the trigger. I would suggest trying cutting one of your new choices for a day or so (start with the obvious suspects) and see if it makes a difference. If there is no change, try cutting something else. I used a similar process of elimination to figure out I am allergic to almonds.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    jgnatca wrote: »
    If you have IBS there could be a particular food that is the trigger. I would suggest trying cutting one of your new choices for a day or so (start with the obvious suspects) and see if it makes a difference. If there is no change, try cutting something else. I used a similar process of elimination to figure out I am allergic to almonds.

    I'd suggest something similar to this. Maybe have a look at the FODMAPs foods that commonly inflame IBS and try cutting one or more of those out for a bit and see what happens.

    Or it could just be the increase in vegetables, assuming that's the new food. It takes a while for the body to get used to them when you've gone without or with few.
  • missbirrell
    missbirrell Posts: 133
    I doubt it. As others have said, IBS usually has a trigger food, which you can only identify by tinkering with your diet. Unfortunately, for some of IBS sufferers (me), finding the trigger is hard and seems to change everyday. If you've been eating *really* bad and suddenly go *really* healthy, some difference is to be expected. Talk to a doctor or nutritionist and keep a food diary, accurately and a symptom diary.
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