Fibre, IBS

robyngrame74
robyngrame74 Posts: 3 Member
in Health and Weight Loss

Hi all, I've been on this app for awhile and can't seem to hit my fibre goal , I'm on medication ( which don't help) and one meal replacement shake in the morning only . I've tried everything anyone have any suggestions? 😊

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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,934 Member

    Fiber supplements aren't ideal (usually not diverse fiber types, just one), but they would be a temporary option. Does your meal replacement shake have a fiber supplement in it?

    Personally, if I eat lots of veggies and fruits, plus some oatmeal in the morning, I'm usually well over fiber goal. Are you limited in what you can eat in terms of veggies, fruits, and whole grains because of your particular type of IBS?

    I'm unclear - as the previous paragraph indicates - about the relationship between fiber and your IBS. I don't know whether your particular form of IBS limits your food choices making it hard to get fiber, vs. you're hoping getting more fiber would reduce your IBS symptoms, both, or something else?

    If it's partly about hoping to relieve symptoms, it might help to know whether you have IBS-C, IBS-D, some mixed mode, or . . . ?

    I was diagnosed with IBS at one point, IBS-C specifically. Without going into vast detail, increasing fiber wasn't the solution for me, increasing hydration was most important, but getting enough fat in my overall diet is also important. Including probiotic foods or exercise (especially middle-moving exercise) helps some people, too.

  • SuzanneC1l9zz
    SuzanneC1l9zz Posts: 491 Member

    Also just an aside, not all of the default nutrient goals in the app will be appropriate for every person, especially if there's health issues at play. With IBS, make sure your fibre goal is appropriate for your body and not a case of "the app says I should get this much so it must be better for me."

  • Corina1143
    Corina1143 Posts: 4,523 Member

    I don't know anything about ibs, but I'm trying to eat more soluble fiber, apples, other fruits and vegetables, beans. Until I get there, I also eat Metamucil crackers. I add fiber cereal for crunch to my cottage cheese or yogurt with fruit or sugar free jello.

  • sirjamerie
    sirjamerie Posts: 41 Member

    Personally my IBS flares up less if I eat barely any fiber. Or at least it makes the symptoms less if I do have a flare.

    That being said I have been upping my fiber intake using beans and fresh fruit (mostly berries as they contain a lot of fiber & micro nutrients)

    Sometimes I use less meat in a sauce type things & add a scredded carrot or two - it takes down the acid from the tomato but also adds fiber

  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,550 Member

    I had IBS type symptoms all my life until I removed most of the fiber in my diet using a keto diet which resolved all of it, literally.

    Addressing the fiber intake of Americans due to such a high level of UPF's the new 2025 guidelines want the emphasis to be on replacing what's left in the guidelines for meat consumption, except fish which is apparently ok to eat a few times a week with plant-based proteins like beans, lentils, and peas.

    Considering the consumption of fruit and veg over the last 40 years represents only about 10% of food consumed and has been stagnant over those 40 years even in leu of decades of health campaigns the FDA thought they have a better chance of increasing the 1% that beans and lentils represent in the diet than beating a dead horse and if they can get it to 2% that's a 100% increase, a win win and the beat goes on.

  • Mr_Maz
    Mr_Maz Posts: 1 Member
    edited March 31

    For those suffering with IBS, my friend was diagnosed as a teen and lived the life of a sufferer. In his late 40s he discovered going gluten free cleared all his IBS issues. Just sharing his experience to help.

  • totameafox
    totameafox Posts: 1,267 Member

    IBS presents in different ways. For me fiber helped mine. chia seeds, flax seeds, vegetables. Look for foods with added fiber.

  • Corina1143
    Corina1143 Posts: 4,523 Member

    I also have gut problems with bread in the USA. I can either eat bread made with organic flour or gluten free bread. It started years ago. I could only eat rustic breads—French bread from certain bakeries, etc. Then they started putting dough conditioners in the flour instead of in the bread. That's when I couldn't eat things made with wheat flour anymore. I don't think the medical community has figured that out yet. But it's certainly worth trying if you don't know what's causing your gut problems.

  • SafariGalNYC
    SafariGalNYC Posts: 1,964 Member

    re adding fiber: (I don’t know anything about IBS specs.)

    I second - flax, chia, artichokes, cruciferous veggies, greens.

    -for flours, I like buckwheat and adding oat fiber… can make crepes, bread etc… it’s higher fiber.

    -Farro - get non pearled, it has more fiber.

    -Avocados and passion fruit are high in fiber.

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