Sensitive guts

Shelley - Ditto, and thanks for the laugh and the smile.

Has anyone diagnosed you with IBS-D? That's what I have. All tests for anything autoimmune have come out negative. Super sensitive gut. I gave up gluten thirteen years ago. I also use the Fodmap diet to guide me. It's not jut about gluten and dairy for me, it's certain sugars in foods that have me running all day. That's what the Fodmap is about. It's an elimation diet. Some things I can eat like avocado and some things like watermelon and stone fruit I can't. I just realized that things with spirulina give me diarrhea so does coconut water. Reading all labels are important.

You are right Gussie. Even gluten free soy sauce may contain some ingredients make people feel uncomfortable. I prefer mindful eating, that is to say, when you eat, you pay attention to your gut feeling. Then you identify ingredients not fit you. Sometimes you can't trust those commercial vendors even though they label all ingredients.

Maybe certain sugars in carbo or fruits trigger IBS-D? I avoid rice but brown rice works for me. You can use cauliflower to replace regular rice, or other grains to replace rice?

Some sugars are simple sugars, some sugars are multiple sugars, like those in legume and potato. Try to eat multiple sugars instead of simple sugars like in rice or fruits. See whether your symptoms get improved.

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Gussie, YEP‼️you are so right, we are all different, foods are different, as helen1000 says, the labels are different. Even if we only pick on glutens and sugars, we will find a billion different ones, find them in the strangest foods and additives, labels we should be able to trust, because they are mandated by the FDA, 🤪 are different. Then add in the professionals who advocate online, even our own trusted personal drs give us incomplete or just dead wrong answers. What a quagmire we are all in. You don't have Celiac but gluten bothers you, I have Celiac and can eat gluten with no problems, but I don't. In a way, the fact that your body reacts to tell you, DONT eat this or that is a great thing. My body hates me, so it doesn't react to help me out. You keep doing what helps you and I will just quit eating 🤪Shelley

OMG you have celiac and can eat gluten? I've honestly never heard of that. I don't have celiac but I have something called Primary Immunodeficiency. I don't make antibodies to viruses or bacteria so I give myself infusions of other peoples antibodies through blood plasma. Some people that have what I have their small intestines act just like having celiac. When you eat gluten the villi goes flat just like people who have it. Many biopsies and other tests and all normal except inflammation. No kidding! I am a foodie and live in an area where the most abundant food and restaurants are all over the place and I just have to bring my own crackers while everyone else is eating the best breads. I also have to be careful of gravies or juices because most are thickened with flour. Because it's the San Francisco Bay Area the better restaurants are getting onboard.

Gussie, yeah, who would have guessed this. Except that my body reacts differently, no, just flat out bizarrely to lots and lots of stuff. I was 59 when finally diagnosed and by the damage to my villi(90% were flat, the rest damaged) I was gene tested and I carry the both of the top 2, HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8, so I was probably born with it... I am glad I didn't know it as a kid, missing all those 🎂🍪🧁, would have been a great tragedy 🤪.
that's why it took 2 years w/PCP, 2yrs w/Endocrinology, all of which was my vit D was way low, and my PTH was way high/low/high. I was taking 50,000 IU (w/coconut oil gels, vit D must have fats to bind to) 2x week for years, eventually my iron did the same, so I get iron infusions as needed. Endo sent me to GI for endoscopy and they all acted shocked when it came back positive for Celiac w/raging damage. I know I am fortunate with my celiac. I have an aunt who had to split their kitchen in half. Two toasters, two sticks of butter etc. she even has to buy special shampoo, lotion, etc. I think I would shoot myself.
Your primary immunodeficiency is WAY WAY WORSE than celiac.
How was this diagnosed? You said you tested negative for all autoimmune diseases? What tests did you do? If you're willing, would you please explain your results and process? Cuz, I'm really having trouble finding the right answer to what all the IgA, I gG, IgM ECT x 1000, really is. Cuz now I have pSS, lip biopsy positive, but seronegative. RH doesn't even want to answer my questions because of the seronegativity. Yet, everywhere I look I see, after the first AI, beware of the probability of more. Now I have 2 AI, most likely a 3rd-Raynauds and very possibly early Lupus. I understand if you just don't have the energy for a tutorial, I'll take any advice you have. Thanx, Shelley

Hi shelley
It is better not to eat gluten. I eat it but react after a few days. That is gluten intolerant.

OOPS! I misstated your post. I am sorry. I was trying to say, to Gussie, that we are all different, foods are different. I am a certified celiac diseased person, yet my bad effects are in my intestines.Yet Gussie isn't a certified celiac person, like you, and if you guys eat, you will suffer on the outside. I'm sorry, I liked the way you said (or I interpreted) that there is a lot of gray areas regarding food, it is not simply yes or no. Sorry, Shelley

A growing body of research shows that sex hormones, like estrogen and progesterone, may be the reason. They can trigger IBS symptoms, which may explain why you have more flare-ups at different points of your menstrual cycle. Sep 18, 2023

I was recently diagnosed with gastritis. Alot of things while your in a flare up you can't eat. I was diagnosed through an endoscopy. Does anyone else have this? Not fun at 69 to deal with it