Sensitive guts

I think any health problem is also related to hormone level especially for females. Human body is a system.

It can be from stomach, intestine, colon, liver, gladder.

@helen1000 maybe so, as I am East Indian and I cannot drink cold water either! I prefer warm or room temperature water. In North America people seem to like ice in their water - or at least chilled water - and other cold drinks so I always have to request no ice when eating out but sometimes even the water with no ice comes chilled, so now I just ask for a cup or mug of hot water. lol.

@researchmaven (love your pen name, by the way! ☺️) - what is IBS-C … and IBS-D?

@gussie - Truvani I is not available through the Canadian Amazon site … I will check in health food stores, but usually if something is not available on Amazon then very likely it won’t be available in stores here either …🤔

Oh I'm sorry. It's sweetened with monk fruit. My husband found it too sweet but I really like it.

IBS-C Bowel Syndrome-constipation and IBS-D Irritable Bowel Syndrome-Diarrhea. Some people only experience one or the other while many experience both.

IBS = Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Certain foods, as well as stress, can be independent triggers. It sometimes manifests as diarrhea; it sometimes manifests as constipation; sometimes people have both. A gross oversimplification is that everyone should be pooping a banana-sized stool. If you are not, it could be something you are eating or feeling. One doesn't have to overthink this unless one is experiencing defecation problems or gut discomfort.

I have had IBS-D for over forty years. Thirteen years ago I went gluten free and mostly dairy free. It has helped somewhat. I try to follow the FODMAP diet for IBS. It's not only about gluten and dairy but certain sugars in foods that could trigger the symptoms. For instance I can't eat apples or watermelon or most stone fruits but I can eat avocados and asparagus which is on there. There are FODMAP lists on the internet. I recently was getting terrible pains and diarrhea and found I can't eat anything with spirulina. It was in a protein powder that I had been using and also a cereal even though both were grain free. It's a lot of trial and error and label reading.

OH! What I wouldn't give for a banana 💩. Skinny worm mounds is the most solid form I have had in years. I have a whole cheat sheet of abbreviations for my bizarre 💩 and lack of any 💩.
I don't know how you all feel, but I will vote for the president that knows a magic phone number to God, and get get a good trade in value for my whole GI tract and then get a brand new one ‼️👍‼️ Is this really too much to ask for? 😛 HaHa. Shelley