But the real issue is getting healthier foods into your diet, not avoiding one selected ingredient. Tackling IBS requires the daily consumption of superfoods, the complete avoidance of refined carbohydrates, and drastically cutting down on foods that have zero fiber: red meat, cow's milk, cheese and most processed foods.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Findings from two separate studies suggest
that both fructose and fat in the diet may contribute to symptoms of
irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Symptoms are varied and can include diarrhea, bloating and
constipation.
In the group's latest study involving 80 patients with IBS, 30 were
found to be fructose intolerant.
"In some cases, abdominal pain was completely gone," Choi noted in a
telephone interview with Reuters Health.
They identified 102 subjects with IBS or dyspepsia and 119 healthy
"controls" to serve as a comparison group, and had them complete the
Harvard Food Frequency Questionnaire (HFFQ).