Fibre and IBS
As I mentioned a few posts ago, my IBS symptoms have been cropping up again recently. While a quick switch back to the hypoallergenic diet put most things in check, I’ve still been struggling with a few issues. This got me thinking a lot about what order I should be eating things in. Through the diet I learnt to eat fruit on an empty stomach as it digests much faster and can interrupt things mounting up in the tummy queue, but I figured there must be more research out there about what IBS sufferers should be doing.
Turns out there is, and it’s a bit contradictory to other information I’ve read. I’d heard you should eat light to heavy (salad first, potatoes later etc.) but a lot of IBS sufferers seem to have results by almost doing the opposite. Help for IBS claims: ‘You should always eat soluble fibre first. Eat soluble fibre whenever your stomach is empty and make soluble fibres the largest component of every meal or snack.’ You can find a list of soluble and insoluble fibres on the site.
This would mean that greens (which I’ve been blending in smoothies and loading into salads and are theoretically okay to eat raw on the HA diet) should be consumed after something with soluble fibre – say rice, quinoa or sweet potatoes. This doesn’t make sense to me after reading posts such as this one on the Wellness Warrior site about how to avoid tummy traffic jams.
The thing is, everyone is different and you have to figure out what works best for your body. I’m not willing to load myself up on some of the soluble fibres – such as white breads and soy – but many that I do enjoy are on the list, such as rice, oatmeal, quinoa and sweet potatoes. I do know I feel pretty good after my morning bowl of porridge!
Have you tried eating soluble fibres before insoluble ones? Has it worked for you?
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