I suffer from Ibs and this is what helps me

I just wanted to introduce myself. I am a 27 year old male that lives in Chicago.

Oops I forgot to add in that constant exercise and lots of water also has helped my stomach quite a bit.

Ya, redbull and those energy drinks are loaded with caffeine and all kinds of sugar and likely artificial sweetners so they're a big no no for IBS (and IBD too)...just be careful with the soy as well, some is good but I've often heard too much is bad for anyones health in general.

Avoid sugar alcohols too, they're pretty much in anything listed as a "diet" product, food/beverages.

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Well soy protein is much more digestable than whey protein.

Heather Van Vorous and my doctor told me that artificial sweetners were bad for people with IBS and so if caffene and carbonated beverages

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I'm not sure who Heather Van Vorous is but I can tell you as someone who is an office manager for a psychologist, that I meet people who have stomach disorders everyday.
All Ibs suffers have different symptoms and though the we have commonalities in what we can and cannot eat, IBS in itself, is a very vague diagnosis.
Meaning they still haven't been able to fully understand it just yet.
The two things that ease the pain is stress management, through lifestyle change/weightloss/exercise and through the combinations of different foods and different intakes. If those changes don't work as well as they should, medicine is then prescribed.
The doctors are not sure why the bowels do not work properly, all they know is that they don't function like normal. It is not classified as a disease and everyones symptoms are different. Some cases I have seen where people get flare ups from extreme temperature change. There is no specific cause for IBS and technically is is only classified as a theory.
So to say that caffeine directly affects IBS in a certain way is only a theory or maybe only applies to certain people. I personally haven't seen any files of patients that have had complaints about this.

well I dunno, to the best of my knowledge caffeine is caffeine regardless of the source...also sugar affects everyone negatively whether they notice it or not, it promotes bacterial overgrowth, that's just what sugar does. "Sugar-free" usually means they've added aspertame or some other(s) forms of artificial sweetners, also a no no for IBSers....

Could it be coincidence regarding the sore throat, fevers, ect??? You know, honey can calm a sore throat too and it's healthier too, espceially compared to something like "Redbull". But to each his own.

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I'm not sure if it was a coincidence because I always used to get sick and get horrible throat infections when it started getting colder. I once was hospitalized for 14 days from bad throat infections. Could just be the vitamin c. It's just something that works for me!

Well with all the nasty bowel problems out there that so many suffer with the main thing is finding something that works for a person or at least doesn't bother them...sounds like a good snack, I always eat organic peanutbutter, there's nothing added to it at all just plain old peanuts, no preservesatives or additives...oatmeal is especially good for IBSers too, fibre is really key in helping with IBS symptoms.

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Ephedra is a powerful drug which speeds up the metabolism. It seems that most the things that help you are in that same vein so to speak. I am glad they help you but the Red Bull and the Ephedra you recommend should be used with caution. I am not sure reving up your system before you exercise is the wisest thing for most people. I was under the impression that Ephedra was off the market because of the danger it posed.

I can't handle dairy either so I use Almond Milk instead. Usually most people try to avoid caffeine with IBS. The only thing that we all know is we are all different and have to experiment with different things to see what works for us.

i have ibs and they say that probiotics is good for you but its not for me.

i went on a suger and carb free diet with one meal a day with one tabelt of probiotics for 3 weeks.today i had to go home from work because i got the runs and im still going to the toilet ,havnt stop yet .its like a food poison effect.

im not going to take probiotics again after this side effect.

im so sick :(

 

I stay away from artificial ANYTHING!

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migraines since 1974; septic hip - 1999 with birth of daughter ; hip replacement 9/2003; MS limbo since 3/2004; dx IBS - 5/2005;dx acid reflux - 11/2006; dx compressed L4-5 and T 7-8 - 5/2006; dx RLS - 9/2006

Everyone's guts are different. Alcohol is bad for most IBSers, but we do have an occasional person who comes here and says that alcohol is the only thing that regulates them. I agree that it sounds like stimulants (rather than alcohol, a depressant) is what keeps your guts going. Me, I can't handle anything but trace amounts of caffeine; if I were to drink a Red Bull, I would be in the bathroom with severe diarrhea for several days. It's weird what works for some people kill others, and visa versa. While Red Bulls aren't the healthiest thing in the world to drink, you're still drinking water (although you should probably try for more than 6-8 glasses since caffeine dehydrates, so you will need more water than average) and exercising, so I wouldn't really see a problem with you continuing what you're doing since it works. To me, at any rate, there is precious little else more important than keeping the guts happy; all the other organs can be darned.

Oddly enough alcohol doesn't do anything to me, but I rarely drink.

I read an article recently on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and a new approach they're taking with it. I can't remember what drug they tried on a small test group, but it was hihgly effective, so they're going to do a larger case study. You may be tired all the time because of that; the caffeine is just propping you up.

You have problems with constipation, I take it? I guess that's why you need stimulants to get moving. Have you tried Zelnorm for constipation? I'm sure it's safer than the ephedra (at least it's still on the market).