Poll of the Day > Having IBS sucks. Non-FODMAP diets are far too restrictive.

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Many food ingredients irritate my stomach. Wheat, certain fruits, certain dairy products, garlic, certain vegetables, and so on.

I still haven't figured out everything that makes my stomach upset. I was on a non-fodmap diet for a few months and I felt pretty good. Then I stopped and my stomach has gotten upset since.

Now I started the non-fodmap diet again and I haven't ate much today because a lot of foods make my stomach upset. I need to look up recipes for food I can eat. As of right now, it's far too restrictive. :( I could buy McDonalds and ask them to replace the buns and wrap the burger with lettuce when I'm lazy until I fully figure out my new diet.

But yeah, IBS sucks. On the bright side I'll end up losing some weight again because of it.
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Why would you need a food map? Don't you know where to get food?
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Only ate once this whole day. Had 2 Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches.

I don't feel like cooking so I'll think I'll make another sandwich, slices of ham, and some left over rice.

Maybe tomorrow I'll do some grocery shopping.
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Okay, but don't forget to take your map so you don't get lost on your way to the store.
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Metal_Mario99 posted...

Okay, but don't forget to take your map so you don't get lost on your way to the store.

smh
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lol
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Just get a tanning bed.

EDIT: Ooops, looks like UVA lights don't help, you need a UVB ight

So, get a UVB lamp
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Lokarin posted...

Just get a tanning bed.

EDIT: Ooops, looks like UVA lights don't help, you need a UVB ight

So, get a UVB lamp

I don't get it.
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pipebomb_phil posted...

Lokarin posted...

Just get a tanning bed.

EDIT: Ooops, looks like UVA lights don't help, you need a UVB ight

So, get a UVB lamp

I don't get it.

You want him to draw you a map?
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pipebomb_phil posted...

I don't get it.

There's a correlation between IBS symptoms and low Vitamin D, a UVB lamp helps simulate natural sunlight which is what gives you Vitamin D, much moreso than supplements.
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https://www.ibsfree.net/what-is-fodmap-diet/

Lokarin posted...

pipebomb_phil posted...

I don't get it.

There's a correlation between IBS symptoms and low Vitamin D, a UVB lamp helps simulate natural sunlight which is what gives you Vitamin D, much moreso than supplements.

Oh, I had no idea about this. But I don't need to get a tan. And taking Vitamin D supplements doesn't help at all.
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pipebomb_phil posted...

https://www.ibsfree.net/what-is-fodmap-diet/

Lokarin posted...

pipebomb_phil posted...

I don't get it.

There's a correlation between IBS symptoms and low Vitamin D, a UVB lamp helps simulate natural sunlight which is what gives you Vitamin D, much moreso than supplements.

Oh, I had no idea about this. But I don't need to get a tan. And taking Vitamin D supplements doesn't help at all.

Exactly, that's why I suspect a UVB lamp will help.

Also, it's UVA that causes tanning, it's UVB that causes sunburning - but it's also UVB that gives you the D
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