Holiday tips for people with irritable bowel syndrome

Some of us are blessed with a well behaved bowel. However, there are those who need to do a little bit more disciplining. Here some of the guidelines to keep your bowel in shape.

1. Eat several small meals a day, instead of three large ones, to allow your bowel to work more at leasure.
2. Keep meals low in fat, and high in carbohydrates.
3. Some common food triggers that put you into pastures include:

• Alcohol
• Artificial sweeteners
• Coffee
• Dairy
• Egg yolks
• Fried foods
• Oils
• Red meat
• Shortening

4. Bananas, beans, broccoli, cabbage, garlic and onions may all cause gas-read bloating.
5.Taking more soluble fiber may help with the symptoms. Some easy source for soluble fiber include:

• Brown rice
• Oatmeal
• Pasta
• Psyllium husk (Metamucil)
• Raisins
• Sourdough bread
• Soy

6. Some people are just sensitive to these food:

• Sorbitol (Sugar substitute)
• Fructose (found in fruit juice and dried fruit)
• Lactose (found in milk), caused by lactose intolerance.
• Wheat bran

7.Acidophilus helps maintain the 'good' bacteria in your gut, and easily found in yogurt that contains live culture. I'm not trying to advertise for them but Yakult and Vitagen are good and easy source for acidophilus.