Please tell me which foods work for you in easing IBS? I'm trying to ID my triggers but I'm so hungry!Help

If you know of any safe food to help me please let me know...everything I eat seems to cause a problem! The only thing I seem to be able to eat with out it causing a problem are bananes and walkers baked whole crips! So if you have any suggestions please let me know-Thanks

Thanks to everyone who has posted a suggestion, I am trying some out, so far the mash potato is doing well :O) Also I found poached eggs and olives are safe!! But I'm bloating out with yoghurt and milk! So I'm thinking it could be a dairy intolerance?? It's weird how it's only just started?
Thanks again everyone, I hope you all feel better too xxx

Try things like a jacket potato or plain boiled potato's, Boiled rice, poached fish, and chicken. They work for me.

You can eat whatever you like! I eat curries and anything I fancy and I've had IBS for 23 years!! It's getting stressed out that starts mine, even if I've not eaten anything!! Don't drink milk as milk irritates the bowel. Eat plenty veg as that seems to help it and it takes any bacteria out of the bowel which is the best thing you can do for it. Fruit and fruit juice also help although you'd think the opposite would be true but believe me it isn't. The less fibre you eat the more your gut will go into spasms as it's got nothing to work on, so try and eat a healthy diet and don't stress about it, as you can live with it once you get the hang of it. Oh, no vegetable oil when frying and only Sunflower oil.

Hard luck - these are a a few tips I've picked up over the years:
Avoid spicy foods, caffeine, alcohol, and anything hard or tough such as steak, chops, raw veg etc.
Eat slowly and chew food well.
Avoid stress.
I find yoghourt easy on my insides, and some of the 'thick' ones are very satisfying when you're hungry.
Good luck - hope you feel better soon.

It's an individual thing. What upsets one person will not upset another.
However I do find that overly sweet carbs will cause cramps and the runs. This was confirmed by a gastroenterologist at the hospital who said that sugary foods are a main culprit. Sorry can't be of more help.

As some have said, it's different for everyone. I find plain brown rice helps, and plain yogurt. General rules: try to eat little and often; drink lots of water.

You need to avoid each trigger food group, that you think it may be, in turn for at least a week each. If you cut lots of things out you will not know which one is actually causing the problem. After the week, gradually add it back into your diet to see if there is any difference.Remember also, the more uptight and anxious you are about the whole thing, the worse the IBS gets because it is stress related too.
It may seem like a long way round and can take a while, but it is worth it.
My triggers seem to be greasy food, spicy food, sweet potatoes and butternut squash.
Drink plenty of water, try to relax when possible and look after yourself. Good luck xx

It depends whether you've got the IBS that makes you have diarreah or the one that makes you constipated.
Keep a food diary of everything you eat in the day for a month. On the days you were triggered, have a looked to see if the same thing or things were present for those day. Thos will be your triggers. You could also go to the doctor for tests.
Try to eat blander food with a lower fat content as it's the fat that triggers often. Hope this helps.

I know you did not request a medicament but this worked for me and I pass it on whenever I can.

Carbo Veg worked for me - after years of painful IBS I tried (as a last resort) this homeopathic remedy - within a week my acutely painful problem had cleared up and has not troubled me since (10 years) Got to be worth a try..

I too have this problem and my triggers seem to be spicy or exotic foods, try to stay away from these for sure.

Rice, its brilliant as it 'lines' the system. My daughter eats rice pudding made with water then adds rice milk (she is gluten and lactose intolerant) she also adds cinnamon which is a natural antiseptic/healer. She will have a cup of this each morning and lives on it when having an attack.

True each person is different with Ibs plus depending on stress and anxiety levels plus your sensitivity and allergies if any. I get diarrhea, not constipation on my IBS. IBS sucks. I so feel for "Anyone" with IBS. It's no fun for sure in life. Myself I know jello, potato soup(even if told dairy should be avoided), rice with chicken broth and celery, baked fish, boiled potatoes, lots of water to drink, with me, there isn't too much that I can think of off hand that doesn't trigger me. Good luck either way. I sure wish you the best.

weetabix should do it or bran flakes

I have IBS& find mashed potatoes help me Another thing that helps is a hot drink Slippery Elm you can get it in heathfood shops its a little like a bedtime drink really soothing
i keep off the milk & mix it with water Crisps help me too!

Wild yam, standardized extract, helps to prevent IBS for me. The foods that make me sick are: all poultry, eggs, honey, beets, and cherries. Different foods bother different people. Try keeping a food diary. Sometimes for me it is up to 12 hours from the time I eat the food to the time I get sick.

You seem to have quite a few good advice from people on here. I have a list of avoiding sugar, refined foods, wheat , dairy. I avoid these when I am desperate! You are allergic to some type of food.
For flantuence eat pineapple, paya, garlic, peppermint or/and chamomile tea.
Other foods to try are anise, asparagus, lentil, fennel and dandelion, oats, rice , soyabean, rosemary, spinach, walnut.
Try things out, cut out all junk food, it would take 48 hours of clearing your system completely of previous junk.
I am not even exactly sure what is my exact downfall is but if I become strict it clears up totally. Also if I put on weight and it gets past a certain amount then the symptoms start again.
Sometimes pro-biotics help too.
Chamomile tea is good for constipation and diaroear.