This is a follow up on the resources I posted earlier on this topic...
Last night I was reading on Heather's Help For IBS website, and after reading a description of the diet, I realized that it's heavy on grains, which makes no sense to me, and is not good for those of us who have diabetes. The Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) and FODMAPS diet is much more appropriate for those who are also on the LCHF diet. That said, she does sell some products that might be helpful, so it may still be worth a look.
There's one more website that I forgot to mention that discusses the Elemental Diet - (a liquid diet used to rest the colon for a number of weeks before beginning to reintroduce food) - that is used by those who are very, very ill - (I would encourage anyone with IBD or IBS to try the SCD or FODMAPS diet first).
The Elemental Diet and Natural Supplement Plan is described at
http://www.listentoyourgut.com I have one of Jini Patel Thompson's books, The IBD Remission Diet. I believe the first chapter can be downloaded from the website for free.
Last night I spent some time sampling chapters of the book, then went onto her website where I found more information, videos too, in addition to the diet and plan, that I personally found helpful.
This might be of interest to some of you...
In chapter 5, she lists five foods that triggered a return of symptoms as one food a day was re-introduced during a study on Crohn's patients: "Wheat was the highest offender (69%), then dairy products (48%), followed by yeast (31%), corn (24%) and potato (17%)." She added that "60% of people who are allergic to dairy are also allergic to soy.". As for dairy, some tolerate cream, butter and cheese made from raw, not pasteurized, cow's milk. And those that don't tolerate dairy from cows, sometimes tolerate dairy from goats.
What I like most about Jini's approach is that she only uses natural foods and supplements, nothing artificial. Also, that she developed this diet and plan as a treatment for herself after years of traditional medical treatments that didn't work, and a lot of research, trial and error. Originally diagnosed with Crohn's Disease, she states that she has "remained drug and surgery-free for over 20 years."