IBS friendly foods (everyone reply)

That's a wonderful idea, it would be so helpful to have a list all in one place!
My safe foods are white rice, gluten-free pasta, boiled potatoes, chicken, beef, chicken stock, boiled carrots, gluten-free bread with butter, bananas, applesauce, and herbal tea (I particularly like chamomile, lemon balm, ginger, throat coat tea and anything else that claims to have calming properties).
I hope lots of people will share their safe foods here!
Karina (team member)

My foods that suit my gut generally are not necessarily everyone's choice. But I find the following to cause fewer symptoms:
White Italian Ciabatta bread (always toasted)
Butter
Honey
White rice and sometimes brown as well.
Most kinds of fish, baked in tinfoil with a little salt and water. Canned mackerel, Tuna and Salmon are OK too.
Boiled eggs
Tenderstem broccoli or purple sprouting. I peel the stems!
Asparagus (again I peel the stems)
Green beans
Watercress
Carrots (small ish amounts but can sometimes eat one whole large carrot.)
Pak Choi
Spinach
Rocket
Little gem lettuce but not TOO much of it.
Sugar snap peas
Young Kale leaves
Nettle tops
Courgette (Zucchini)
Small amounts of avocado (maybe 4 or 5 teaspoonfuls.)
Peeled potatoes sometimes.
Very small amounts of chickpeas sometimes.
White pasta sometimes ...but that's a bit boring because I can't have sauces, so I just mix it with my steamed veg.
Peanut butter
Plain cake and lemon drizzle cake.
Occasionally peeled grapes
Chocolate but only brands without "Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (E476) I linked a Wikipedia page about this additive below.)

I cook all my foods very plain, using only salt as a seasoning. Culinary herbs can upset my tummy. I only ever eat my own home cooked foods, and with the exception of some chocolate and cake I have no processed food or only mildly processed (such as pasta)
Low mineral bottled water.
China loose leaf tea
Medium roast ground coffee which I drink black but not strong.

I can drink small or moderate amounts of alcohol without ill effects at all, and in fact a small drink can often soothe my tummy if I feel bad. But I can only drink one kind of alcohol (vodka) as the others upset me.


If I'm having a flare up, I tend to stick to white toast, a little butter, homey, white rice, and only the smallest amounts of vegetables (usually fine green beans and spincah, or nettle tops) until my gut calms down

The Wikipedia link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyglycerol_polyricinoleate

That's a nice list ,thanks for sharing. Are you the one I read in another posting that said you eat nettle or something from your yard?

Yes, that was probably me. There are places in my garden where nettles grow, and there are also fields which are never sprayed or grazed near where I live. So yes, I do gather the nettle tops. I use the top 3" or so, wash them well, and then put them in a pan with a little bit of salt and steam them about 10 minutes.
Nettle shrinks down in the pan, just as spinach does, so you will need about 2-3 cupfuls of them for one portion of greens. They are so nutritious. And they never upset my belly. I can eat them even in a bad flare up with no bad effects.
They might not suit everyone though, of course, as IBS and tolerable foods are different for everyone.