Soluable Fiber for IBS-D
I've tried every type of Metamucil and it never helps me. I've tried all sorts of other sources of fiber, types of fiber, etc, to no avail. Has anybody had any success with a particular fiber source? Specifically I'm wanting to find a source of soluble fiber. Everything that has soluble fiber in it also has some insoluble it seems, and I just want 100% soluble...if that exists...
I don't do very well with fibre either, though there are times when I am more normal, when I can eat fibre. My IBS-D is up and down and I can go through days or weeks quite normal, or relatively so.
I was also looking for 100% soluble fibre foods some months ago, and got so confused I gave up. You're right; many foods with soluble fibre also contain insoluble.
I have tried fibre to help my IBS-D, and I can tell you it didn't work at all, just as I imagined it wouldn't! I don't honestly know why fibre is recommended. At my worst, I find going really low fibre can bring my gut balance back over the course of a few days, and help me to feel a lot better and healthier!
Then maybe I'll slowly reintroduce fibre foods I normally like, such as vegetables. Then I get to the point where I can even eat small amounts of brown rice and healthy veggies! Until the cycle starts again...and back I go to the low fibre foods.
I eat whole wheatbrancereal and it sops up the bile without pain
