How can the same diet work for diarrhea AND constipation?
The same diet (as well as supplements like Acacia Tummy Fiber, Equalactin, Citrucel, Fibercon, Benefiber, etc.) will work for diarrhea and constipation BOTH, because the basis of the diet is soluble fiber. Soluble fiber works to alleviate all symptoms of IBS, from diarrhea to constipation to painful cramps and gas – it’s magic. Why is soluble fiber so special? Because unlike any other food category, it soothes and regulates the digestive tract, stabilizes the intestinal contractions resulting from the gastrocolic reflex (which go awry in people with IBS due to a brain-bowel miscommunication), and normalizes bowel function from either extreme. This means it regulates both over-motility and under-motility of the colon (people with IBS suffer from one or the other, or even fluctuate between the two). So, soluble fiber prevents and relieves both diarrhea and constipation. Nothing else in the world will do this for you. How is this possible? The “soluble” in soluble fiber means that it diss
