Hi David - yeah I noticed a few of your posts and thought we sounded similar in our intolerances to dairy and sugars. I too find problems with processed meats (could it be sulfites? I don't know), eggs (are evil) and I can only tolerate nuts in small amounts when I am 'good'. I also seem to be able to eat berries (I buy bulk frozen blackberries and raspberries and have never had a problem with them. I am deeply suspicous of strawberries and haven't been brave enough to test them again after a few flares that I thought could be attributed to them. I know that they are a common allergy food and are botanically unrelated to the other berries. As for other fruits, the worst seem to be apples, pears, bananas (of course). Paw paw and mango and avocado seem to be OK in small amounts (I'm least sure about paw paw). Stone fruit too seem to be OK in very small amounts. Kiwi fruit are evil. Hmm, what others? Pineapple is my friend. Cherries are good. Tomato and tamarillo seem perfectly fine - I appear to be OK with all the nightshade family (except potatoes which are the most evil of evil food in my opinion).
When my IBS was very very bad (ooooohhhh so bad) I found that all fruits would make it worse. Well, at that point FOOD seemed to make it worse, actually! I don't know if it was the sugars or the acidity or what, but it was definitely a thing. I avoided them all at that point. My IBS is now pretty much under control and fruit doesn't seem to flare it up, though I'm careful about what I eat and how much I eat.
Hey interestingly, I seem to be able to tolerate goat and sheep yoghurt and cheese FAR better than cow and I eat them regularly (except when I'm being really strict). In Sydney I can get bulk goat yoghurt at middle eastern grocery stores cheeply and it is unreal (prob not in Sale, eh?). Oh, and rice is also OK for me in small amounts, while other grains make me flare just by looking at them - even quinoa. Rice flour products flare me (i.e. noodles). It must be the processing making it more accessible to the bacteria or something. I have read others here who are the same. Weird, though.
All this I worked out with a food diary that I kept religiously for over a year. It seems to be terribly complicated and I'm still learning, but I am now managing it. For me, the food diary was definitely the answer.
Good luck with it all.
Kylie
