Book Description
If you are one of the millions of people suffering from IBS, immediate help is finally at hand. Contrary to what many believe, eating for IBS does not mean deprivation, never going to restaurants, boring food, or a limited and therefore unhealthy diet. It does mean learning to eat safely by realizing how different foods physically affect the GI tract, and how these foods can prevent or trigger IBS. For example: * There are two kinds of fiber...one soothes the colon but the other can cause severe attacks * Dairy is a common trigger...even in people who are not lactose intolerant * Peppermint, chamomile, and fennel can prevent attacks better than some prescription drugs * Bland foods are not automatically safe foods In Eating for IBS, Heather Van Vorous, who has suffered from IBS for over 20 years and gradually learned to control her symptoms through dietary modifications, offers sympathetic suggestions tailored specifically to the needs of IBS sufferers that are based on first-hand experience as well as nutritional research. She provides a comprehensive overview of IBS, explicit eating and cooking strategies, travel and restaurant advice, daily menus, supermarket ideas, and 175 gourmet recipes. IBS sufferers will be thrilled to discover that they can enjoy traditional homestyle cooking, ethnic foods, rich desserts, snacks, and party foods—and don’t have to cook unusual or special meals for themselves while their families follow a "normal" diet. Eating for IBS will forever revolutionize the way people with IBS eat—and live.


From the Publisher
We are pleased to announce that Eating for IBS has been named a finalist for the IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals) Health and Special Diet Award for 2000.


About the Author
HEATHER VAN VOROUS is a food writer specializing in recipes for people with bowel disorders and lactose intolerance.

ANNOTATION

Eating for IBS does not mean deprivation, never going to restaurants, bland food, or an unhealthy limited diet. All that is required is learning how different foods physically affect the GI tract, and subsequently trigger or prevent attacks.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

IBS is one of our nations' most untalked-about ailments, but millions of people-mostly women- suffer from this debilitating condition without realizing that it can be controlled through diet. Contrary to what many sufferers believe, eating for IBS does not mean deprivation, never going to restaurants, bland food, or an unhealthy limited diet. All that is required is learning how different foods physically affect the GI tract, and subsequently trigger or prevent attacks. For example:
Most people don't realize that there are two kinds of fiber - one is very soothing but the other can cause severe attacks Dairy is a common trigger - even in people who are not lactose intolerant Peppermint and chamomile can prevent attacks better than some prescription drugs Bland foods are not automatically safe foods Heather Van Vorous, who has suffered from IBS for over 20 years and gradually learned to control her symptoms through dietary modifications, offers sympathetic suggestions tailored specifically to the needs of IBS that are based on first-hand experience as well as nutritional research. Readers are given a comprehensive overview of IBS, explicit eating and cooking strategies, travel and restaurant advice, daily menus, supermarket ideas, and 175 gourmet recipes. IBS sufferers will be thrilled to discover that they can enjoy traditional homestyle cooking, ethnic foods, rich desserts, snacks, and party foods - and don't have to cook weird or special meals for themselves while their families follow a "normal" diet. Eating for IBS will forever revolutionize the way people with IBS eat-and live.

SYNOPSIS

Vorous presents 175 recipes she has created during the last 20 years. IBS sufferers will be thrilled to discover that they can enjoy traditional home-style cooking, ethnic foods, rich desserts, snacks and party foods -- and don't have to cook unusual or special meals for themselves while their families follow a "normal" diet.

FROM THE CRITICS

Library Journal

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) afflicts as many as one person in five, most of them women. It is difficult to diagnose, as it can be confused with several other intestinal disorders, and many doctors do not know how to treat it with diet. Van Vorous, a food writer specializing in recipes for people with bowel disorders and lactose intolerance, teaches continuing education classes on eating for IBS. She herself has been a sufferer since the age of nine and has learned how to control her symptoms by choosing foods that prevent attacks and by avoiding trigger foods. In addition to the recipes, she gives travel and restaurant advice, daily menus, and shopping ideas. Although she recommends avoiding meat entirely, several of the recipes include chicken or fish. No dairy products or egg yolks are used, however, so these recipes will be of interest to vegetarians and those with lactose intolerance. Recommended for health collections. Carol Cubberley, Univ. of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

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