They're probably kind of annoyed though

As someone with IBS: this makes sense. Life is pretty hard sometimes when you are afraid of everything you eat.

So what does your diet now consist of and what foods did you eliminate? I’m quite certain I have gluten intolerance and I do feel anxiety after eating, and I definitely have lactose intolerance, but I just don’t know what to eat. All the lists include what not to eat but what’s left? Sadly also fruits make my stomach painful.

Causation vs correlation issue here due to self-selection bias.

Thank you for sharing your story. I believe food addiction is way more common than we think but people are just ashamed to talk about it so, hearing other people’s stories always helps. I’m so glad you got over it and I hope your health is great now. Have a lovely day

I've had stomach problems my entire life, and had every test run, and was sent to psychologists as a kid because they figured it could only be related to trauma as to why I have so many stomach issues. And it has always been definitely true that I've always been though alot of trauma.

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It doesn’t mean the stuff’s not being ingested by other animals, unfortunately.

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Ah yes, consumers have no buying power. That’s why we are constantly marketed to. Because the companies spending millions upon millions upon millions on ads directed at us don’t want our money or buying power.

Mountain bikers destroy trails. At least climbers are pro-environment. Don't leave trash, pick up other people's trash, follow the park rules regarding pets, etc.

New routes are definitely cleaned and there are effects there, but I'd imagine the effects are a lot less than what a hiker would do.

I've never been diagnosed with either IBS or anxiety. Only ADHD. I spent a tough year with a failing business and can attest to a link between anxiety (which I can surely self diagnose) and visits to the toilet 5 or 6 times a day combined with a dull ache in my bowels. Yes... it's anecdotal but I believe this study is on the mark.

So I suffer depression and have IBS-D. Whenever I would have the IBS-D flair up my mood hits a very, very low point. When I got control of the IBS-D it stopped me from hitting those really low lows. Didn't stop the depression though. It got to the point where I could tell an IBS-D flair was going to happen later in the day just based on my low mood waking up.

Look up FODMAPs and see if those foods correlate with your issues. They did for mine. Also highly recommend anti-gas enzymes which help with digestion.

For me it was FODMAP's which also are found in wheat. So not gluten. Also found in fruits and other foods. I have found anti-gas enzymes to be helpful with these foods and digestion.

Not OP but FODMAP's for me too. A lot of people think it is gluten but wheat is high in FODMAP's too. And wheat wasn't my only issue. Fruit like apples, plums, oranges would do it, all FODMAPs. One thing that is helpful is taking anti-gas enzyme. Can help a lot with the digestive issues.

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As someone who is in an inexplicable flare, rn, after having had it under control, any aspect of it is depressing.

I would love to know what foods you cut out.

I am in a very similar situation right now and my doctors either are at a loss or don't want to have anything to do with me. I've been suffering with joint inflammation problems for over a year and a half with no solutions. I've recently been trying to adjust my diet to see if anything changes but haven't had success yet. Some insight into your food experiments would really help me.

I never knew Plankton was a reasonably accurate depiction. The others all look like what we know but they could have gotten away with anything in his case.

Finding a root cause is a fair thing to consider, but in the meanwhile those acid blockers are seriously impactful in reducing risk of esophageal cancer so…maybe do both?