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angelfate - Hi. Welcome to the board.Now thats interesting, what you've asked. I don't normally drink juice but this last Sunday we went for brunch. Juice was included. I drank quite a bit of it actually since we had a lousy waitress that never did bring us any water, which is what I normally drink. And afterwards, I was a little loose. So, perhaps there is something to your juice question. Or else it was a coincidence for me that day. But I definitely was suffering from a bit of "D" on Sunday after that brunch.

Hi angelfate, Welcome to the BB. After I was diagnosed I did a food diary for 30 days that I got out of one of the IBS books. I was an alternating C & D but mostly C now. For me I found all fruit and anything with corn syrup gives me D and nasty gas. I believe it's the fructose and sorbitol (natural sugars. Even people without IBS can easily be bothered by sorbitol. I think the rest of my problems are fiber and STRESS! You'll get lots of great info. here.

I drink a lot of fruit juice (or USED to!) Prefer miilk now that I KNOW it is not a trigger, and have added it back into my diet. I found not the juice, but the PULP to ne the nasty stuff. Carry a small strainer, and ask for a second glass. Strain the pulp, and no problem. Cranberry juice, one of my favorites tends to give me dark looser stools if I drink it like water, and I do, but boy is it good!------------------Praying with Bettie for a cure for this NASTY IBS!

Thanks everyone who posted, I definately think that the citric acid in juices makes my IBS worse, but maybe it is just a coincidence. I'm trying to cut down on it at the moment. Have you tried cranberry and raspberry juice together? That is yummy too, and helps a lot of medical conditions too, especially for women.angelfate