Hi Flowergirl,I have found that avoiding wheat helps alot. I would give anything to have a piece of toast in the morning or a whopping big sandwich for lunch, but I know the effects those things have on me, so I live on rice cakes (another word for cardboard), salads, the occasional egg, roast dinners cooked in an oven bag (my stomach hates anything that is cooked in oil) and no gravy (I miss the gravy), certain fruits (not citrus).Even after being careful with what I eat, I sometimes get the bloating and the diarreah anyway, but I put that down to stress. Stress definatley has an effect.