I'll ask DH when he gets home. I know he takes Metformin and he had taken Simvastatin. I think he got a cough from it. Is Welchol a brand drug or generic?

My dd has it very badly and I have had it off and on. I am convinced mine started when I ate at an Indian restaurant; I was out of whack and miserable for over a year. My dd also started with it after eating at a different restaurant, though she has always had what I'd call a touchy stomach and was unable to eat when nervous or excited. The last couple of years it's been very bad: colonoscopy, endoscopy, stomach-emptying test, gastro doc, dietician. And a celiac test for which she tested negative. HOWEVER, when she stopped eating gluten, things improved. I read recently that one can test negative for celiac and still have the symptoms. I have a theory concerning Monsanto, but I'll not mention that here. All I know is that there are waaaayyyy too many with this condition recently for there not to be a good reason for it. Dd found a different dietician whose diet she is following carefully, and she is feeling much, much better. She still is not really able to travel as she has to eat very specific foods, but she can function well now. Her trips to the bathroom are less often now and when she does have a "spell," it's for only a few days or a week. First and foremost, you must have a colonoscopy and endoscopy if you haven't done so yet. After that, start to research--you'll be amazed at how many different people suffer from this and how much information on how to deal with it there is. I wish you good luck and better health!

I have IBS. Diet restrictions vary from person to person. There really is no prescribed IBS diet. Everyone has to experiment on their own. I am fine with sugar and I can do some nuts but not others. Seedy things I have to be very careful with especially with fruit like berries. I can eat seeded rolls if I am eating lots of other bulk at the time. Eat them along and I will pay the price. Fruit skins also sem to affect my digestive track negatively. Tomatoes,grapes and plums are bad. Apple and pear skins are ok in small amounts. I eat gluten and wheat products without any ill effects. Of course they need to run tests and see that he doesn't have celiac or crones. But lacking thiose conditions the wheat/gluten thing is sort of a fad right now. He doesn't need to cut it out for IBS unless he needs to. Even with crones they are no longer stressing special diet. My DSIL's brother was just diagnosed.

A lot of people do keto, but don't drop weight. They keep up the calories to stay the weight they are. Even skinny people can have elevated cholesterol. I'm learning to eat those avocado's. Someone here told me they like them with lemon juice and so far, it's the only way I can eat them. I put coconut oil and butter in my coffee almost every morning. My ketones are still low: today, 0.6 which is barely in ketosis. When I get back from holidays, I'm going to sit down with my meal plans to try to include more fatty meats. I also have to get back downstairs and use that gym I made my husband put together for me. Haven't been in there since January. On a side note though: my parents live on the bottom of a small mountain. It's like a big rocky hill. LOL I want to walk to the top of it. Mainly so when I get to the top, I can look at the US side and take pictures of Mt Baker from one side, then turn around and take pictures of the city my parents live in. Coming down will be much easier. I mentioned it to my sister last night. I was hoping she would come with me. She said, "ask dad......" LOL