in speaking to another jpoucher yesterday who seems to have similar problems and antibiotic dependent sibo ..i suggested that one eat smaller overall meals but eat more often..i try to eat or graze besides my three meals during day..i think those of us with issues similar to my own do better not eating till you are full..also not over eating to much of a particular food in day..like almond products because that will cause to much of a fiber problem...and i try to remember chewing,chewing chewing and not eating too fast (bad habit of mine i have to constantly remind myself)

another thing for those of you who feel eliminating all those carbs and lower fruit intake for example will leave them underweight the trick is again to eat more of the things you can eat..(5 times a day instead of 3)increase your good fat..when you cut carbs you need more fat..i even have bacon one or two times a week now!!!!use my olive oil more liberally,avocados yummy and high in calories..recently ordered some treats from site digestive wellness..all foods dcd approved..yummy brownie muffins(no sugar no chocolate1)apple and pear butter spreads,some star velvet almond cookies for example..adds some yummy calories that are grain ,gluten,sugar free ,lactose free(use of honey)i eat the homemade yoghurt(very easy to make two week supply(this is from a none cook!)yoghurt i find very soothing to my tummy at all times..i throw in some low in sugar blueberries,almonds and cinnamon,very tasty..generally good for zibo and ouchitis sufferers..

also i was about three months into diet..no starchy carbs simple sugar for three months or so before i stopped antibiotics..i think that was a factor maybe to balance the bad bacteria first..

well i am still a work in progress and haven`t figured it all out yet and do not know if all will continue working but so far making progress

i have absolutely no explanation for being able to forgo the antibiotics now for over 3 months except the sticking to diet..in 7 years was never able to go a day without them otherwise..

have no idea if diet and probiotics will get someone to the same place i find myself because i began using diet because of the sibo ..which is overgrowth of bacteria and not pouchitis but innately i feel it will help by cutting down on bacteria but to what extend i am not sure..and if diet alone will work if one has various conditions of pouch..i am still trying to figure out that myself..

but hoping these updated things help someone else ..