[daikokunyo]

i see! i once looked up an IBS diet called Heather's IBS diet, but because i didn't have control over my food at the time, i wasn't sure how much i'd be able to follow it. i had to eat at the cafeteria and we weren't allowed to cook. it did give me a guide of which foods to avoid and which to seek, though, so it was quite useful, even if i couldn't make any of the recipes.

yes, like in bubble tea, except smaller and gummier so that they adhere together kind of like cooked rice does. (we call them sago or sabudana here, so i googled to find an english name for them). also they're not even semi-sweet, but bland tasting, a good base ingredient for any flavour you want to try. there are savoury recipes with them, mild porridge-like recipes, and sweet ones too. people here eat it both on an upset stomach and when they're supposed to be fasting because it's supposed to be very neutral on the stomach.