Course, I agree with all the replies everyone's made so far, but it would also be nice if GP's had a bit more know-how about food.

I had to see my doctor three times and point out that I thought that the food I was eating was making me ill before he diagnosed IBS and prescribed mebeverine. Not that this helped a lot. Have seen him about ten times since then. He soon also diagnosed anxiety and put me on beta blockers, but that didn't help either. When I told him they weren't helping, he said just keep on taking them.

Ironically, though, when he originally diagnosed IBS, he said that it can be caused by anxiety (which he later diagnosed) and by food - and said that I should avoid food that I may be allergic to. I asked him if he could be more specific. But nope, he was unable to be more specific. I asked him over and over again, and kept getting the message that this is really something I ought to be sussing out for myself.

And that's supposed to be bad? If anything, I think it means GP's ought to have better training before they're let loose on the public.