No milk ( or eggs) allowed diet?

Sorry I am confusing things probably here.
Was certainly not recommending fybogel - a distraction!

I think the trick might be to find a form of gloomy fibre (cellulose type) that gently smooths things along, and not a kind of fibrous fibre that can irritate sore gut. One is abrasive and the other is not.

As far as gut bacteria are concerned - does manuka help them? I had not heard this specifically.

2 possible ways that I know to settle gut bacteria - yoghurt bacteria (same as they have in yakult etc) but they tend to be milk based. So the purified versions may help to restore the inner ecosystem. This is just a theory as far as I know. They can help reduced the duration of infectious diarrh. and prevent but not treat antibiotic related diary.

the other way is prebiotics - that feed up your gut bacteria. these are naturally found in lots of veg foods BUT many of them may be too fibrous-fibery for your tender innards. Again you can get purified versions. And again, early days, theoretical and evidence is thin on the ground.
May be worth asking your doctor next time you are in hospital as they might prescribe, possibly.

But the priority is to find the diet that gives you the most comfort and calm!

Love the typos.

Psyllium sounds like (cheerful) gloopy fibre - and less expensive than some. Everything that's purified is bloody expensive.

Manuka apparently hits bad flora and doesn't affect the right ones...I hope.

I am proceeding by trial and error.......and exclusion

AlieOxon I don't see how you can make custard without using eggs, never mind changing the type of "milk".

Custard powder!

AlieOxon Doesn't that have dried egg in it? (Perhaps you're okay with that.)

No. - I check what's in everything now!
Cornflour, salt, colour and flavouring.

I will retry the experiment with the rice milk...but it may not work....

Anyone can live without milk products or substitutes. I do and have done for more than fifty years.

Blooming spellchecker corrects my typing. Thinks it knows best.
There is a kind of soy vanilla dessert called alpro that is a bit like custard.

I've just found a nondairy custard at waitrose made I think by alpro.

I've just made some perfectly edible custard with the rice milk. Could be a little thicker and sweeter next time, maybe. I ate it with some mango that I stewed so as not to waste it

Thing is, I haven't yet liked anything with soya.............

Ha! Can I make semolina too with rice milk?
I think this is comfort food, you know....

well done allie.
the alpro goop worth a try - there is a choc one too.

Now trying goat milk, semi-skimmed - tastes great (I had it years ago)...so far no bad reaction. Actual nice tea! Also Vitalite, the only one I can find without some sort of milk product in it...I don't like olive oil either (sorry Olive).

I have still to experiment with the goat milk, and don't know if I can cook with the other.

Alie What's Vitalite?

It's ok I just googled it! I thought it might be another alternative milk for me to try.

Sorry, Ella!