Love & Trust Your Guts with Alyssa! Alyssa Labrecque is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist from Canada. Alyssa is also a trained opera singer with a great passion for healthy food and that’s what made her become a nutritionist and create her site Soulfood Nutritionista. Alyssa’s journey started when she could no longer watch her sister […]
A personalised box full of low FODMAP goodies and recipes! All you need to get you started on the low FODMAP diet. Imagine you are new to the low FODMAP diet and someone tells you that you can get snacks and foods tailored to your particular taste and intolerance? That’s exactly what Drew and Cory […]
Going On Holiday? Be Prepared, Relax and Enjoy! Vacations and holidays are times everyone looks forward to, even those who are on a low FODMAP diet. But these times can be challenging for us low FODMAP dieters, because traveling brings up the possibility of consuming the ‘wrong’ food and by consequence flaring up our IBS […]
Get feeling well and normal again with the Beyond FODMAPs Membership Club created by Canadian dietitian Stephanie Clairmont. In this episode, you’ll learn: Stephanie’s IBS story and journey into the low FODMAP diet. Why it is so useful to see a dietitian who has personally experienced IBS and followed a low FODMAP diet themselves? Why the […]
Chloe Adams, a low FODMAP specialised dietitian from England, explains the relationship between SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth) and IBS symptoms. In this episode, you’ll learn: How did Chloe come across the low FODMAP diet? What exactly is SIBO and what is its link to IBS? Do SIBO and IBS have similar symptoms and does […]
When I’ve found out that I had IBS and I needed to follow a low FODMAPs diet, one of the first thing I researched was chocolate. I really couldn’t 🙁 give that up, or at least not without a fight. Searching the internet I found contradictory information, until when I finally downloaded the low FODMAPs […]
Are you a vegetarian and suffer from IBS? Has your doctor/dietitian suggested you to go on a low FODMAP diet? Do you feel confused on what food you can or cannot eat? Keep on reading then, as this low FODMAP vegetarian food article, may just give you the information you need. The low FODMAP diet […]
Low FODMAP Diet Phases An IBS diagnosis comes as both a relief and a discomfort for most people. Relief because the cause of all the distress and various digestive malfunctions is finally revealed; discomfort because it means that there may be a lot of dietary adjustments to be made and favourite food to be given […]
Meet Aghi and Elena two special ladies with a mission to help IBS sufferers in non-English speaking countries via their Facebook groups. We are very lucky to meet people like Aghi and Elena, who give their time to provide genuine help to people who seek relief for their IBS symptoms. With their great knowledge they are […]
Do you find yourself overwhelmed by the low FODMAP diet? Do you wonder what you can cook that will fit into your diet? Listen to this episode to learn how you can become more creative about cooking healthier food without triggering IBS symptoms. Our guest for this episode is Julie O’Hara, the blogger of the website […]
Nutritionist and fitness expert Delina Rahmate explains the importance of overall fitness for those who suffer from IBS. She lays out a sensible plan to ease IBS symptoms with a doable plan of action specifically tailored to utilise exercise and nutrition in tangent to help those who suffer from IBS. Delina specialises in nutritional supplementation, […]
Finally, the Low FODMAP Diet and IBS Podcast is now available online! Are you suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome and struggle to find a way to manage your symptoms? If your answer is yes, you are just like me, a few years ago. Now I control my horrible IBS symptoms mainly by following a low […]
Can Acupuncture Relieve IBS? From following this blog you will know already that it is possible to improve Irritable Bowel Syndrome symptoms by following a low FODMAP diet, but there are also non-diet related ways that can help to reduce the pain caused by IBS. I have previously wrote about how having some hypnotherapy sessions, performing regular exercise and […]
What are the differences between food allergy and food intolerance? In a previous post, I wrote about lactose intolerance and what it means for IBS sufferers. For this post I have researched the subject of milk allergy and its effects on people dealing with IBS and also investigated the difference between these two ailments. First of […]
The Health Food Aisle Trap Within the last decade, when the gluten-free craze hit the food industry, there arose with it the misconception that ‘gluten-free’ was synonymous with ‘healthy’. This idea lingers still, and it is shown in most of our major grocery stores; if you were to ask a store clerk where you would find a […]
Top Low FODMAP Diet Books Available On Amazon (revisited February 2017) When I was first diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome, my GP referred me to a dietitian, who was familiar with IBS symptoms and advised me to go on a FODMAP elimination diet. She also suggested to download the Low-FODMAP Monash University smartphone app, as a […]
Is It Possible To Test Irritable Bowel Syndrome? It took me two years, from the time I started to feel unwell, to finally get an IBS diagnosis and it was mainly an elimination process. It is not easy for a health practitioner to definitively diagnose Irritable Bowel Syndrome, because in appearance the bowel seems normal, even […]
The low FODMAP way around your Christmas meal Christmas festivities can be a real pain when you suffer from food allergies or intolerance. I’ve realised that last year, when I went to Italy to visit my family for Christmas. The majority of the food that my sisters prepared was unsuitable for me and it was […]
We know that Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is not exactly a disease; it is referred to as a functional disorder. This means that the bowel is not functioning as it should. This syndrome, can afflict people of all ages, unfortunately also children. What are the symptoms of IBS in children? Verifying IBS in children is […]
Eating Out At A Restaurant When You Suffer From IBS Can Be Challenging IBS sufferers often fear eating out at restaurants with friends and family, I know I did. The reason being, that we have to be on a very particular diet, which doesn’t allow us to enjoy eating out what we want and where we’d […]
