This is a guest post. Irritable bowel syndrome or IBS may not receive the same attention as life threatening illnesses, but its impact on quality of life can be dramatic. After all, it’s hard to stay focused or positive when you must contend with abdominal pain, diarrhea, or constipation on a regular basis. Sadly, it’s […]
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20 Things to Remember if You Love a Person with Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Irritable bowel syndrome is a horrid, debilitating condition that can seriously curb a person’s social life and career prospects, let alone relationships. If you happen to be in a relationship with someone with IBS, then read on for advice from the IBS sufferer’s point of view. I will use “she” as the pronoun to indicate […]
My 5 Best Low Fodmap Cakes
Unlike what many think, we can eat sugar on the low Fodmap diet. A certain amount of table sugar is okay on the diet because it has equal quantities of fructose and glucose, and the glucose pulls the fructose, cell by cell, through the lining of the small intestine, so it is absorbed. If there […]
My Favourite Low Fodmap Vegetarian Dinner Recipes
I eat vegetarian four times a week in order to eat a good balance of diverse protein sources without always resorting to meat. At this point, I have quite a repertoire of vegetarian meals that I default to when I am lacking creativity. Here are five of my favourites: Spinach and cheese quesadillas Fennel, brie […]
Low Fodmap Meat Burgers
Have just one of these juicy meat burgers to stay within safe FODMAP limits. You can add a few more salad leaves on the side, if you like and a side dish of potato chips. If you have reflux, skip the tomato and replace it with extra sprouts. And it’s best not to salt the […]
Stop removing foods from your diet
Those of us with irritable bowel syndrome now know that we can find our trigger foods by implementing the 3 stages of the low Fodmap diet. But what about all those food you have removed in the past on your journey to finding the correct way to do this? All those foods that you still […]
