Dietician/nutritionist

[huggit]

Hi Does anyone know of anyone that can advise on nutrition around all of the triggers that are IBS. I would just love someone to work with me to organise my meals so that I don't have flare ups and can lose some weight, I just seem to stay at my weight and never lose any. help!

[Hidden]

Dear Huggit it has taken over 50 years to realise for years I had multifood intolerances which with type 2 diabetes were affecting my health. I had a smart blood test painless finger prick and a pharmacist who collated the test results. Since removing the intolerances without reintroducing them have felt better. I have multigrain egg dairy and banana. If you have fruit with citric acid such as pineapple kiwi and other foods the groups may have cross reactions. If you have an allergy to peanuts this could cross react with peas and other legumes. Tree nut allergy such as Walnut may react with other tree nuts including the kola nut which is used for Pepsi and cola drinks. It is a steep learning curve with grains and maize and corn to remove them as sweet corn is made into sweeteners and barley is in malt drinks ..if you live in the UK I can recommend a source of professional testing. We can have tests for celiac disease for dairy egg and grain including gluten but other substances in the grains can trigger flares other than grain are not recognised here.

[huggit in reply to Hidden]

Yes please where did you get the tests?

[Hidden in reply to huggit]

I had the tests through Alphega Pharmacy linked chemist chain throughout the UK. It is 80 pounds. They have a map locator of chemists in your area where each branch has different services including allergies. Nutrismart is the name of the test which tests for groups of foods as well as wheat rye barley different fruit and vegs dairy fish and meat and dairy. If you live in London or Greater London there are over a hundred chemists linked to Alphega but you may have to screen thru the icon map post code branches to check for allergy services. It is from Germany and has helped me after a lifetime of not knowing what was affecting my health.

[userotc]

I can recommend Gillian Gamer in London, if appropriate for you. I communicated entirely remotely.

[userotc in reply to userotc]

Janet not Gamer! Google will find her.

[userotc in reply to userotc]

Hamer. Damned corrective text!

[huggit in reply to userotc]

Thank you have sent her a message, did she help you?

[userotc in reply to huggit]

Yes I would say so. To be honest, she realised that my diet was more or less sorted before I contacted her (but she did still make some useful suggestions). Her main help to me was in proposing specific supplements. So, the degree of benefit will depend on where you are in your recovery journey.

Good luck.

Oliver

[huggit in reply to userotc]

Thank you

[colgan]

You can search here for areas and they will also list specialities like IBS:

freelancedietitians.org/die...

This is an official site as it's linked to from the Association of UK Dieticians

[userotc in reply to colgan]

Personally I'd avoid dieticians as I believe they are an extension of doctors! Ideally you want a Naturopathic Nutritionist.

[Moijoy]

Hi Huggit,

I am already gluten dairy and yeast free have been for many years but the IBS D was still not getting better. I had an update with my herbalist in 2018 and she put me on the GAPS diet and now I have normal B/M (Bowel movements).

GAPS Gut and Psychology Syndrome

My herbalist recommended that I try the GAPS diet so I got a good stock of chicken broth in my freezer made from chicken carcasses and sometimes a whole chicken.

On the 6th August 2018 with supplements from my herbalist and instructions what to do I started the GAPS diet there is a food list of what to eat and what not to eat it is al explained in the book Gut and Psychology Syndrome Revised and Expanded Edition by Dr. Natasha Campbell-Mcbride MD.

I have other health problems going on but have had IBS diarrhoea/ loose stools for many years with lose of weight over the years. And due to the weight problem I was not put on the diet from the start as I could not afford to loose any more weight, so with the supplements and chicken broth before every meal/3 times a day and the foods I can eat which incidentally there is a lot of choice and I didn’t feel restricted at all as my diet was already healthy gluten free,dairy free.

By the 2nd October 2018 I have started to have formed B/M (bowel movements) but was short lived back to being loose B/M that went on being loose and soft until 8th January and then it was firm with a couple of bouts of constipation and giving me painful piles but now it has settled down to being formed soft for a few months now, I never thought I would see the day when my B/M were normal again, I still have a bit of bubbly tummy’s and tummy aches.

If you are going to do the GAPS diet for the chicken broth I would recommend buying a slow cooker as it is so much easier.

You might be able to borrow the book from a library which I did to start and then I bought my own copy.

[xjrs]

Hi Huggit, Have you been referred to a NHS dietician to take you through the fodmap diet? Have you downloaded the Monash University fodmap app onto your smartphone via Google Play (monashfodmap.com/ibs-centra...? This tells you safe foods for IBS sufferers and in what quantities. Since some of the carbs are restricted quantity wise it might help you lose weight. There is also the Kings College Foodmaestro app (kcl.ac.uk/lsm/schools/life-.... This is the UK version. The great thing about this app is that it has products found in UK supermarkets listed and it tells you which should be safe for you. There can also be complications from non-fodmap foods e.g. it seems I may not be able to tolerate acidic foods or fruits that are supposed to be fodmap friendly. The best thing to do is to only introduce anything new over a 3 day period and then wait for symptoms and record these in a food diary. I have had a poor experience with private nutritional therapists, they are expensive, most just seem to want to push supplements which in themselves can be expensive and may not help, not discuss diet too much and when I asked for a meal plan to be put together, they'd say that this isn't something they would do or it would take too long and cost me a lot of money. The NHS is at least free and has undergone clinical trials - note that the private practice of nutritional therapy is unregulated and their standards vary widely. Have you also joined theibsnetwork.org/? Once you have paid your annual subscription you can post questions to experts. I put off doing this and wish I'd joined a long time ago - I might have saved myself a lot of money.

[grufjones in reply to xjrs]

Agree with the fodmap approach and using an App to manage around the trigger foods that cause your IBS symptoms. The Monash App is a great start, I know the Foodmaestro app does not work on many phones - certainly not on mine. I ended up using the Tummi Fodmap App it has the KingsCollege fodmap information in it and is a really good food and symptom diary.

[Vicky_2019]

Hi, believe me there is nothing like IBS, it is just displacement of your naval. When it moves from center to downward then it causes IBS - D, when it moves upward from center then it causes IBS - C. It has no solution in medicines but it is 100% curable if you place your naval at the center by some exercises. Believe me you will be 100% cured within 7-10 days and of course free of cost. But allopathy or modern science doesn't believe this but this is very small problem here in rural India.

[huggit in reply to Vicky_2019]

Thank you what exercises are you thinking of?

[IBSNetwork Partner IBS Network]

Have you tried keeping a 12-week wellness diary recording what you have eaten and how you are feeling? This may help you identify your food triggers.