So I have been told that I may have IBS and should try a lowfodmap diet, has anyone has success?

[ilytotoro]

So I am currently waiting to see a dietician but have been told I should try a Lowfodmap diet whilst waiting.

I would like to know if anyone else has had success from this diet? I am currently vegan and have a mild allergy to nuts/sesame, any advice or websites I can go to for recipes would be much appreciated!

[b1b1b1]

The Fodmap diet is helpful, but I will say that it is much more difficult if you are a vegan. Amazon has several good guides to the diet.

[Andann]

Fodmap is well worth following....purchase the app. It's also worth cutting gluten /wheat products down to the equivalent of 1 and a half slices of bread per day ( so be aware of biscuits/crackers/breadcrumbs on food. ) Quite hard to be vegan without the protein from nuts. Is it all nuts? Low fodmap advises to be careful with cashew nuts. You will get lots more detail from a dietitian but worth starting now. I have had the most success with cutting out onion, garlic, leek, chilli, low gluten and no dairy (hard cheeses and goat/buffalo feta ok as is low fat cheddar) , low alcohol intake, no fizzy drinks, decaff coffee, no teas containing caffeine or other stimulants. Spread fruit intake over 3 meals, no fruit juice unless diluted and small amounts. But everyone has different triggers. It's important to keep up the water or fruit tea intake.

[xjrs]

I will pm you some tips.

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FODMAP has helped me greatly as far as I can work out. Success is not a word I’d use as it subjective. What FODMAP helped me do along with (later) keeping a detailed IBS network diary (specially designed) to help you work out what triggers the digestive difficulties. We are all different so what food may be triggering one may not another. It’s complicated just like us and particularly our guts. Wheat definitely upsets my gut as does onion garlic and white parts of leeks. I can tolerate small amounts of green spring onion and chives. Apples definitely upset my gut too. FODMAP isn’t simple either so I suggest looking for Facebook pages - I learnt a lot from one many years ago, before I got to see the dietician that I requested my GP to refer me to. I googled FODMAP recipes downloaded the Monash app which was definitely worth paying for and I believe there are more apps available now ( Monash Australia is where it started with testing foods etc.) Here is link for Kings college London: kcl.ac.uk/lsm/Schools/life-...

Hope that helps. Good luck.

[Smeese]

The low fodmap diet was the beginning of my recovery after 30 years of increasingly problematic IBS. Stick to it for a while as the object is to remove the build up of fermenting undigested food in the gut - it's helpful to also take a probiotic like psyllium husk or flaxseed to speed that process. It's fairly easy to adapt to no onions, garlic or wheat if you look for alternatives in the low fodmap food lists and lactose free dairy is in most supermarkets. I also gave up added refined sugar which helped a lot with my horrible symptoms.