FODMAP book recommendation

[J972]

Hello everyone,

Can someone please point me in the direction of a comprehensive FODMAP book? I’ve become increasingly intolerant to so many foods which cause me no end of widespread pain/inflammation/reflux. I’m gluten free and now dairy free, also avoiding soya and am now very reluctantly going to try forsaking my beloved coffee for…..lord only knows. How do you replace the irreplaceable?

Also can anyone throw any light on whether food intolerances abate as as thyroid replacement/vitamins and minerals are optimised? I started out on 50mcgs of Levothyroxine several weeks ago.

Thanks 🙏

[Jaydee1507 Administrator]

MONASH are the FODMAP people and do have a phone app if you use that sort of thing.

monashfodmap.com/blog/3-pha...

What foods are you intolerant of or do you even know yet?

Coffee isn't so terrible if you have it in small amounts and drink it fresh from brewed beans.

Soya is high in histamine if that might be a clue.

[J972 in reply to Jaydee1507]

Thanks Jaydee, I’ll look them up.

I don’t really know yet, I’ve got progressively worse these past few weeks. Awaiting an endoscopy.

Massive coffee snob, carefully source my beans and grind them with my prized grinder, enjoying a couple of cups using filter cone. I have heard that coffee relaxes the sphincter muscles at the bottom of the oesophagus, thereby causing reflux. Be interested to hear others’ views on this one.

Thanks again.

[Batty1 in reply to J972]

Coffee can give you heartburn if it has high acidity and some brews are higher then others …. I can’t do starbucks coffee its too acidity and causes me heartburn… have you tried eating prior to coffee.

[J972 in reply to Batty1]

Hi,

No I have traditionally had my coffee before breakfast. Interestingly, I skipped coffee today and the symptoms are VASTLY improved. So, there’s definitely something going on there, coffee-wise.

Thanks for your response!

[SmallBlueThing]

"Food combining" (the Hay diet), although dismissed as pseudoscience, may allow you to tolerate a less restricted diet.

[J972 in reply to SmallBlueThing]

Thanks for the tip, I’ll check it out 👍

[CoeliacMum1]

Without sounding like a broken record as I seem to post almost same comments on various posts

When women hit a certain age and things start changing after being ok and nothing else is a problem…I always wonder if menopause is at play, and the 3 declining hormones cause problems especially if we have other hormonal issues.

Are you on HRT?

Is this something that’s just crept on with peri/menopause do you think?

I have never had digestive problems I’m a asymptomatic coeliac, but as hit perimenopause I found I’m getting IBS like bloating itchy skin and intensify pelvic pain…I’m hrt but adjusting dose at present. I have read many random changes can occur with menopause.

I know thyroid often causes various random symptoms too, but mainly constipation and low stomach acid so it’s difficult to pick out what’s what especially if you’re thyroid has been ok previously and this just starting.

Just something to consider.

[J972 in reply to CoeliacMum1]

Thanks for your thoughts. I’ve explored multiple HRT regimes but came to the realisation earlier this year that, since many of my symptoms weren’t being resolved, something else must be happening. (Hence why I’m now on Levothyroxine.) I’m approximately 5 years post menopausal (early menopause, possibly thyroid related) and the gut problems started fairly recently - maybe late June? I’ve stopped HRT.

I’ve been reading extensively about gut issues and thyroid and it’s pretty much beyond dispute that there’s a correlation. Low stomach acid seems implicated in a lot of what I’ve seen as does H. Pylori, which im going to be asking about at an upcoming GP appointment.

[Bertwills]

Hi, I have the same problems. I can’t tolerate many Fodmap foods. There are loads of recipes on Pinterest if you have a look. I don’t have a cook book but google for recipes.

I have found changing my dairy to sheep or goat milk products helpful also using nut milks, cashew & almond from Plenish are my favourites.

Gluten free helps too.

The main Fodmap foods to avoid for me are onions, leeks, root vegetables generally. Beans, peppers, It can be trial and error or you can follow the guidelines carefully which are very restrictive.

I’ve found using digestive enzymes help. Time Health is my favourite brand, they really help me.

[J972 in reply to Bertwills]

Thanks very much for sharing your experiences and for the digestive enzyme recommendation, this is probably something I need to pursue eventually.