HOW TO HELP YOURSELF EASE DIGESTIVE DISTRESS BY ELIMINATING FODMAPS

An Australian dietitian was probably the first to associate FODMAPs with digestive distress. As she did some searching for ways to relieve gastrointestinal symptoms of celiac disease she experimented with a diet eliminating or strictly limiting FODMAP,s, she found that the health and quality of life of these patients was markedly improved. This was enough for her to join with a professor at Melbourne's Monash University to conduct more studies. They discovered that a low-FODMAP diet reduced digestive symptoms in 75% of the studies subjects. It may sound simple but FODMAPs are found in many common foods ie apples, onions, wheat, milk, soy, even honey, just to name a few. Following a low-FODMAP diet can be tricky and it is not meant to be a permanent diet. Within a couple of months suffers should be able to find their trigger foods which could pay long term benefits. Since I try not to use this group for recipes, I have five recipe groups which are listed on the side bar, I will be posting some low-FODMAP recipes at times on those sites. You are welcome to check them out going forward for some recipes there. I will also write more about FODMAPs here tomorrow. Check out my two previous posts which have some food charts. Wheat is probably the number one FODMAP food causing

digestive distress and it is found in many foods. If you want to try eliminating it from your diet, and it is a good place to start, you must read the nutritional label on almost everything you buy.

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