Your Guide To A Low Fodmap Diet

By Angela Phillips


Exploring and experimenting food is all fun and great until you learn that it can be one of the possible triggers of you having some kind of digestive disorders. This is particularly what happens if you have sensitive stomach and you cannot handle few nutrients that are included in a certain recipe or food. And one way to actually get you through this dilemma is learning about low fodmap recipes.

These kind of foods are highly recommended by experts in terms of managing your IBS. This stands for irritable bowel syndrome. Know, at that point, the information may still be a little confusing for you but no worries, it will be expounded on the following paragraphs down below. By the end of this article, you will know everything you need to know about this diet.

Initially fodmap means fermentable oligo, di, mono saccharides and polyols. It is a scientific term which is being used in classifying several types of carb which are nutritious and yet triggers digestive issues such as gas, stomach pains and bloating to some individuals who are highly sensitive to it.

And the most common conditions you would feel after eating various carb kind which you are not supposed to be eating is bloating, stomach pain and feeling huge amount of gas inside your tummy. Though, sometimes you are not really restricted in taking these kinds of foods but you have to choose those with lesser amount instead.

And the problem strikes right there since the contents of fodmap on a serving is not always the same. You cannot expect foods to have the same serving of these content so you would not know whether or not it could trigger the monster in the tummy. Anyway, what you could do is be familiarized of those goods with these contents.

At least when you have such idea, you could generally decide whether you take it or leave it. There are four classifications to fodmap and the very first one to that is oligosaccharides. Such nutrients are commonly found on onions as well as garlic. This may as well be present on your wheat products and legumes.

In short, the second content would normally be found on soft cheese, milk, yogurt and other dairy product. The third one with a main carb of fructose is called monosaccharides. You would normally see such contents in fruits such as mangoes and figs. This is even an ingredient in common sweeteners similar to what is on agave nectar and honey.

Aside from that, there still are more advantages to this particular diet which includes increase in levels of energy to an individual who is suffering from IBS. But, it was mentioned that there should be supports like placebo controls to even make this findings possibly effective for various individual.

This also was mentioned to improve the quality of life of people with IBS. Well, its kind of normal for them to feel a bit weak and in low quality life especially if they happen to deal with problems on their stomach from time to time. If there are chances to improve their lifestyle with such diet then most probably it is the right time to go see their dietician for their food guide.




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