Here’s one of Zenker’s favorite low-FODMAP meal plans. “In general, meats, eggs, hard cheeses, and fats like butter, olive oil, and coconut oil are all well tolerated and can serve as a mainstay for ...

Many women deal with the uncomfortable impacts of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and turn to their doctors for relief. Alongside medications, doctors may ask them to follow a specific eating plan to ...

Eating foods low in certain carbohydrates called FODMAPs may help ease some IBS-C symptoms. But it’s just one part of an overall IBS-C management plan. If you live with irritable bowel syndrome with ...

Every stomach has different food triggers for feeling tired, sick, bloated, or generally unwell. Because of that, doctors often recommend an elimination diet. The idea is to track and think about what ...

The term FODMAP is an acronym for fermentable oligo-, di-, mono-saccharides and polyols. In short, they are fermentable carbohydrates found in many of the foods we commonly eat. Albina explains that ...

Struggling with symptoms like diarrhea, bloating, and gas isn’t exactly a recipe for a good time. And, if it goes on long enough, you’ll probably do a little online detective work to try to figure out ...

The low FODMAP diet is a temporary, elimination diet designed to help gastrointestinal disorders. On a low FODMAP diet, avoid foods high in FODMAP carbs like fructose, sorbitol, and lactose. Cut these ...

In a recent review published in the journal Nutrients, researchers in Italy discussed the potential pathophysiological mechanisms of the low FODMAP (fermentable oligosaccharide, disaccharide, ...

People with gastrointestinal (GI) disorders like irritable bowel syndrome often have trouble digesting certain kinds of carbohydrates, which causes a lot of uncomfortable symptoms like bloating, gas, ...

A 12-week low FODMAP diet not only eased pain, bloating, and diarrhea in IBS patients but also raised levels of the gut hormone GLP-1. However, the hormone shift didn’t fully explain the symptom ...