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Wednesday 17 July 2019

Your Guide To A Low Fodmap Diet

By Angela Phillips


It is true that food and water is one of the reason why people survive. However, if one does not consider their intake that much, it could actually be a leading cause of triggering some symptoms or issues on your digestive system. Know that there are few individuals who are quite sensitive and immediately restricting certain kinds of food is not the immediate answer to such dilemma. You could at least try having some 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.

So basically fodmap is an abbreviation which is basically just combination of terms which are scientifically considered as classifiers for those carbs you are eating every now and then. Though these carbs are naturally nutritious and good for the body, if your stomach is sensitive to this then you would most likely end up with trouble.

Mostly, it could cause several conditions like bloating, gas and some obvious stomach pain as soon as you finished eating foods with any of these nutrients included. And the worst part is that its percentage on a certain serving is not always fixed. It will always vary on the food you are eating which carries the following nutrients.

First, the oligosaccharides which is present on wheat, legumes, rye, and several veggies and fruits like onions or garlics. Then next is disaccharides which happens to be present in most dairy product like yogurt, soft cheese and milk. In short its main carb are all of lactose kind.

You have the third group monosaccharides, its on several fruits like figs as well as mangoes. This also are found on common sweeteners like agave nectar and honey. Its main carb is fructose. Last group would be the polyols and its in blackberries, lychees and also in few low calorie kinds of sweeteners like that one being added on sugar free chewing gums.

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.

Anyway, if you think that these particular contents and nutrients are the mere reason for your constant digestive problems then its time to look at your options into this diet. All you have to do is check with your dietician and ask for some recommendations regarding your food plan to hopefully lessen your digestive triggers from suffering of IBS or certain sensitivity level on your stomach.




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