Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) / FODMAPs Intolerance

There are a number of dietary factors which can impact gut symptoms. Wahroonga Dietitian Sue Jones is very experienced at sorting through the myriad of food-related issues with you, and helping you to manage your symptoms.

IBS AND FODMAPS

If you suffer from IBS, then changing your diet is likely to result in a huge reduction in the severity of your symptoms.

Learn how to improve the quality of your life by making some changes to your diet.

While the low FODMAP diet has proven to be effective in managing IBS in up to 80% or more of sufferers, managing your IBS is more than just ‘reducing FODMAPs’.

The Monash University research Doctors and Dietitians recommend consulting an Accredited Practising Dietitian, such as Sue, who specialises in gastrointestinal issues, for guidance on how to manage the low FODMAP diet. Talking with Sue will make it so much easier for you.

Examples of how helpful it can be to see Sue from Wahroonga Dietitian include:

• Discovering and understanding what you can eat safely. There will be many foods which you are advised to minimise during the ‘test diet’ period of the low FODMAP diet. Without sorting things out, you can be left wondering what there is to eat.
• How to make some simple swaps, from foods you currently eat (which contain FODMAPs) to similar foods that do not contain FODMAPs.
• Which brands of foods are suitable.
• Where to shop to find suitable foods.
• Discussing meal ideas and providing recipes.
• Talking to you about how ‘strict’ the diet needs to be for you.
• Talking to you about what to expect from trialling the low FODMAP diet.
• Suggestions of how to make food tasty.
• Suggestions of what to eat for each of your meals and snacks.
• Discussing relevant issues such as what to do about eating out.
• Discussing fibre, how to ensure you are getting enough of the right type of fibre.
• Discussing how to manage your diet in the long term. The low FODMAP diet is not meant to be what you do for the rest of your life. The low FODMAP diet is a short-term ‘test’ diet only.

Our Wahroonga dietitians can also guide you on how to do some FODMAP ‘food challenges’, so you learn how much of the FODMAP foods you might be able to tolerate, and which ones you can reintroduce without upsetting your system.

Learn how to manage your IBS, so it does not ruin your life.

If you have tried the low FODMAP diet, yet still are experiencing symptoms, you will want to make an appointment to see our Wahroonga dietitians. There is plenty we can help you with.

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