Low FODMAP Diet

[LadyEloise]

Is anyone doing a low FODMAP diet and if so what are your tips please ?
Thanks in advance.

Get the fodmap app (it has a fork and a heart on it). Allows you to scan products to see if they are ok.

Thank you

Anyone doing low FODMAP ?

I have IBD and downloaded this App yesterday. I understand it's good for IBS and IBD people but it basically says no fruit, apart from oranges. I don't know if I can go fruit-free!

Which app please ? No link

Are you following it under a dietitian? DH was put on it 3 years ago to treat his IBS. It's so restrictive, in the end he decided he would rather eat normally and be poorly.

Same as PP. My Dad was advised to follow it but found it so restrictive he couldn't keep it up. So though he watches what he eats he hasn't been able to be strict with it because it honestly cut out everything he enjoys eating

Low Fodmap isn't healthy long term though? I did it for 3 months and my IBS didn't improve. I thought it was just for a few months to find the cause of the problem.

I've keep a rough mental track of the fodmaps in my foods and most of the time it works for me.

8 or so years ago (so things might have changed since then ) an NHS dietician took me through the initial 8 week phase which is very restrictive. After that you go through reintroducing foods one food at a time, one group of fodmaps at a time. You really need some sort of dietician help for this stage, as it's easy to get overwhelmed.

Then once you know your triggers you can eat a wider diet, eg if I know I'm going to have a lactose containing ice cream later then I will limit how many other moderate fodmap foods I will eat for the rest of the day.

Fruit is allowed, off the top of my head I'm sure you can have blueberries, grapes, strawberries, kiwi fruit but again portion sizes are important.

I have the Monash University app, a blue background with a black and white squiggly arrow.

One thing to be aware of, research changes what is low fodmap over time, so for example, when I started all cabbage was classed as high fodmap, but now white cabbage at a certain portion size is safe to eat.

I also find I still have other triggers that are low fodmap, eggs and lettuce are two of them so low fodmap is not a one and done solution.

Monash app all the way. It is very restrictive so dont do it for more than 6-8 weeks

@MistySkiesAfterRain, or anyone else who has the Monash app - how helpful have you found it for UK products, a lot of the feedback I've seen on the appstore says that it mostly seems to cater to the Australian & US market. Also, is it helpful for symptom tracking, & can you input your own meals or do you have to go with their suggested meal plan? As that's another criticism I've read on the app store. I'm reluctant to spend £8 on something that's potentially not very helpful, can't really justify it if the app isn't great.

The Monash app is still good as it advises what measurements can used of a certain food which are lo fodmap eg pink lady apple
20 g OK green 28g Amber 200g red traffic light.

A lot of the pre made food eg bread and cereals is American or Australian brands.

I definitely found it useful.

Just looked and there is a section for prepared meals, none of them look British, but there isn't any British app like this that I know. If you are doing fodmap I don't think you are best buying prepared meals anyway....but you would get a gist of what to avoid. The rest of the fodmap app is non prepared ingredients I find that super helpful and easy to check, works best if you are cooking from scratch.

I never used it to create meals within the app, I listed meals and ingredients I liked and checked which were fodmap friendly and came up with a basic meal plan for a month.

I then logged it in an app like My Fitness Pal (I use Cronometer) to check it was nutritionally balanced.

I wasn't thinking of prepared meals, more like ingredients such as serving sizes of oyster sauce, vinegar, bovril, British brands of "free from" type foods, etc. I haven't eaten prepared meals for years as they're really expensive for something that's so unreliable, so many ingredients that will probably irritate my guts, & most of the time they aren't as nice as homemade anyway.

There is a UK app and you can scan lots of barcodes with it. Called fodmap by fm. It is pale blue and has a fork and heart on it.