Dietician or Nutritionist?

[KnackeredBack]

I've had IBS for many years and now also have Barretts oesophagus, so when bad, have indigestion and rotten guts constantly. I've had a colonoscopy and endoscopy to check that nothing nasty is going on, and all fine, but it's getting more difficult to deal with and I'd like to try any other avenues.

Has anyone with IBS or BOe every tried a nutritionist or dietician to try and help reduce symptoms?

TIA

No, but find a dietician. Anyone can claim they're a nutritionist.

I studied for 3 years to become a nutritionist. Not everyone is a swindler! You can check their credentials before you go to see someone or get a recommendation.

I'd see a nutritionist. Like any therapist there are good an bad; some you gel with and some you wont.

Are you under a medical team? Have they not pointed you towards the hospital dietician to help you keep your symptoms to a minimum?

Good luck, it's a debilitating disease.

Have you tried hypnosis? The brain and the gut are linked and there's plenty of evidence to show that hypnosis is, in most cases, more effective than diet or medication.

Thanks for replying all. Yes, I was aware of the distinction re: nutritionist v dietician, but also aware that there are some good nutritionists out there too. almondfinger - you're not in East Anglia/Midlands are you? If you were, I'd book in with you!
henrysugar12 - really interesting and didn't know that so will investigate further.

Take a look at keto for IBS.
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And before you talk to a dietician/nutitionist watch Zoe Harcombe disect the roigins of nutritional guidlines.
Best of luck!

Thank you,

This.

Although some trained dietitians may be working as a nutritionist

Dietician. They are a regulated profession.

Have a look at City Dieticians - I saw Sophie there for my IBS and chronic migraine and did FODMAP with her support. Much cheaper than I'd expected tbh!

Regulated, science-based professions only for me. I saw a dietitian who was helpful. She specialized in IBS and other disorders.
I also saw a dietitian as a teenager when I became vegetarian.

I'm a dietitian. Make sure it is someone with RD (registered dietitian) after their name
www.bda.uk.com/find-a-dietitian.html
However, get your GP to refer you to your local hospital dietetic department for FODMAP advice for your IBS.

Zoe Harcombe is a hack who has repeatedly been warned about giving medically unsafe advice on dieting and making false claims in her diet books.

Nick Norwitz claims to have cured his rapid onset osteoporosis and ulcerative colitis by eating keto diet for less than a year, to have been admitted to a palliative ward in a hospital in Oxford and sent home with a heartrate of 20pbm and many other magical thinking levels of detail about his health. Take his claims with an enormous amount pinch of salt.

I have IBS and a hiatus hernia. Normal colonoscopies. I had support from a dietitian to do low FODMAP. I saw a significant reduction in my symptoms doing low FODMAP. Mine was NHS a few years ago, not sure if that’s still available though.

Perhaps you can get that in your area. I have had IBS for over 20 years with all referral requests refused.

One GP told me to switch to brown bread /pasta / rice and when I came back a month later with worse pain and symptoms said "oh you're the other kind, stick to white bread / pasta / rice" and that was it.

The dietician I saw was ex-NHS and a university lecturer. She took me through FODMAP. Took a few months and only a few appointments. Well worth the money and it wasn't that much tbh.

Thanks all. x

I work in a bog standard general hospital, we have FODMAP trained staff. It's a GP problem if they won't refer you. It's accepted practice everywhere now, has been for years!

I’ve suffered from IBS for over 25 years, seen dieticians and nutritionists.
The NHS ones were unhelpful ime (actually saw 2 as one resigned half way through treatment). They put me on the low fodmap diet and when that didn’t help they appeared to not know what else to suggest so discharged me, leaving me to
it.

I saw a nutritionist who seemed so genuine but come the consultation she talked over me the whole time and assured me that she could ‘cure’ me within a month by me eating 2 eggs for breakfast (even though I explained eggs upset me), by eating 12 different vegetables per day and purchasing £150 worth of supplements! Needless to say her advice did not help and actually made me worse. That was £200 down the drain.

I’m in East Anglia also so will be watching this with interest incase anyone recommends some one near by.

I follow Sophie on IG and have tried contacting the City Dieticians but no one gets back. Is she worth seeing? Wonder if I should try again?

Myheartgoingboomboomboom - I've booked in with a dietician fairly locally so will let you know if any good. x

KnackeredBack good luck, let me know how it goes.