The lowdown on FODMAPs

A low-FODMAPs diet, the abbreviation for fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols, has been shown to reduce symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, IBS, in studies conducted at Monash University in Australia. It is a diet crafted to remove fructans, fructooligosaccharides (inulin), galactooligosaccharides, lactose, fructose, sorbitol, and mannitol that human bowel flora metabolize and many need to survive. A low-FODMAPS diet is therefore designed to starve bowel flora that metabolize such sugars. You can find a listing of FODMAPS eliminated and permissible foods here. Does it work to reduce symptoms of IBS? Yes, it does. a FODMAPs-reduced diet reduces the bloating, abdominal discomfort, and unpredictable bowel urgency and diarrhea characteristic of IBS. The relief provided can be considerable. Recall that most IBS is really SIBO. In other words, efforts to reduce diarrhea, cramping, and urgency typically ignore the cause: unhealthy changes in bowel flora that have ascended up from the colon and into the ileum, jejunum, duodenum, and stomach. But the FODMAPs diet has triggered considerable confusion on what it accomplishes and what it does not accomplish, some even advocating it as a panacea. And is it good for you? Does it improve health? And what is the effect on the microbiome? Is it really an answer for health issues? Does reducing the symptoms of IBS lead to better bowel and overall health long-term? I believe it helps to view a FODMAPs-redu...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: News & Updates bowel flora dybsiosiso FODMAP microbiota prebiotic probiotic resistant starch sibo small intestinal bacterial overgrowth Source Type: blogs