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Posted 12/31/2011 1:09 AM (GMT 0)
Has anyone used a FODMAP diet to control their symptoms? If so, did it work, and where do I find info? My stepmother (to-be!) is a nurse at a gastroenterologist office, and she said I should look it up. But theres a lot of websites and Im getting cross-eyed! shocked
Posted 1/1/2012 6:24 AM (GMT 0)
I am on the FODMAP diet for symptoms of Fructose Malabsorption. It is a very restrictive diet, but I'm doing so much better on it. I tested positive for FM with the hydrogen breath test. Also tested positive for SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth) and was treated with Rafaximin 500 mg 3x's a day for 2 weeks with good results. I'm having normal bowel movements for the first time in about 10 years.   

Your future m-i-l should be able to snag a copy of the diet from her GI office so you could begin an elimination of FODMAP foods to see if you begin to feel better. SEARCH symptoms of fructose malabsorption, and also SIBO to check if your symptoms match up.

Best wishes, and I hope you get to feel better in the near future. 

Posted 1/1/2012 9:09 AM (GMT 0)
Come over to the Crohn's forum! There are three of us doing the fodmaps diet there.

You're best ignoring most of the websites. Fodmaps is an evolving diet (in that it is still being researched by the experts, and changed in accordance with the results gained), and a lot of information on the internet is either outdated or just plain inaccurate to start with. Your best sources are

Shepherdworks, the practice of the dietitian who actually developed the diet, and

Monash University, in Melbourne, Australia (just Google "Monash fodmaps" to get lots of results.

Hope this is helpful, and do pop over to Crohn's if you want to chat with some other fodmappers.

Ivy.
Posted 1/16/2012 4:25 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks ivy6...will head on over to the Crohn's forum.  turn
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