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    What is the best diet for IBS sufferers?

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    Digestive Health Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
    My daughter has just been diagnosed with IBS and we are researching diet for ibs sufferers. Do you have any advice or tips to ease the symptoms?
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  • Zoe Nicholson

    Dietitian

    At figureate, accredited practising dietitians Zoe Nicholson and Marlene Gojanovic will help you get off the dieting merry-go-round and show you how to change your … View Profile

    There is no one ideal diet for managing IBS. Triggers for IBS are different for everybody and it is important you have medical causes ruled out. If you do not have any identifiable disease, then it is important you seek help from an accredited practising dietitian who has experience in this area. If your daughter's diet is healthy and well balanced with adequate fibre, then she may have food intolerance. FODMAPs, natural food chemicals (salicylates, amines, glutamate) and food additives can trigger symptoms in some people. Trying to work out on your own which foods, or components within foods, are triggering symptoms is difficult and often confusing. A dietitian can help you do this and also provide suitable meal ideas, eating out tips and recipes to make the process easier. 

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    Daria Florea

    Counsellor, Psychotherapist

    I work on the Central Coast (Hornsby population too if you prefer travelling). As a counsellor I nurture you through your issues, help you find … View Profile

    I am a counsellor but here I talk as a member of the public, from experience. I agree with Zoe, I suffered for six years and it was worsening until I followed the FODMAP diet which changed my life.  

    NB: There is no incentive for me to promote FODMAP. I am just glad to be functional for several years now. 

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