Gastro Girl's "Ask A Registered Dietitian" is a regular series featuring common questions answered by registered dietitians with expertise working with patients living with various digestive health symptoms and conditions. This week, Katelyn Collins, RD , a registered dietitian specializing…
One in four people in the United States suffer from gastrointestinal disorders such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)—and those are just the people who have been diagnosed. It can be a struggle to find relief from symptoms of cramping and…
Mark Twain once said: “The secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.” Patients and providers are increasingly recognizing that food’s battleground is the GI tract. There has been an…
The Low FODMAP diet is a multiple phase elimination diet that has been shown to help improve symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The strict phase of the diet calls for a restriction of certain types of fermentable carbohydrates including…
We have covered a lot of the basics and hopefully answered many of your questions about the low-FODMAP diet. But one question that people always seem to have is, “OK, I get it… but what’s for dinner?” So today I…
You may have mastered grocery shopping, but are you still freaked out when it comes to attending a cocktail party? I want you to enjoy yourself, and even have a cocktail, so I am going to share my top tips…
If you are anything like me, you absolutely LOVE grocery shopping, reading nutrition labels, and especially finding new delicious products at the store! Do we not have this in common? The good news is that if you are not up…
With any project, you want to be prepared when you decide to embark on the low-FODMAP diet. As a dietitian who has taught the low-FODMAP elimination diet to hundreds of people, I want to share with you some helpful tips…
The acronym FODMAP stands for fermentable oligo- di- mono- saccharides and polyols – quite a mouthful. I like to describe them as short-chain carbohydrates. The foods that fall into this category can be poorly absorbed in the small intestine and…