Hello and

today we're going to the nutrition diva podcast.

I'm your host, Monica Reinagle.

And today we're going to be talking about some of the long-term implications of the low Fodmap diet. This

dietary approach can be very effective in reducing painful symptoms associated

with irritable bowel syndrome and that's a disorder that affects up to 15% of adults.

At the same time, the approach seems to contradict some of the standard healthy eating guidelines. Today we're going to talk

about reconciling the low Fodmap diet with other dietary advice and joining me to

sort through all of this is Tamra Duker Freeman.

She's a registered dietician and a digestive specialist,

a frequent guest on the Nutrition Diva Podcast,

and also author of The Bloated Belly Whisperer.

But before we bring Tamra in, let me just fill in a little background for those who may not be familiar with FOD Maps. The idea behind the low FODMAP diet is that most

IBS symptoms such as bloating and abdominal pain are triggered by certain types of carbohydrate that are poorly digested or absorbed.

By avoiding foods that contain those specific carbohydrate molecules, the symptoms of IBS can be greatly reduced.

Since its introduction in 2005, numerous studies and clinical trials have now shown the

low-fod map diet to be extremely and uniquely effective, much to the relief of millions

of IBS sufferers everywhere.

The term FODMAP is actually an acronym for the different types of

carbohydrate molecules that are targeted in this approach.

Fruchtans, oligosacroids, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols.

Boots that are high in one or more of these special molecules

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