The Diet That May Calm An IBS Flair | BOK

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🗓️ 6 October 2025

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311: 79: Can this diet help calm down an IBS flare? Todays’ Bite of Knowledge we are talking all about a low residue diet and what that even is! It may be the short term solution in getting your gut inflammation down and back on track! As always, if you have any questions for the show please email us at [email protected]. And if you like this show, please share it, rate it, review it and subscribe to it on your favorite podcast app. Sponsored By: → Seed | Go to seed.com/digest and use code 25digest for 25% off Check Out Bethany: → Bethany’s Instagram: @lilsipper → YouTube → Bethany’s Website → Discounts & My Favorite Products → My Digestive Support Protein Powder → Gut Reset Book → Get my Newsletters (Friday Finds) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to The Digest This Podcast, and I'm your host, Bethany Cameron.
0:07.6	What is a low-residue diet? And can it help your IBS? That's today's bite of knowledge.
0:16.2	Hey guys, welcome back. It's Bethany Cameron, your host. and today's bite of knowledge is, you guessed it, all about low residue diets.
0:28.7	So what is a low residue diet? Well, a low residue diet is meant to put as few demands on the digestive tract as possible. It's similar to a low fiber
0:42.2	diet, but it also excludes some foods that can stimulate bowel contractions. So let's get into
0:50.8	what these foods are and how it can help. So the term low residue refers to material
0:58.7	left in your digestive tract after the initial stages of digestion are finished. These materials
1:05.9	often contain a lot of fiber because the body can't fully digest fiber, which is another reason
1:13.0	those with IBS may feel better on a low fiber diet or low residue diet. This diet guideline
1:20.7	restricts foods that contain indigestible material. This causes the body to produce smaller amounts of stool less frequently
1:30.3	and is typically recommended for people with inflammatory bowel disease, aka IBD, those that get
1:38.4	a lot of stomach flares for also like for bowel surgery, colonoscopy prep, other things like that.
1:46.2	Now, colitis, ulcerative colitis, and also acute diverticulitis, those symptoms and
1:55.0	conditions, this diet may benefit them as well.
2:00.0	But don't worry. These recommendations aren't a forever
2:05.0	protocol and often followed only for a period of time just until the flare settles down and goes
2:14.2	away, which for some could be just a week following this protocol and
2:20.0	others months. So how does the low residue diet actually work? So get this, you guys,
2:27.9	the daily recommended amount of fiber that people should ideally consume is about 25 to 38 grams depending on your height and weight
2:37.2	and activity level, et cetera. So this may not be right for people with IBS of any sort. And I personally
2:47.6	feel better on a lower fiber diet overall and just in general, even if I'm not
2:54.7	in a flare, et cetera, I just feel a lot better on a low fiber diet. And don't worry,
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