That look of fear/confusion when starting the diet – ha ha!
Hi again all!
A change from recipes today…
A little while after learning about the low-FODMAP diet I wrote the below, ’10 Things FODMAPers Can Relate To’. In case you missed it, and because the FODMAP diet is receiving more and more awareness all the time, I thought I’d share it once again.
So, if you’ve followed, or are currently following the diet, you may be able to relate to some or all of the below (and hopefully have a giggle at them too!)
10 Things FODMAPers Can Relate To:
1. Starting out on the diet, looking at the list of ‘no’ foods and wondering what on earth you CAN eat.
2. Furiously Googling ‘(insert food)… fodmap?’ into your phone at a supermarket, hoping it will be in the ‘yes’ list and doing a mini celebration upon realising it is!*
*Or instead using the Monash University Low-FODMAP App, which makes life easy!
3. Proudly producing a meal to others and saying “it’s low-FODMAP you know” – only to receive blank/”yeah, so what?” expressions.
4. Being asked what FODMAP stands for umpteen times, and responding with…”errr really long and complicated words – to do with fibres”.
5. Going to a restaurant and looking for the meal with least FODMAPs, only to end up opting for the meal with the most…somehow.
6. Be impressed by the ‘free-from’ aisle in the supermarket, only to realise that a large proportion of the gluten-free foods still contain bloomin’ FODMAPS – ARRRRRR!
7. Going for an all you can eat knowing full well you will regret it and not caring one bit (until afterwards…).
8. Seeing high-FODMAP foods as the enemy *boooooo hissssss*
9. Becoming a food-version of ‘Mr/Ms Gadget’ carrying around weird and wonderful foods with you ‘just in case’.
10. Having a far happier tum/knowing your body much better since becoming a low-FODMAPer (hopefully…) and all the meal planning/change of lifestyle being completely worth it 🙂
Feel free to add to the list! Anna. xo
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This is a great list!
Thanks Contented Belly! 🙂
Great post, love it Anna, thanks!
Thanks Colleen!
OMGollygosh, this is GREAT!!!! LOVE IT! Many thanks!
Thanks Jennifer! Glad you like it! 🙂
What is the right way to reintroduce foods back into your diet? What are the main symptoms to look for, bloating, gas, discomfort or all of these things. Never have an immediate reaction to food. Is this important? Find it confusing. Thanks
Hi Margaret,
You will want to start by selecting one FODMAP group at a time, and one food from that group at a time. Starting off on Mondays are always a good rule of thumb. Start with fructose, lactose or polyols. Leave Fructans and GOS to the end. On a Monday, eat a small amount of a FODMAP food (like buttermilk – lactose, the D in FODMAPs – disaccharides). On Tuesday if you haven’t had any issues with that food, eat it again but in a portion you normally would. On Wednesday eat only the foods you have been eating during the elimination phase. On Thursday if there are still no symptoms, eat the challenge food two to three times more in that day. Friday through Sunday stick to all elimination foods again and then on Monday, try another a new FODMAP group. Keep in mind this is a very abbreviated version of how to do the challenge phase and I recommend working with someone like me, as I am a trained Certified Nutritionist Consultant and a graduate of The Low-FODMAP Diet Training Program™. Or you can work with an RD. All information I have shared is intended for your general knowledge only and is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment for specific medical conditions. Learn more about my nutritional counseling here and please don’t hesitate to ask more questions! http://www.boncalme.com/work-with-me/nutritional-counseling/ Best regards, Colleen
Love your post! I no longer feel like I swallowed a porcupine!!! (Do they have these around the world? If it’s not by you, it’s a large rodent-sized animal with quills that poke out. Imagine swallowing that!)
Ha ha this made me giggle! I know the creatures but we don’t have them in the UK – we do have hedgehogs though and I wouldn’t want to swallow one of those! Glad you liked it 🙂
Love this!!!
Thanks Shoshana!! 🙂 Hope you’re doing okay x
I’ve just started on the elimination portion of the FODMAP program (again! ^_^) This time I’m following the book’s recommendations so I don’t really have any of the problems on the list, but I might later in life. When someone asks me about my ‘diet’ I say, “I can’t eat anything that’ll ferment in my stomach” and leave it at that.
Glad to hear that you’re doing well with it 🙂 that’s a good response – the simpler the explanation the better I find, otherwise I seem to lose people in the conversation – ‘FOD-WHAT?!’ 😉 Good luck with the elimination phase (round 2!) hope you notice positive results quickly x
I feel like I can relate to this post too much! thanks for sharing with us!
I recently found the FODMAP Friendly app, which is cheaper than the Monash App, it has more foods tested and also includes products, which makes shopping even easier!
Thanks for the lovely comment Holly – glad you liked it 🙂 I’ve heard about this new app and am intrigued to give it a go! Thanks for the recommendation! Anna xo