Have you ever eaten certain foods that made it seem like someone stuffed a balloon in your stomach? Ever won way too many belching contests after dinner? I HAVE!
For years I have been suffering with food intolerances and have spent a considerable quantity of my valuable daily energy on trying to avoid wheat and dairy (and caving constantly! ...oh pastries you are so evil!), only to find that my rather socially undesirable symptoms are worsening!
Well as you can imagine one can only go so far without seeking more advanced medical advice. This is exactly what I did yesterday during my first visit to the dieticians office. After listening intently to a my recounts of various situations where my stomach has decided to hate me, she concluded that I try a low FODMAP diet. So what does this mean??????
Well according to my little handout, there is a certain group of sugars that including fructose, lactose, fructans, galactans and polyols that are sometimes poorly absorbed in the small bowel. As they travel through the bowel they are fermented by bacteria and can cause horrible symptoms such as bloating, wind, diarrhoea etc.
I have been given a low FODMAP diet guideline which details foods to 'limit or avoid' and foods that i should be able to eat freely. As a lover of fruit I was a little more than sad to discover that my beloved pears and apples would have to be tossed out the window, along with avocados, onions and other foods that my palette adores (but my stomach may not).
SO WHY HAVE I CREATED A BLOG?????? Well, as a lover of food, cooking, baking and just about anything food orientated I am determined not to have a boring, indulgent free, flavour free diet! So I will be posting regular tried and tested recipes that i have found or formulated based upon the low FODMAP diet plan. Now I must stress that I am not a trained medical professional, I am just a normal UNI student with a passion for healthy cooking! Some of these recipes may contain very small amounts of FODMAP ingredients but I promise to specify where these are present.
So if you have recently been put on the low FODMAP diet and are feeling a bit down in the dumps about it, use my blog as a bit of inspiration and feel free to try my healthy and always delicious recipes!
Feel free to send me recipes for your own delicious creations too. Together we can keep each other on track and INSPIRED!
you need to keep writing!!! I have also just started this low FODMAP diet and could use some advice :)
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