
Gut Health
IBS and the FODMAP Diet: What It Is and Who It Helps
How irritable bowel syndrome is diagnosed, what FODMAP carbohydrates are, how the three-phase diet works, and why it must never become a permanent way of eating.
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4 articles

How irritable bowel syndrome is diagnosed, what FODMAP carbohydrates are, how the three-phase diet works, and why it must never become a permanent way of eating.

How constipation is defined, its common causes, the role of fibre and fluid, a practical order of interventions from diet to laxatives, and the red flags that need a doctor.

How gut gas forms and the common causes of bloating — fiber, FODMAPs, lactose, IBS, air swallowing. A step-by-step plan plus the red flags that mean see a doctor.

Strain specificity, CFU labelling, the 2018 trials that reversed the pediatric gastroenteritis story, and when probiotics are genuinely dangerous.