Your IBS Diet, Our Support!

A well-tailored IBS diet should aim to reduce the overall inflammation in your gut and support your gut microbiota.

IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) is a gastrointestinal disorder that causes different symptoms. Based on stool patterns, there are four types of IBS. IBS with constipation, IBS with diarrhea, IBS with mixed bowel habits and IBS with bowel habits that cannot be accurately categorised.

Read more about IBS symptoms on our previous post .

While some people experience a sudden onset of IBS symptoms after having gastroenteritis, others may have symptoms for a long time without any associated event.  Your gene make-up, your lifestyle habits and your dietary patterns are contributing factors to develop IBS. Knowing the interplay between genetics factors, diet, gut microbiota and gut endocrine cells is essential to understand the physio-pathological mechanism that characterise IBS (Ref 1).

People suffering from IBS frequently attribute their symptoms to specific foods such as spicy food, fried food, cabbage, onion, peas, beans, wheat products and milk products.

An IBS diet…has to be carefully planned in terms of fibre intake. Fibre are essential for the gut health, but at the same time may cause some trouble to those suffering with IBS.  More about IBS and fibre to read here.

Although low in fibre, a low FODMAP diet may be one of the options for treating IBS. Generally, it is effective for 50%–70% of those suffering from IBS, however, it is not recommended to maintain over a long time as it changes the intestinal microbiota negatively (Ref 1).

Watch out for caffeine, that not only may increase your reflux, but may also negatively affect your overall IBS symptoms.

Same for alcohol, as chronic consumption causes inflammation, damages the gut mucosal and it affects gastrointestinal motility.

High intake of certain fat for example ghee, double cream and pork fat is a no if you suffer from IBS.

At Nutripanda we take care of your IBS with a personalised diet, tailored for your specific needs.

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