Gut Feelings: Bacteria and the Brain (2013)

Re:Gut Feelings: Bacteria and the Brain (2013) by keyle on Thursday November 10, 2016 @08:30PM (#12926572)

I live with IBS and although I'm better now, I was in a terrible shape for about 2.5 years. Very expensive rabbit hole of doctors and tests that lead nowhere. Long story short, this is true. Gut bacteria (an imbalance in the case of IBS) is a real thing. Never mess with your diet doing stupid stuff. Always be weary of anti-biotics. And if you're suffering a lot at the moment look up the low-fodmap diet from the Monash University. That's the only thing that really helped me.

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Re:Gut Feelings: Bacteria and the Brain (2013) by charlieflowers on Thursday November 10, 2016 @11:43PM (#12927928)

I've had it too -- perhaps not quite as bad as you. When I cut sugar back to about 20% of former consumption, things finally got back on track for me. Anecdotal, but maybe it'll help someone.

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Re:Gut Feelings: Bacteria and the Brain (2013) by padwan on Friday November 11, 2016 @02:17AM (#12928661)

Lots of people have the same experience as you with LCHF/Ketogenic diet

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Re:Gut Feelings: Bacteria and the Brain (2013) by edem on Friday November 11, 2016 @05:47AM (#12929548)

I've checked some of the diets but it is not explained why I should avoid garlic? Can you elaborate? Another problem is that by avoiding all the stuff in the "stuff to avoid" list makes dietary fibre intake problematic. How do you add more fibre to your diet if you can't eat legumes nor fruits like pear.

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Re:Gut Feelings: Bacteria and the Brain (2013) by nibs on Friday November 11, 2016 @01:31PM (#12932988)

Asafoetida tastes like garlic but does not ferment - replace garlic with it and then try reintroducing. Try eating raw vegetables or pho style (where the veggies cook lightly in the broth after being served but not enough to become easily fermented and soluble). What you are aiming for is high insoluble fiber and limited soluble fiber - so you can still eat things high in insoluble fiber like banana, bok choy, green beans, nuts.

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Re:Gut Feelings: Bacteria and the Brain (2013) by m_fayer on Friday November 11, 2016 @04:31PM (#12934574)

Get the FODMAP-guide app from Monash University, it's on iOS and Android. It tells you exactly how you should treat most foods with a red/yellow/green system and a textual explanation. For garlic: "1/2 clove contains high amounts of Oligo-fructans.

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