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Re:Gut microbe linked to depression in large health study by Shank on Sunday February 06, 2022 @03:25PM (#30236633)
Low FODMAP works, but it’s precisely because it’s unlike all other “diets”. It’s a systematic removal of basically all short-chain sugars. The problem with it, as someone who was instructed to follow it, is that it’s extremely unintuitive to know what foods are low or high FODMAP without the list. Because of this, it’s really easy to make mistakes unless you consult the list prior to eating.

So it definitely gives positive results, but it’s also very difficult to follow.

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Re:Gut microbe linked to depression in large health study by nvarsj on Sunday February 06, 2022 @03:49PM (#30236854)
As someone on FODMAP, what works for me is to do breakfast/lunch meal replacement with low FODMAP shakes (like Huel), then get a few FODMAP cookbooks and make dinners out of that. Works great and is fairly painless - lots of delicious meals can be made that are low fodmap, fortunately. It's really difficult to avoid FODMAPs when eating out, western food loves onions and garlic for instance - for these cases, I use alpha-glucosidase enzyme tablets (I take 2x 350mg tablets with a meal).
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Re:Gut microbe linked to depression in large health study by aussieguy1234 on Sunday February 06, 2022 @03:59PM (#30236947)
Yep, there are hundreds of foods out there that have them.

Personally I use this app when eating anything I'm not sure about, it has a database of foods and their fodmap content: https://www.monashfodmap.com/ibs-central/i-have-ibs/get-the-...

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