Re:Gut microbe linked to depression in large health study
by james-skemp on Monday February 07, 2022 @02:48PM
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Another vote for the app. We've recommended it to others as well. (Only one of my doctors, the last, recommended it to me. I assume the others didn't know about it. All have been family medicine/general practitioners.)
What eventually got me is that certain foods which were listed as low FODMAP were also trigger foods for my symptoms.
So if it doesn't seem to be working, there may have a similar issue.
ICYDK (From the studies I have read online) Researchers from Monash were the first ones to identify low fodmaps and they continually release research studies in this area.
To answer your question about chickpeas - right now I see 2 different tested versions in the app - one is Canned chickpeas - this says quarter cup (42g) should mostly be fine but half cup (84g) contains moderate amounts of Oligos-GOS (one of the fodmpas).
Green bell peppers - 52g should be ok but 75 to 80g contains high amount of sorbitol.
The app uses a traffic system (red, blue, green lights) to indicate the quantities
[1] https://www.monashfodmap.com/ibs-central/i-have-ibs/get-the-...