What Is the FODMAP Diet?
Reviewed: Dr. Mera
9. The Research
The FODMAP diet was designed by researchers at Monash University (Australia). They state that the benefits of this diet for patients with IBS include reduction of pain, discomfort, bloating, and distension and the improvement of bowel habits. According to their studies, the benefits are usually observed within two to six weeks.
However, 1 out of 4 patients with IBS finds that their symptoms do not improve on the FODMAP diet. Other studies have found that a low FODMAP diet can decrease abdominal pain frequency in childhood IBS, and reduce total bacterial count and gas production in the colon. Gut microbiome biomarkers have also been used to identify which patients are more likely to respond to the FODMAP diet.
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