IBS--Free at Last!: A Revolutionary, New Step-by-Step Method for Those Who Have Tried Everything. Control IBS Symptoms by Limiting FODMAPS Carbohydrates in Your Diet. [Paperback]

Patsy Catsos MS. RD. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 20, 2009

Do you have Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)? Does a healthy diet make you feel worse, instead of better? Is it difficult to pin down which foods trigger your IBS symptoms? FEEL BETTER FAST WITH THIS SAFE, NATURAL AND NUTRITIOUS DIET. This book describes an easy, step-by-step way to find out if your symptoms are caused by intolerance to certain carbohydrates (known as FODMAPS) in your diet. It is packed with helpful tools, including: menus and a matching shopping list; label reading tips; lists of allowed foods; tips for including all of your favorite foods in your diet. Based on the latest research emerging from Australia, this diet plan is the first of its kind, written for U.S. consumers with IBS or fructose intolerance. Be one of the first to be free from IBS at last! Visit the author online at www.ibsfree.net.

Product Details

• Paperback: 142 pages
• Publisher: Pond Cove Press; 1 edition (January 20, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0982063504
• ISBN-13: 978-0982063507
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,524 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #2 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Disorders & Diseases > Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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43 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At last a good readable explanation!, February 18, 2009

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Dr. B "britcomcraver" (Austin, Texas, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: IBS--Free at Last!: A Revolutionary, New Step-by-Step Method for Those Who Have Tried Everything. Control IBS Symptoms by Limiting FODMAPS Carbohydrates in Your Diet. (Paperback)

In my search to understand my IBS and fibromyalgia diagnoses, this is one of the first things I've found that explains why my attempts to relieve symptoms by trying various elimination diets has had such mixed results. The author, who documents the current research, gets down to the nitty gritty in a readable fashion about the various fermentable sugars and how they can create havoc in the digestive system for some. The practical and healthy diet guide, along with the do and don't eat lists is much clearer than anything I've found in my web searching, and most importantly, she addresses the issue of PORTIONS. A bonus is a website where she answers questions. Given the huge number of websites and books out there, some promoting questionable diets and cures, and others only geared to medical professionals, it's a relief to find something so well researched and professional yet easy to "digest."

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Approach That Offers Actual Relief, June 17, 2009

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This review is from: IBS--Free at Last!: A Revolutionary, New Step-by-Step Method for Those Who Have Tried Everything. Control IBS Symptoms by Limiting FODMAPS Carbohydrates in Your Diet. (Paperback)

I've struggled with digestive symptoms for over five years, had numerous tests, went to the Mayo Clinic, etc. The medical community has offered few solutions related to diet, and so it is a joy to find a book that is based on the actual chemistry of foods. Though I had heard of lactose intolerance and celiac disease, the concept that several vegetables and fruits would be problematic was new to me or, if not new, difficult to believe. This author, a registered dietician, explains why healthy foods recommended by so many can prove debilitating to some people. Once I got a credible explanation, I could actually give the diet a try. Now, after adopting her approach, I've lessened my symptoms significantly. Since much of her work is based on work done by scientists in Australia and the UK, it's clear that research along this vein in the U.S. is far behind. Nonetheless, if you have failed to find relief through the standard IBS advice, try this. You very well may find your life less burdened by the chronic drag of IBS.

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There really seems to be something to these FODMAPS. The main value of this book was that it allowed me see some of the other aspects of food that may be affecting my bowel condition (IBD-Ulcerative Colitis). After reading this book, I started to question the role bacteria were playing in my gut; this led me to get a Bacterial Overgrowth test (normally only for IBS), which turned out to be positive and is now being treated to help deal with my colitis flare.

I mainly bought the book in the first place because it said it had food and grocery shopping lists, which it does, but they are not very elaborate lists, just basics- while there are just so many foods out there that one would need FODMAP info on. I actually obtained more FODMAP info for various foods just searching online and compiling my own spreadsheet for Raffinose, Lactose, Fructose, Sorbitol, Starches, Sulfur,Inulin/FOS, Caffeine, Soluble/Insoluble fiber, etc.

Overall I'm glad I bought this book because it contains more and useful information regarding what I think is becoming more and more of a problem for people across the globe- food intolerance due to consuming too many non-natural, lab created, modified, etc, food ingredients and preservatives.