In this episode I interview Steven J. Singer, an accomplished entrepreneur from Montreal, Canada.

Steven is the co-founder of the very famous Glutino Foods, America's premier gluten-free food company which he started from scratch in the late 1990’s and grew to a very successful business, soon becoming the leader in gluten-free products across North America. More recently, Steven founded another business, and this is what makes it very interesting for those who are on the low FODMAP diet just like me, because FODY Food Company is America's first low FODMAP food company. During this interview I have the pleasure of talking to Steven about why he decided to get into this new venture and how his products can help IBS sufferers to avoid those dreadful symptoms.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How did Steven get into the food industry and the FODMAP space?
• Which products are available at FODY Food Co.?
• Where can FODY products be found?
• Why FODY Food has certified their products?
• What is the 'safe' quantity of low FODMAP food that IBS sufferers can consume before triggering symptoms?
• Why did FODY Food decide to have their pasta sauces made in Italy?
• What are the opportunities and challenges facing a new product launch in a niche market?
• What are some tips for those planning to launch low FODMAP products?
• Why should IBS sufferer reach out to a low FODMAP authority and dietitian?
• Where did the brand name FODY come from and what is the message behind the bird logo?
• What does the future hold for the international expansion of FODY?
• What does it take to be successful in the food business?
• How can you be one of the first to receive new products to your doorstep?

To read the show notes for this episode, please visit:

www.lowfodmapdiets.com/32

Lauren Renlund is a registered dietitian and nutrition coach from Ontario, Canada. She is also a food lover and blogs about good food and digestive health issues under the name The Tummy Troubles Dietitian. She was diagnosed with IBS in 2014 and used the low FODMAP diet to improve her symptoms and identify her food intolerances. After that, she started a blog to share her experiences and suitable recipes. Lauren offers nutrition counselling and coaching sessions in person and remotely, both by telephone and Skype, and works with her patients to create a personally tailored nutrition plan.  Lauren's key messages for her blog are: 

1. You don't have to be embarrassed of your tummy troubles;
2. You're not alone in your struggles;
3. You can use nutrition to help manage symptoms and improve your health.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How Lauren came across the low FODMAP diet?
• How stomach bugs are connected to IBS symptoms?
• Why IBS sufferers shouldn’t be ashamed their issues?
• What was Lauren’s motivation for starting her blog?
• What are some tips for IBS sufferers to live a happier life?
• Why the re-challenge and reintroduction phase is so important.
• How Lauren’s passion for food came back after the initial disappointed of realising that many of her favourite foods would need to be restricted?
• What are the differences between traditional dietary recommendations and low FODMAP diet recommendations?
• What is gut microbiome and how important is it?.
• Why probiotics should not be taken during the elimination phase of the low FODMAP diet?
• Do juice cleanses and detox teas work?

To read the show notes for this episode, please visit:

www.lowfodmapdiets.com/31

My guest, Dr. Glenda Bishop, is a registered nutritionist, a wellness coach, a behavioural neuroscientist, a personal trainer and an educator who helps people with Irritable Bowel Syndrome live a less irritable life. Glenda was diagnosed with IBS twenty five years ago and follows the low FODMAP diet to keep her IBS under control --  along with exercise, stress management, and other techniques. Glenda is also the author of the website A Less Irritable Life and works with her clients to create personalised solution, for living a healthy life with IBS.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Who is Glenda Bishop and how did she come across the low FODMAP diet?
• What is Glenda’s Four Step Snack Builder?
• What are some great low FODMAP treats you can have for snacks?
• What things can trigger IBS apart from FODMAPs?
• Should alcohol be avoided, if you’re suffering from IBS?
• Can alcohol be used in cooking if you have IBS?
• Are carbonated beverages IBS triggers?
• Should coffee be avoided even though it is not high FODMAP?
• Why should IBS sufferers be looking at a personalised solution?
• How important is it to keep track of your FODMAPs throughout the day?
• How much time is generally needed to get IBS under control?

“The more positive you are about your condition and the more accepting you are of what it is and how you can help it, the easier it is to manage your IBS.” –Glenda Bishop

To read the show notes for this episode, please visit www.lowfodmapdiets.com/30

On today's podcast, I have the pleasure to interview Helen Bremner, a very experienced registered hypnotherapist and intensive care nurse from the U.K. Helen created the only N.H.S. primary care hypnotherapy service for IBS.

Helen's work had 97% success rate of reduced symptoms and 100% patients satisfaction. 

 In this episode, you’ll learn:

• What is hypnotherapy?
• How is hypnotherapy distinguished from hypnosis?
• How hypnotherapy compliments other treatments for IBS?
• What is the exact connection of IBS and hypnotherapy?
• How can hypnotherapy help IBS sufferers in general?
• What is Helen’s method of handling IBS sufferers through hypnotherapy?
• How many sessions of hypnotherapy are needed on average to help overcome IBS?
• How Helen developed successful courses to help other hypnotherapists to treat IBS sufferers.

To read the show notes for this episode, please visit: www.lowfodmapdiets.com/29

To read the show notes for this episode, please visit www.lowfodmapdiets.com/28

Heather Van Vorous has been suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) from the early age of nine and even after being diagnosed many years later, she was unable to get any help or find any information to relieve her symptoms.

Heather understands what it means suffering from IBS and the emotional and physical pain it can create in people’s lives and she has an ongoing personal interest in helping others with bowel disorders, so that they don't have to suffer as long as she did.

After a great deal of research she has become a health and special diet cookbook author and developed successful organic medical foods for managing IBS symptoms.

Heather is also the founder of HelpForIBS.com which is the largest IBS organisation in the world.

Learn more from Heather's journey and her fight to gain back a happy and healthy life.

In this episode, you’ll learn: 

• Heather’s struggles with IBS that began at the age of nine years old.
• What is the difference between the IBS diet and the low FODMAP diet?
• Why is it important to find your personal tolerance threshold.
• What are the differences between soluble and insoluble fibre and which fibres can cause IBS symptoms?
• What foods contain soluble fibres and what food contain insoluble fibres?
• Why IBS sufferers need to minimise fatty foods?
• How peppermint oil capsules can help IBS symptoms?
• Why we need prebiotics?
• Why a lot of food contain high FODMAP prebiotics?
• What are the benefits of fibres, herbal teas, and peppermint oil capsules and how are these products used most effectively?
• Why taking peppermint oil on a full stomach may result in heartburn?
• What is the best way and the best time to use natural supplements and herbal teas to soothe your tummy?

To read the show notes for this episode, please visit www.lowfodmapdiets.com/28

Dietitians Hannah and Janet from England, have created Fodify Foods, a range of low FODMAP products, which are so convenient, when we are too busy to cook from scratch.

In this episode, our two lovely guests Hannah and Janet, share their knowledge and wisdom about the low FODMAP diet and explain how their personal experiences led them to create a delicious range of low FODMAP spice mixes and sauces to add convenience to the sometimes time-consuming process of cooking a low FODMAP diet from scratch, for people suffering from IBS.

Check out this episode to hear all about Hannah and Janet’s journey!

In this episode, you’ll learn

• Can accumulations of low FODMAP foods throughout the day trigger IBS?
• Is it possible to tolerate FODMAPs but still incur IBS symptoms?
• How to identify IBS trigger foods when symptoms sometimes develop after several hours (and a few meals later).
• Is it beneficial to see dietitians who have had personal experience with IBS and the low FODMAP diet?
• How can you prepare before going to see a dietitian for the first time?
• What are the three main points to focus on before seeing a dietitian?
• Why you should visit your GP before seeing a dietitian?
• Is it possible for food intolerances to develop later on in life?
• Why is it important to not follow the low FODMAP elimination phase for too long?
• Does everyone benefit from the low FODMAP diet?
• Why should you have some high FODMAP food, if you can tolerate them?
• Why is it possibly more important to have expert guidance throughout the reintroduction phase than the elimination phase?
• What sugars and sweeteners are okay for those following the low FODMAP diet?
• What are some tips to follow to lose weight while on the low FODMAP diet?
• Why did Hannah and Janet start Fodify Foods?
• What products does Fodify Foods offers and where can they be found?

 To read the show-notes for this episode, please visit: www.lowfodmapdiets.com/27

Welcome to the third and final part of the Special Holidays & Christmas Low FODMAP Recipes.

Last week we talked about main courses, and the week before we presented a few ideas for starters. This week we will present a few delicious dessert ideas! I hope you will enjoy these recipes.

The guests, who will be sharing their beautiful low FODMAP recipes are:

Alana Scott: Butterscotch Pudding

Stephanie Clairmont: Maple Pumpkin Cookies

Natalya: Fruit Mince Pie and Infused Water

Zlata: Low FODMAP Brownies

Laura Stonehouse: Mini Mont Blancs with Chestnut Puree

The details of the recipes, their ingredients and all the instructions can be found in the show-notes for this episode at: www.lowfodmapdiets.com/26

In last week’s episode we talked about starters...and this week we will present a few delicious main courses and side dishes…

All of the details about the recipes, their ingredients and all of the instructions,can be found in the show-notes for this episode.

The guests, who will be sharing their delicious Christmas/holiday recipes with us today are:

Stephanie Clairmont: No Fuss Turkey Vegetable Bolognese and Wild Rice, Kale and Cranberry Stuffing.  

Alana Scott: Roast Chicken With Stuffing And Homemade Gravy and a Simple Low FODMAP Cranberry Sauce.

Zlata: Mashed Potato Buns and Stuffed Peppers / Capsicums.

Alexandra Adams: Pomegranate Pecan Goat Cheese Salad and a Kale Almond Green Olive Quinoa.

Laura Stonehouse: Carrot and Walnut Bake.

Nataliya: Warm Chicken Caesar Salad.

To read the show-notes for this episode please visit: www.lowfodmapdiets.com/25

Part 1 of a special holidays low FODMAP recipes episode. If you struggle for ideas of what to prepare for your next special holidays or Christmas, that is IBS friendly for you, but also tastes delicious for your family and friends, here are some simple ideas.

In this episode, and for the next couple of weeks, we are going to talk about low FODMAP recipes for the holidays. I have chosen to do this so that you could get some ideas about what to prepare for those special occasions like Christmas or other special holidays that you may celebrate with your family. You may be inviting guests to your house, and if you are in charge of doing most of the cooking, you can easily prepare these low FODMAP dishes for everyone else as well and they will still taste fantastic. Alternatively, if you are invited to someone else’s home, you could bring a couple of these safe dishes and at least you will have something delicious and low FODMAP to eat.

The links to these recipes, including their ingredients and all the instructions can be found in the show-notes for this episode.

To read the show-notes for this episode, please visit www.lowfodmapdiets.com/24

In this week’s episode, I have the pleasure to interview Dr. Miechelle O’Brien, my first gastroenterologist guest. Dr O'Brien explains IBS and other GI issues while sharing her knowledge and passion with us. Also you can find out, how she got the fantastic idea of creating the TrueSelf™ Foods products to help many IBS sufferers with convenient, yet healthy and delicious snack bars that won't trigger their symptoms.

 In this episode, you’ll learn:

• What is a gastroenterologist?
• How important is to see a gastroenterologist for someone suffering from digestive issues?
• What is the difference between syndrome, disorder and disease?
• What does “brain in our gut” means?
• What causes IBS?
• How common is IBS around the world?
• What is post-infectious IBS?
• Are women more prone to IBS than men?
• What is the best way to find out if you have IBS?
• What is the Rome IV criteria all about?
• How is IBS different from IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease)?
• How to treat IBS symptoms?
• How Dr. O’Brien found out about the low FODMAP diet?
• How knowledgeable are other GI specialists about the low FODMAP diet?
• How Dr. O’Brien came up with the idea of creating low FODMAP food products?

To read the show-notes for this episode, please visit www.lowfodmapdiets.com/23