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More guides on IBS and IBD (page 10)
- IBS-D, IBS-C and IBS-M
- Symptom tracking
- Crohn's disease
- Ulcerative colitis
- Doctor visits
- Pouch and ostomy life
- Gut-brain connection
- Low FODMAP
- Apps and tools
- Triggers and foods
Triggers and foodsSorbitol IBS Trigger: Where It Hides and Why
Sorbitol is a dose-dependent laxative for everyone, not just people with IBS. Where it hides, how much it takes, and why labels often will not tell you.
30 min read
Doctor visitsSymptom Tracker for Doctor: What Gets Read
A clinician will read one page, not your whole export. What to put on it, which scales they already recognise, and how to hand it over so it lands.
30 min read
IBS-D, IBS-C and IBS-MTraveling With IBS-D: Tips That Actually Help
Travel stacks five separate triggers into one day. What the evidence says about flights, food, toilet access and the gut infection risk nobody mentions.
35 min read
Symptom trackingBristol Stool Type 6: What It Actually Means
Type 6 is mushy stool with ragged edges, meaning your colon passed it along before it finished reabsorbing water. What that does and does not tell you.
29 min read
Low FODMAPWhat If the Low FODMAP Diet Doesn't Work?
A null result on low FODMAP is common and informative. How to check the execution, what else looks like IBS, and what the trials really show about non-response.
29 min read
Triggers and foodsWhat to Eat During an IBS Flare Up: Evidence
No trial has tested what to eat during an IBS flare. What the evidence supports is changing how you eat: portion, fat load, fibre type, fermentable load.
32 min read
IBS-D, IBS-C and IBS-MWhy Do I Have to Poop Right After Eating?
Eating triggers the gastrocolic response, which pushes out stool already waiting in your colon. What comes out is not the meal you just ate. Here is why.
33 min read
Triggers and foodsWhy Do Safe Foods Sometimes Trigger My IBS?
A safe food is a safe dose in a safe gut state, not a safe food. What changes between the good day and the bad one, and how to tell which thing moved.
31 min read
Triggers and foodsWhy Does Bread Make My IBS Worse? Not Gluten
Bread usually upsets IBS because of fructans, bran and portion size, not gluten. What blinded trials, fructan measurements and fermentation research show.
30 min read
Triggers and foodsWhy Do Garlic and Onion Affect IBS So Much?
Garlic and onion affect IBS because they are the densest everyday source of fructans, a carbohydrate your small intestine cannot break down at all. Here is the mechanism.
29 min read
Triggers and foodsWhy Does Lactose Free Milk Upset My Stomach?
Lactose-free milk still has milk protein, milk fat and the same volume. Here is what actually causes the reaction, and how to test which part it is.
29 min read
IBS-D, IBS-C and IBS-MWhy Does My IBS Flare Up in the Morning?
Morning IBS is not bad luck. Waking switches your colon on, your gut is at its most sensitive, and breakfast and coffee add two more pushes inside an hour.
32 min read