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IBS & Disordered Eating – Food Anxiety

IBS & Disordered Eating – Food Anxiety

by | Dec 13, 2020 | IBS, weight loss

Can elimination diets for IBS lead to disordered eating? It’s not normally clear which comes first, the anxiety about food triggering your symptoms, or the dietary restriction leading to stressful thoughts and obsessive behaviour around eating. But we do know...
Should I get a stool test for IBS?

Should I get a stool test for IBS?

by | Nov 4, 2020 | Gut health, IBS

If you’ve had IBS for a while you might be considering getting a stool test, but should you? What can a stool test tell you? Stool testing can tell you your levels of abundance of healthy and ‘bad’ bacteria the health of the intestinal lining whether...
The Best Diet for IBS

The Best Diet for IBS

by | Sep 15, 2020 | Diets, Gut health, IBS

If you want to change your diet to support a sensitive digestion how do you know which is the best diet for IBS? There are many diets reported to improve Irritiable Bowel Syndrome and each person will have their own individual reaction to certain foods. In a 2019...
How to lose weight when you’ve got IBS

How to lose weight when you’ve got IBS

by | Aug 19, 2020 | Diets, IBS, weight loss

Are you fed up of trying to lose weight, but feeling frustrated that healthy food trigger your IBS symptoms?  It can feel like typical weight loss advice tells you to eat food that makes you feel bloated, gives you stomach pains or send you running to the bathroom.  I...
Why is my IBS worse in the hot weather?

Why is my IBS worse in the hot weather?

by | Aug 12, 2020 | Gut health, IBS

If you suffer with IBS, you may be experiencing a change in your symptoms with the hot weather during this summer. There are a number of reasons why the heat can change our symptoms. Dehydration affects IBS Firstly, when it’s very hot, we will typically sweat a...