The Low-FODMAP Recipe Book ─ Relieve Symptoms of IBS, Crohn's Disease and Other Gut Disorders in 4 to 6 Weeks

In a landmark study published two years ago, the Australian researchers asked patients with IBS to remove FODMAPs from their diet. They found 74 per cent reported that their symptoms, such as bloating, abdominal pain, gas, excessive burping, diarrhoea and constipation, had improved dramatically. The findings so impressed gastroenterologists at King's College London that they adapted the diet for the UK and many British patients are on the Low FODMAP diet.

At first glance, the Low FODMAP diet may appear daunting, as it involves cutting out all five families of fermentable carbohydrates: Fructans (wheat, rye, onions, garlic and various other grains and vegetables), Galacto oligosaccharides (beans and pulses), Polyols (certain fruit, sugar-free gum and mints), Fructose (various fruits, honey and agave nectar) and Lactose (animal milks, yogurts and some cheeses). However, this book gives practical guidance on how to follow the regime while ensuring a balanced, nutrient rich diet, transforming the Low FODMAP diet from a seeming mountain of restrictions to something you can follow easily and with pleasure while your digestive symptoms diminish (or even completely resolve).

Whether you need quick and easy meals to prepare or you enjoy the art of cooking a dinner-party-worthy dish, this book will guide you step by step... meaning you can have your cake and eat it (literally!).

Lucy Whigham trained at the University of Nottingham, UK, where she achieved a Masters in Nutrition and Dietetics. She started her career carrying out research into coeliac disease and bone health. She then worked in dietetics at Kingston NHS Trust before joining the team at Imperial College NHS Trust in 2006 where she has worked since. In 2008 she became the Lead Dietitian for Gastroenterology. Alongside this role, Lucy has worked in Private Practice at the prestigious London Clinic in Harley Street since 2010, seeing patients for a variety of conditions but specializing in disorders of the gut.

Lucy specializes in nutritional gastroenterology and has a particular interest in inflammatory bowel disease, functional gut disorders (including using a Low FODMAP diet for IBS symptoms), probiotics and their therapeutic usage and nutritional support. She has developed group sessions for sufferers of IBS on how to manage their diet with the Low FODMAP diet plan.