Last week, I talked about the issues I was having in my Facebook group with many giving erroneous advice and becoming aggressive when corrected. I said that something had to change and I have made that change happen. I have dedicated a couple of hours a day to this free group for the last few years and I am happy to do that but I want it to be a group of people with IBS who are determined to get better and are willing to put the time in to improve their lives. I want to help people who work with me and not against me and are serious about their health and put it first. So many women in particular put everyone else first - their kids, their partners, their parents, and they don't realize that they have put themselves last, and their health has suffered. You know that I have coaching programs and meal plan packages and now my ultimate low Fodmap book, The Low FODMAP 6-Week Plan & Cookbook but now I am starting something for those who are serious about eliminating their IBS … [Read more...] about How to become an IBS Warrior
The Main Reason the Low Fodmap Diet is not Working
Lately, in my large (7,000+) low Fodmap Facebook group, there have been some loud, aggressive voices saying that the low Fodmap diet doesn’t work. They don’t say it doesn’t work for them – they state that it doesn’t work at all. Many other more positive souls have quietly said that it is working well for them, but negative voices are always the most ferocious and most dedicated to their cause so the positive is drowned out. We know the internet is a crazy place where people show the worst of their characters because they feel they are anonymous, but flying in the face of science is where it turns to lunacy. The low Fodmap diet has been proven in two separate research centres to significantly improve IBS symptoms in 75% of IBS sufferers. This is a massive result for any medical solution. What is the main reason for the diet not working? Monash University is continuing to do many different research studies on IBS and the low Fodmap diet, and a recent one involves why the diet … [Read more...] about The Main Reason the Low Fodmap Diet is not Working
Are You Getting Enough Sleep to Avoid IBS Symptoms?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have called sleep deprivation a public health crisis. According to a recent CDC study, more than a third of American adults are not getting enough sleep on a regular basis. This has significant implications for people with IBS: According to Jonathan Cedernaes, a sleep researcher at Uppsala University in Sweden, a new research study has demonstrated a link between lack of sleep and a change in gut bacteria. WHAT SLEEP DOES FOR YOU While you are sleeping, your brain is preparing you for the next day by clearing unused pathways and forming new ones to help you learn and remember information. Sleep helps you pay attention and stay focused, and it improves your decision-making skills. Sleep helps you control your emotions and behaviour, and it helps you cope with change. Sleep is involved in the healing and repair of your heart and blood vessels. Sleep deficiency increases the risk of obesity because sleep helps … [Read more...] about Are You Getting Enough Sleep to Avoid IBS Symptoms?
Training Session: How to create a customized low FODMAP meal plan
It seems that the problem those on the low Fodmap diet have the most is how to pull together a meal plan that suits them. In my Facebook group, there are constant questions like this: What are some good breakfast choices? What are suitable snacks? What do you eat for lunch at the office? And so on... So, I have decided to address this head on with a live training session called: How to create a customized low FODMAP meal plan. This will be a one-off training session and will happen: Wednesday 7th February at 5pm US EST/4pm CST/3pm MST/2pm PST Wednesday 7th February at 10pm UK Thursday 8th February at 9am Sydney Thursday 8th February at 11am NZ Register for it HERE: https://www.strandsofmylife.com/training-customized-meal-plan REMINDER: Giveaway The Giveaway for my book, The Low FODMAP 6-Week Plan & Cookbook is still in force for another week so make sure you enter to be in to win. Click here to read about the giveaway and to enter. … [Read more...] about Training Session: How to create a customized low FODMAP meal plan
Low Fodmap Cookbook GIVEAWAY
As you know, my book The Low FODMAP 6-Week Plan & Cookbook is currently available for pre-order here: https://www.quartoknows.com/books/9781592337897/The-Low-FODMAP-6-Week-Plan-and-Cookbook.html but for one lucky person I am going to give away a copy. All you have to do is go to the giveaway box below and either login with Facebook or if you prefer, click on the "Use Your Email" button instead and enter your name and email so we know how to get in touch with you if you win. Then, you have four chances to add entries: Leave a comment on this blog post for 5 entries Subscribe to my Twitter account for 4 entries Visit my Facebook page for 3 entries Tweet about the giveaway for 3 entries. Follow instructions inside the giveaway box for how to do that. This contest runs for two weeks and then a winner will be randomly drawn and notified straightaway. To read more about what is included in the book, check HERE. Now, get to entering so you have your … [Read more...] about Low Fodmap Cookbook GIVEAWAY
Plan to Succeed on the Low Fodmap Diet
On pages 20 and 21 of my new book, The Low FODMAP 6-Week Plan & Cookbook, I give you tips on how to succeed on the low Fodmap diet. These tips continue for a total of seven pages because there are so many different aspects to this diet that no one else will tell you about, and which would not occur to you by yourself. In my coaching, I take a multi-faceted look at how to eliminate your IBS symptoms and all that information is in this book along with meal plans, dairy pages, lifestyle exercises etc. Below I have posted pages 20 and 21 for you. See if there is something there that is new to you. Pre-order your copy of The Low FODMAP 6-Week Plan & Cookbook here: https://www.quartoknows.com/books/9781592337897/The-Low-FODMAP-6-Week-Plan-and-Cookbook.html by 13th February to receive an exclusive bonus gift: an invitation to one of four complimentary group coaching sessions once the book is released. Send me proof of your pre-order purchase by emailing me at … [Read more...] about Plan to Succeed on the Low Fodmap Diet
