Gut Guides
Practical, research-backed guides on IBS, trigger foods, and the low-FODMAP diet.
IBS Flare Up: What to Do Right Now (and What to Skip)
Most flares settle on their own. What helps in the next few hours, what to pause until it passes, and the warning signs from the 2021 ACG guideline that mean calling a doctor.
IBS and Your Menstrual Cycle: Why Period Flares Happen
Gut symptoms that spike around your period are real and measured. Why prostaglandins and progesterone drive the flares, the two windows to expect, and how to track the pattern.
Why You Can't Find Your IBS Triggers (and What Actually Works)
Years of food diaries and still no answers? Lag windows, group membership, stacking, and last-meal bias hide triggers. The six reasons diaries fail, and the method that works.
FODMAP Reintroduction: Order, Doses, and What a Failed Challenge Means
The reintroduction phase is the point of the whole diet. The six subgroups, the 3-day challenge structure, washouts, and why a sensitive verdict is a ceiling, not a ban.
FODMAP Stacking: Why Safe Foods Still Trigger You
Low FODMAP does not mean no FODMAP. How same-group servings quietly add up past your threshold, and why that makes IBS feel random when it is not.