Alcohol and IBS Diet
Alcohol can really cause an exaggeration of your IBS symptoms. We discuss how to reduce your symptoms
Getting Enough Fibre for IBS
Fibre is an essential part of a health diet, but getting enough fibre in your IBS-friendly diet can be difficult. Despite the challenges of including fibre in a low-FODMAP diet, there are many ways to ensure you’re meeting your fibre requirements with an IBS-friendly diet.
Improving Your Mood with Your Food
Foods affect both our physical and mental health. Find tips for improving your mood with food.
The Dairy Products for IBS
Being aware of low-FODMAP alternatives to traditional ingredients, such as milk, can help you include more recipes in your diet while managing your IBS symptoms. When it comes to milk, there is an increasing number of low-FODMAP options that you can try.
Importance of Iron-Rich Foods in a Healthy Diet
Learn how to boost your iron intake to prevent deficiency.
How to Promote Your Gut Health, without Supplements
Your gut plays an important role in supporting your overall health and well-being. It is responsible for breaking down and absorbing nutrients from the food you eat. It also supports your immune system, a healthy heart and brain.
Ways to Support Your Mental Health and IBS
Your mental health can have a major impact on your gut health. Stress and anxiety can trigger an increase in gut inflammation, and disrupt the careful balance of beneficial bacteria in your gut.
Exercise for IBS Management
regular exercise plays an important role in managing your IBS. Exercises can help, improve bowel movements and digestion, boost the immune system, and enhance overall well-being.
Do I Have IBS?
If you’re experiencing gastrointestinal issues, it can be difficult to determine whether you have IBS or another condition.
Everything You Need to Know about the Low-FODMAP Diet
Understanding the diet and its underlying principles can help you more effectively follow the diet, support a healthy relationship with food, and manage your GI symptoms.
Eating For Your Type of IBS
You may have noticed that not everyone with IBS experiences the same triggers, or symptoms during flare-ups. In fact, most people with IBS have different triggers and “IBS-safe foods”. One of the reasons for this is that there are different types of IBS. Knowing and understanding your dominant type of IBS can help you identify ways to manage the symptoms.
New Year, Smarter Goals: Improve Your Health with SMART Planning
The holiday season brings in many things, including parties and get-togethers (even when they look a little bit different). Food can be a very stressful aspect of the holidays with all the parties and get-togethers, especially for people who are managing chronic diseases, intolerances or allergies. So, I’ve pulled together some of my favourite tips to help you have a healthy holiday season!
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Important Minerals for Health
Minerals are essential nutrients that your body needs to function properly. They play important roles in many bodily functions, including building strong bones, and transmitting nerve signals.
Reasons to Add More Fibre into Your Diet
Fibre is a carbohydrate that is resistant to digestion and helps to promote gut health.
Antioxidants: Your Body’s Natural Superheroes
Antioxidants are substances that protect our bodies and cells from damage that is caused by free radicals. Some antioxidants are naturally occurring while other antioxidants are man-made.
Important Minerals for Your Health
Minerals play many important roles throughout your body, from building your bones and transmitting nerve signals to balancing electrolytes and regulating your heartbeat.
A deficiency in any one of them can lead to serious health problems
Potassium-Rich Foods to Add (or Remove) From Your Diet
Written by Kimberley Gittens, RD on behalf of Rachel McBryan, RD Potassium is one of the essential dietary minerals. It is found in a wide variety of foods, particularly fruits and vegetables. Most people are able to meet their potassium needs from their diet alone,...
Fat-Soluble Vitamins
Many people assume that plant-based diets don’t provide enough protein to meet daily requirements. However, many studies have debunked this popular myth.
IBS-Friendly Snacks
Snacking is often viewed as a bad habit that should be avoided and a barrier to weight loss. Despite what the diet culture may tell you, there is a purpose for snacking…[it] can be part of a healthy lifestyle.