The Low-Fodmap 28-Day Plan: A Healthy Cookbook with Gut-Friendly Recipes for IBS Relief Paperback – August 18, 2014

Low-FODMAP 28-Day Plan: A Healthy Cookbook with Gut-Friendly Recipes for IBS reliefThis is a great book and a helpful guide for people with IBS ( irritable bowel syndrome) and other gastrointestinal problems, food intolerances or food allergies. The book contains detailed information about the low-FODMAP diet ( specific types of carbohydrates that cause bloating, gas, cramps, etc.), complete instructions for cooking nutritious and delicious meals without FODMAPs, all the tools needed to keep one focused and motivated in order to be successful and to live a healthier life without the distress caused by IBS. The book contains 105 low-FODMAP recipes to help you eat a well- balanced and healthy diet. The detailed meal plan for the first four weeks, the tips and tricks to keep you motivated along the way, the extensive shopping lists to help you saving time and money, the shopping tips-all these are enough motives to get one’s attention and to want to have this amazing book on hand. Highly recommended!

Years ago I had the pleasure of being employed with one of the sweetest older ladies that God had ever placed on this earth. She was always on time for work, humorous and always wore a gentle smile. On the few days, she did not were that smile, she felt compelled to tell you that she had Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and that it was acting up. At that point in my life, I was not very familiar with this Syndrome but never failed to mention to her that it was so important to find the source of her problem and treat that, rather than just treating its symptoms. The LOW-FODMAP 28-DAY PLAN, does just that! The great thing about this book is that the 28-Day Plan offers a way out of this suffering. The book is chock full of healthy recipes that gives you an extreme advantage over this condition and allows you to gain control of your life and have more fulfilling free yourself from embarrassment and social inconvenience cause by IBS. An added bonus to the book, there is a section marked “getting started” which will give the reader a rundown on what IBS is, how it becomes a problem, a meal plan & a shopping guide and most importantly and overview of what the FODMAP diet is, since it is not only for those suffering from IBS, but gluten and fructose intolerance and Celiac disease as well. As a compliment to the book, listed inside is a symptom tracker which I found to be a great tool to assist those that may be suffering. Many may think that, when all the foods that they have been enjoying can no longer be consumed. Rest easy! All of those restricted foods are integrated back into your diet over a span of time, one at a time. Although it a rather lengthy book, the amount of information is invaluable and can certainly be shared with those needing a dietary lifestyle change for the better. I highly suggest this book.

This book is the PERFECT introductory guide for anyone who has thought about or decided to try a low-FODMAP diet. I wish I had found it sooner actually, because changing your dietary habits so radically can leave you wondering what the heck you CAN eat. The 28-day plan is ideal for this purpose because it includes shopping lists and pantry staple items to always have on hand, and it allows you to plan out your entire week (snacks included), which is something you'll need to get used to doing in advance for the best chances of sticking to the low-FODMAP diet.I've been on the low-FODMAP diet for 2 months now and I cannot believe how much my condition has improved. I have Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome and possibly IBS as well. Since I started the low-FODMAP diet and amino acid supplements, I have not vomited once. This is amazing for me. Do not wait a moment longer feeling miserable and hopeless. You don't need to live like that. Heal your body by feeding it the right foods that it knows how to digest. You will be shocked by the improvement in your energy level, mood and blood sugar stability, and the changes to your digestive tract. I didn't really even understand how bad my problems were until they went away. Now that they're gone, I'm sticking to this diet because I feel so good. I am doing way more cooking for myself than I ever did in the past, I'm losing weight at a healthy pace simply by eating such healthy food all the time, and above all I am HAPPY!The one thing I want to stress above all else, is that you need to stick with this diet for a full month to really start seeing the benefits of being on the low-FODMAP diet long term. It simply takes that long for your body to rid itself of all the old icky things you used to eat before. Good luck to you, you wouldn't be looking into a book like this unless you're desperate and ready for a big change. I hope you have as much success with the low-FODMAP diet as I have, because it truly changed my life for the better.

Not enough recipes for vegetarians: only ten dinners for 28 days.Otherwise some interesting ideas for lunch and dessert.The basic information is good and clear about what and why foods must be avoided