I'm still fighting my way out of it. The Low FODMAP diet is helping me, and I have an eye on hypnotherapy as my next step. See https://lens.monash.edu/@medicine-health/2019/06/24/1351605/...
I’m only about a week in, big improvement in symptoms. I had tried low fodmap before, it helped but didn’t cure.
The idea seems to be that fodmaps aren’t causing an abnormal reaction, but the gut nerves are overactive.
I'll take a look. Thank you!
Is your girlfriend sensitive to galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS)? I know there this enzyme therapy for that problem https://www.monashfodmap.com/blog/new-research-enzyme-therap... but I haven't try it.
I'm sensitive to some GOS but I haven't being professionally tested for them. I did a fructose malabsorption test though, and I tested positive.
She has to take an enzyme pill before each meal that includes this group though. It's fairly harmless so she doesn't mind, it's just a bit of additional cost on our food.
If you're motivated, you can follow a protocol ("food challenges") to know which group(s) you're sensitive to. The idea is that you have a zero fodmap diet for a few weeks and then slowly reintroduce small amounts from each group and see how you react. It is not an easy task to figure out meals this way and to keep motivation so I'd recommend being helped by a dietician.
To the best of my gf's knowledge, there is no such enzyme for fructose intolerance unfortunately.
Also, if you want to know more about each group and which food is the most problematic in each of them, Monash has a great app for that. You've probably come across it already, otherwise search "Monash fodmap" on your app store. It's great to know if you can have a little bit of something or nothing at all and to educate yourself
I'll talk with my doctor to see if I should give that enzyme pill a try.
Thanks again!