Angela Pifer, MS, LCN, CN, FMN
Part 1: The Pervasive Misunderstanding of What The FODMAP Diet Does And Does Not Do
Editorial response to May 21, 2019 Today’s Practitioner article, Improved Anxiety Symptoms Over Just Probiotic. The article highlights a study that looked for evidence linking reduced anxiety symptoms with regulation of intestinal microbiota. The article stated, “(it is)…the benefits of non-probiotic food and supplements, such as a dietary FODMAP, thatRead
PART 2: The Pervasive Misuderstanding of What the FODMAP Diet Does and Doesn’t Do
The exaggerated confidence given to the FODMAP diet, that it has the ability to favorably alter the intestinal microbiota, starve out organisms, or alter the immune system by reducing histamines, for example, are unfounded in the literature. The diet is being misrepresented across publications, by practitioners and over social media,Read
