However, earlier this year, University of Michigan researchers found that the low-FODMAP diet to be marginally more effective (81.8% versus 73% on the Mediterranean diet for four weeks). The team ...

In a study, patients with irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea, or IBS-D, who went on a low FODMAP diet saw an improvement of colonic barrier dysfunction, commonly known as "leaky gut." The results, ...

FODMAPs (fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols) are short-chain carbohydrates. They aren’t absorbed well in the small intestine; they draw in water and ferment or ...

Rifaximin, a topical antibiotic, appeared to be as effective as the low fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols (FODMAP) diet in managing irritable bowel syndrome ...

A 12-week low FODMAP diet not only eased pain, bloating, and diarrhea in IBS patients but also raised levels of the gut hormone GLP-1. However, the hormone shift didn’t fully explain the symptom ...

If you have irritable bowel syndrome or any digestive issues (supposedly, all the hot girls do), you’ve likely heard of the FODMAP diet. But what does that mean exactly? It’s a term experts want to ...