Gut Symptoms During the Peri-Menopause & Menopause - Dietary Management

[@REIMARAValk]

thank you, ladies, for this insightful webinar. I appreciate the knowledge that you shared. i am pleased that you mentioned the fodmap diet for ibs. however, it is important to note that this diet does NOT exclude any food group. also, when people have a lack of intake of calcium on this diet, then they are most likely excluding more foods than necessary. the fodmap diet contains hard cheeses and lactose free yoghurts that are replete with calcium. so there should not be any calcium deficiency on this diet unless there is an absorption issue. but then this is not due to the fodmap diet itself. also, you depicted in the slide that fatty foods should be avoided. this is in contrast to the fodmap diet that is about avoiding certain carbohydrates. I think it is important to emphasise that people should avoid fatty ultraprocessed foods. not only ibs patients. moreover, it is probably not the fat in these foods that cause the symptoms but the artificial sweeteners, preservatives and additives, which the human body by evolution does not recognise as food. I'm looking forward to your next webinar. kind regards, Reimara