SOUTH Beach, paleo, vegan, juice cleanse… and FODMAPs. Short for fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols, the name FODMAPs certainly doesn’t have instant appeal, but a diet focused on avoiding these substances is catching on with the public and the medical profession alike. The low-FODMAP diet is based not on celebrities’ waistlines or detox bunkum, but on the premise that a healthy gut leads to a happy life. So popular is it proving that there are now claims the diet could alleviate everything from indigestion to chronic fatigue.
Original article: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23931950-200-the-surprising-foods-that-are-messing-with-your-gut/
