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Here, Gillian Killiner, Principal Dietitian at 121, discusses the Low Fodmap Programme and in particular, why seeking the help of a qualified and experienced Dietitian is key to implementing it successfully.<\/h2>\n

The Low Fodmap Programme has been around for over 10 years. I heard about it in its infancy and thought: “Wow! This is excellent for gut dysfunction and IBS”. And so in 2010\/2011, I packed my bags and returned from Belfast to London on three separate weeks to go back to my training hospital, Guys and St Thomas\u2019s to learn all about it – the first course of its kind outside of Monash University, Australia.<\/p>\n

The work load was intense but exciting. After qualifying with my certificate in Low FODMAP practice, I took my first guinea pigs<\/del>\u00a0 patients and we followed the information I had learned from the course. I can\u2019t lie. It was hard work. Now over the 7 years I have been practicing the Low FODMAP programme daily, much has changed in the way I deliver, advise and support because everyone is different.<\/p>\n

My high success rate of 97% is due to my expertise of using the programme daily.<\/h3>\n

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The gut is not just about absorption. It\u2019s microbiota has a complex network of links to emotions, stress, activity, genetics, medical history, medication, lifestyle, food and fluids\u2026<\/p>\n

We as individuals are not all uniform. We do not all follow the same diet and lifestyle. This is the basis of my increasing frustration and the fiasco I find myself in.<\/p>\n

People are coming to me more and more in desperation, telling me they have tried the Low FODMAP programme and it hasn\u2019t worked. AhhHHHHH!! Another emotional boundary to cross.<\/p>\n

I have found that with the programme’s popularity and success has come the internet dippers. They take a bit from one website that they like and mix it with another and believe they have completed the programme. Wrong…<\/p>\n

The other – and most frustrating way that these people are not succeeding. They are being handed a \u201csheet\u201d from their Consultant or GP and left to get on with it.<\/p>\n

Excuse me… WHAT???<\/p>\n

A little more respect to the programme please! A sheet or a smorgasbord will not get results but in fact dangerously add to people’s fears around food and restriction is dangerous in the wrong hands.<\/p>\n

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Low FODMAP Dietitian -why use one?<\/h3>\n

A patient came to me recently and had been told by a local health food shop to avoid a major list of foods. She did so and over two years of carefully following the advice she to me gravely ill, malnourished, depressed and still her stomach issues continued. Appalling.<\/p>\n

If you have a gut health problem that has not resolved with medication, dietary changes, or visiting a health shop to pay and hold two balls in the air and told to eat very little, don\u2019t despair – do get in touch.<\/p>\n

Gillian Killiner is an expert in all areas of Gut Health.<\/h3>\n

Unsure of how to change your eating habits, or need help optimising the foods you eat please do contact us. <\/u><\/a>We would love to help you or your family and friends with any nutrition related queries big or small.<\/p>\n

In the meantime do please check out our 121Dietitian Shop<\/a> which has been expertly created especially for you.<\/p>\n

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How can a Dietitian help<\/h3>\n