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Rebecca Taylor Registered Nutritionist · Founder, Taylored Nutrition Rebecca holds a BSc, MSc and a Master’s in Genetic Personalised Nutrition. She supports people with personalised, evidence-based nutrition and lifestyle guidance, with a focus on digestive health, symptoms, energy and long-term wellbeing. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own. You eat the same…
Cutting more foods rarely fixes IBS. Here’s why memory and intuition aren’t enough to spot your triggers — and what a structured food diary actually does.
Five foods turn up on every IBS trigger list — but “common” doesn’t mean yours. A clearer way to think about IBS triggers and how to find your own.
This article was written by Marianne Williams, a Registered Dietitian in the UK, and refers to experiences in her clinic which is not affiliated to mySymptoms. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a chronic and debilitating condition which can cause a myriad of distressing gut symptoms….
The beta trial version of mySymptoms v5.0 (iOS) is now available for download using the TestFlight app. If you would like to trial the beta version of the app, then on your iOS device please follow this link: https://testflight.apple.com/join/6MMdRhDU Please be aware that a beta trial means that the app may still have bugs in…
The mySymptoms community has made an important contribution to new research on managing IBS that shows tracking apps can help detect food-symptom and stress-symptom relations. The study, conducted last year by research Dutch research University KU Leuven, shows that food diary apps like mySymptoms can be a helpful aid in identifying dietary triggers for people…
It’s great news that mySymptoms has been selected by Healthline.com for the second time as one of ‘The Best Gluten-Free Living Apps of the year’ for 2019. https://www.healthline.com/health/gluten-free-apps Thanks to Healthline.com and those who nominated us!
The mySymptoms v4.7 update (iOS) is now available for download from the App Store. It includes the following new features: Quantities (both for foods and their ingredients) CSV diary export (in addition to the PDF version) Event notes now shown on diary summary pages Plus some minor bug fixes. We hope you find these improvements…
Today we can announce that sync on Android is now available for early user access (beta) from the Google Play Store. To enroll on the beta version of mySymptoms, please follow the link that applies to your version of the app: For mySymptoms (paid app): https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.mhs.mysymptoms For mySymptoms Lite (including premium upgrade): https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.sglabs.mysymptoms This beta…
Data suggests that a gluten free diet can add to the cost of the average food bill. With the Low Fodmap diet requiring someone with IBS to be following a virtually wheat free diet plus the additional costs of lactose free milk, how can someone follow this diet within a tight budget, without being limited…
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