Welcome to the mySymptoms blog – where we share practical tips, personal stories, and expert insights to help you understand your body, manage your symptoms, and take control of your health journey.
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…
Analytics are extremely useful for us to understand how you use the App by tracking which screens you use most frequently, how you navigate between screens, and how long you spend on each screen. This all helps us to make improvements to the App. All analytics tracking is anonymous – we don’t know your name, address,…
See your Doctor Many people are now aware of what IBS is and it is tempting to self-diagnose. However, it is important see your Doctor to make sure that Coeliac Disease (an autoimmune condition with the same symptoms) and other conditions such as Inflammatory Bowel Diseases are ruled out first. This is done by having…
For an introduction to the Low FODMAP diet, please read our earlier blog post ‘The Low FODMAP diet: What is it and can it help my IBS?’. The diet is only for 8 weeks and must not be done for much longer as it can negatively affect the bacteria in your gut. There are 3…
Simple entertaining tips for a safe, healthy and Happy Christmas! Christmas is about getting family and friends together and enjoying ourselves. All so often this will involve eating, drinking and being merry! But what happens if either you or one of your guests is a food intolerance sufferer, follow a restricted diet, or have a health condition…
You may have heard about the Low FODMAP diet in the press, online, or through friends and family as it’s been creating quite a buzz! Unlike the faddy diets that promise much and deliver little, (I think most of us have tried these at some point!) the Low FODMAP diet is a new type of…
For the best results, don’t record the same symptom too often – try to record it only once or twice per day. Record only the first onset (time) of a symptom and it’s peak intensity rather than repeatedly entries throughout day as its intensity changes.
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