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Category: Nutrition/Diets
The ‘Low FODMAP’ diet restricts foods containing poorly absorbed sugars from the diet which are rapidly fermented by bacteria in the bowel drawing in fluid and produceing gas. This can cause a number of symptoms for those with a functional gut disorder, such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).
| Purpose | # of patients |
# of patients with evaluations
Efficacy
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Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell |
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| IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) | 3 | 2 |
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| Support weight loss | 1 | 1 |
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| Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | 1 | 1 |
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See all 3 patients currently using Low fodmap diet
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Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Low fodmap diet
| Bowel urgency | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Dry skin | 1 | |
| Skin infections | 1 |
| 1 other daily | ||
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| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 1 |
Adherence
Taking treatment as prescribed
Adherence of Low fodmap diet
Always |
1 | 33% |
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|---|---|---|---|
Usually |
2 | 67% |
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Sometimes |
0 | 0% |
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Never |
0 | 0% |
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Burden
Difficulty being on treatment
Burden of Low fodmap diet
Very |
1 | 33% |
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|---|---|---|---|
Somewhat |
2 | 67% |
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A little |
0 | 0% |
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Not at all |
0 | 0% |
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Cost
Paid out of pocket
Cost of Low fodmap diet
$200+ |
0 | 0% |
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|---|---|---|---|
$100-199 |
0 | 0% |
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$50-99 |
0 | 0% |
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$25-49 |
0 | 0% |
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< $25 |
1 | 100% |
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Report created on May 28, 2012.