The Low-FODMAP Diet for Beginners: A 7-Day Plan to Beat Bloat and Soothe Your Gut with Recipes for Fast IBS Relief Kindle Edition

I’ll save you the trouble. Cook all your proteins with olive oil, salt, pepper, and lemon. There are no pork or beef recipes. Only eat zucchini/squash and tomatoes. I don’t know why so many recipes require gluten free bread crumbs, and some of the ingredients you aren’t supposed to eat are included in the recipes. You’re also going to have a hard time convincing me that pumpkin and coconut milk will taste like Alfredo sauce.I thought the book would contain useful recipes for meals, but the vast majority are simplistic, bland “recipes” for ingredients, but very few actual meals or full dishes. Save the $15 and just google the FODMAP chart and the steps for reintroducing foods.

I am new to low FODMAP, but not new to trying to use diet to help IBS. I ordered two other similar titles, and this one by far has the best recipes. This diet plan is all about food choices and having great recipes in essential. The recipes in this book are much lower in sugar and contains similar, more common ingredients as compared to other books. Very organized and was easy to understand the reasoning and science behind the diet, in simple terms. Does a great job also explaining the reintroduction phase!Thank you also for leaving out red meat and pork!

When a Low FODMAP diet was recommend to me I did some research and became quickly overwhelmed with all the "Do's and Don'ts". Mollie offers a perfectly laid out road map of a successful diet. She gives you all the recipes for the first week (and many many more) and even includes leftovers as meals so you aren't over spending. And did I mention there is an recipe for AMAZING chocolate chip cookies?!This diet made a huge difference on how I feel day in and day out. I cannot recommend this book & diet enough for those who have struggled.

I'm not much of a cook, so I appreciate the very easy recipes in this book. I've made at least a dozen of the recipes so far, and they have all been very good to excellent. The seven-day plan and accompanying shopping list was really helpful for a novice like me. (I have another book as well, but I haven't made any of its recipes because they are all so complicated.)I thought I'd struggle more on a low-FODMAP diet, but this book made me realize there are plenty great things I can eat ... and I've even lost a little weight because I'm eating better on this food plan.

TLDR: I would recommend this book, to expand your recipe repertoire (especially for the price) but you can't follow the recommended meal plan to the letter if you're a beginner so it's not what I thought it was and what I needed.The short version is that it has a lot of good info about IBS, FODMAPs and the overall diet and "challenging" process, but my issue is with some of the recipes in the meal plan, which is the main reason why I got this book. I needed some guidance because everything I know how to cook has FODMAP ingredients in it, and I didn't want to have to hunt for recipes and put together a meal plan that worked.The book recommends using the Monash University app to help figure out what is acceptable to eat, because they are the pioneers of the FODMAP diet. However, the book doesn't follow its own advice during the preliminary stages of starting the FODMAP diet, before the "challenge" stage. Theoretically, you're supposed to start with ONLY stuff that is definitely low FODMAP, so that you can cleanse your system out. THEN 3-4 weeks later, you challenge to see what your unique tolerance is for each of the FODMAPs. The problem is that there are several recipes in the book's week 1 starting meal plan that ask you to make something that has ingredients which (according to the Monash app) are only "green" if you have a small amount (cabbage, or unripe bananas), are borderline "yellow" (zucchini) or are actually "red" in the app (blueberries). This makes it really hard to follow the diet if you're a beginner and don't know what your sensitivities are yet and these recipes terrible choices for the beginning stages of the diet, when you're trying to figure it all out. Maybe the author can eat small amounts of blueberries, and cabbage and all that, but not everyone can, so having these in your first week of trying the diet defeats the purpose.Also, a side note, they have ridiculous amounts of food to buy in the first week and it's really expensive obscure stuff. If you're cooking for one, you will end up with tons of food (especially fresh produce that you can't freeze) that you won't be able to eat before it starts to spoil. Then there are tons of leftovers, and you end up eating the same thing for 3 meals. This is exactly what I was trying to avoid because as you may know, high quantities of the same low FODMAP food may shift it from a low to a medium or to high FODMAP if you have "too much" at once. There are also typos in the shopping list. You end up with a couple of items that you will not use and you'll get to some recipes that call for something that wasn't on the list.I really wanted to give the book 5 stars, because it's pretty good in that it has some recipes that are INCREDIBLY helpful and tasty (Fish and Chips, how to make your own ketchup, salad dressing, pesto, etc.). However, some are kind of obvious, and I didn't need a cookbook to tell me how to make (a basic salad, and grilled veggies?? are you serious?). It wasn't too expensive and I would recommend it if you're looking to expand your recipes, especially your sauces, dips, dressings and deserts because the store-bought versions usually have onion and/or garlic in them.

My daughter is having digestive problems for years and its getting worse. So I bought this to try to help get her healthy. She is on her third week now of using this diet plan and she is feeling 100% better. She is learning to cook healthier, eat healthier and looks healthier. Now she can try to figure out what exactly is affecting her so negatively. This book has opened her eyes to better eating and how it affects her health.

After suffering IBS issues, I’m trying to heal and educate myself on what I can do to avoid future flare ups and feel better. A medical provider suggested looking into a low FODMAP diet. I purchased this book as well as one from another author and that author’s cookbook because I wanted as much information as possible and many recipes to keep food interesting and me on track. Having read all three, this is my absolute favorite! Mollie gives a very thorough and easily understood explanation of FODMAPs. She makes it simple to begin by giving a full week’s listing of meals and snacks and includes a shopping list. But what makes this book, for me, the best is that the recipes are simple. After six weeks of illness, I needed something easy, at least for starters. Mollie nailed it!The other author’s recipes are much more difficult, but I’m sure I’ll eventually use recipes from the other book. Good to have variety.Bottom line...if you’re new to FODMAPS and don’t want it complicated, this book is for you.

This book is amazing and has changed my life! I ate healthily, exercises regularly and am of a healthy weight for my age and height - however I have battled with IBS, bloating and upset stomach for years - especially after hitting 40. My parents both had bowel cancer in the last 2 years so I decided to investigate my own eating habits and what was going on on my system. I had blood tests, colonoscopies and all normal. The doctor suggested I try a low FODMAP diet. I tried on my own googling, but with no success and didn’t know where to start. This book is brilliant! Explains all about FODMAP foods and all of the recipes are delicious and easy to make. Even my teenage sons enjoy the food. My symptoms seemed to change over night - no bloating or stomach cramps. I feel full and full of energy and no longer crave sugary treats! Highly recommend for busy people who suffer from IBS.

I’ve struggled for years with ibs, serious bloating and discomfort everyday (upset bowls included). Now just by following this book plus taking probiotics, I’ve noticed dramatic improvements. I wasn’t even following this book strictly, it was just about recognising which foods are more prone to triggure my ibs symptoms. Definitely give it a go! I feel so much better

I found this a great buy it explains all about Fodmap and has a lot of tips my son was recommended to go on this eating program for unexplained stomach problems and he’s been a lot better since going with the Fodmap dieti bout two books one had a lot more recipes and this one had a lot more information

This book has been really good and very helpful. Is American based so needed to google what a few things were but easy enough to do.

It's an American book with ingredient references to Zucchini, Eggplant and Cilantro. However as long as you know the British equivalent ie., Cougettes, Aubergine and Corriander, the recipes seem to be quite easy to do. You'll probably have to adapt some of the ingredients according to what works best for your type of IBS condition and tolerances but on the whole its quite a useful book if you are struggling for variations in you current diet. The only negative for me is that my book hasn't been securely bound and some pages are already coming unstuck.