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When Fiber Is Your Enemy
What’s the low FODMAP Diet for?
You have probably heard beautiful things about fiber. It helps you control hunger. It is good for managing your blood sugars. It’ll improve your bowel movements.
All true. Most of the time.
However, for some of us, fiber can make life hell. Luckily, a low FODMAP diet will fix it all.
The acronym
What does? Here you go:
I had never heard the term before. However, two years ago, I found myself having to learn everything I could about it. It all started because I wanted to live to be at least 100 years old. I thought the Blue Zones diet was going to get me there.
Healthy food?
The Blue Zones are areas where people consistently get to live over 100 years of age. They include “.”
The idea behind the Blue Zones diet is that if you lead a lifestyle similar to the people living in those areas, you might get to live a long, healthy life.
