Client Story of IBS/FODMAP Diet I’ve suffered from IBS-C since I was 6 years old but I wasn’t officially diagnosed until I was 26 or 27. I thought it was normal to be constipated. Throughout childhood, teenage years, and early twenties, primary care and...
Is it Lactose Intolerance or A1 Beta-Casein Protein Intolerance? What is Beta-Casein? Beta-Casein is a protein found in cows’ milk. There are two types of beta-casein in conventional milk, A1 and A2. A2 is said to be the original variant, as it existed prior to the...
The Dreaded Constipation! There are only a handful of professions that pooping is discussed and nothing is thought of it. Being a dietitian that sees clients with gastrointestinal issues, I am one of those people. If I don’t talk about this subject with my client, I...
What is Congenital Sucrase-Isomaltase Deficiency (CSID)? I attended a three day GI conference at the University of Michigan in September. It was an amazing conference packed full of presentations from some of the best GI doctors and dietitians. One presentation was on...
Is There Really Such Thing As Leaky Gut? Is There Really Such Thing As Leaky Gut? Sometime during 2015 I was told I had “leaky gut.” I had no idea what it meant or if it was an actual diagnosis. I had not heard the term in college or any of my time working at Johns...
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