Chey William D. - A Teens Guide to Gut Health [eBook - Biblioboard]: The Low-FODMAP Way to Tame IBS, Crohns, Colitis, and Other Digestive Disorders

Rachel Meltzer Warren handles this delicate topic with honesty and humor, delivering an empowering plan of action thats heavy on evidence-based, practical solutions to redirect readers from the rabbit hole of unvetted, fad-driven online advice.

TAMARA DUKER FREUMAN, MS, RD, CDN, clinical dietitian, contributor, U.S. News & World Report

This unique book will help you manage your IBS in a school setting, including specific strategies for managing your social life, access to the bathroom, cafeteria, dorm living and going out to eat with your friends. I love the laugh-out-loud scripts for talking to parents about IBS!

PATSY CATSOS, MS, RDN, LD, author of The IBS Elimination Diet and Cookbook

What a terrific resource! This comprehensive guide covers all the bases. Complete with delicious recipes and sample meal plans, this is the go-to GI guide for all teens and young adults.

FAYE BERGER MITCHELL, RDN, LDN, editor-in-chief, foodieoncampus.com

For any teen who is struggling to understand whats going on in their gut, this book is a must read!

NANCY SIDNAM, MS, RDN, creator of The Wellie Project

A Teens Guide to Gut Health will prove to be a life-changing resource for adolescents who are looking to get their young lives back to normal.

DR. BARBARA BOLEN, coauthor of The Everything Guide to the Low-FODMAP Diet

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A Teens Guide to GUT HEALTH

The LOW-FODMAP Way TO TAME IBS, CROHNS, COLITIS, and OTHER DIGESTIVE DISORDERS

RACHEL MELTZER WARREN, MS, RDN

A T eens G uide to G ut H ealth : The Low-FODMAP Way to Tame IBS, Crohns, Colitis, and Other Digestive Disorders

Copyright 2017 by Rachel Meltzer Warren

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication

Names: Warren, Rachel Meltzer, author.

Title: A teens guide to gut health : the low-FODMAP way to tame IBS, Crohns, colitis, and other digestive disorders / Rachel Meltzer Warren, MS, RDN.

Description: New York : The Experiment, [2017]

Identifiers: LCCN 2016020920 (print) | LCCN 2016026265 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Gastrointestinal system--Diseases--Popular works. | Gastrointestinal system--Diseases--Diet therapy. | Teenagers--Health and hygiene--Popular works.

Classification: LCC RC806 .W37 2017 (print) | LCC RC806 (ebook) | DDC 641.5/631--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016020920

eISBN 9781615193554

Cover and text design by Becky Terhune
Author photograph by Daniel Meltzer

Manufactured in the United States of America
Distributed by Workman Publishing Company, Inc.
Distributed simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Ltd.

To my parents, who gave me my guts

Gastrointestinal (GI) problems are remarkably common, disruptive, and embarrassing. Lets face it: It can be pretty awkward to talk about your own or hear about others problems with stomach gurgling, farting, or pooping. Perhaps the most common and best-known GI problem is irritable bowel syndrome or IBSa condition characterized by symptoms such as abdominal pain, bloating, and altered bowel habits (diarrhea and/or constipation). Doctors will tell you that the good news is that IBS wont kill you. Patients will tell you that the bad news is that IBS wont kill you.

Because IBS is considered a nonlethal lifestyle condition, it often isnt taken seriously by doctors, teachers, coaches, friends, or even family. But fun everyday activities for most teenslike participating in or attending sporting events, dating, or eating out at a restaurantcan become sources of fear, frustration, anxiety, and isolation for those with IBS.

By the way, the common denominator for many social activities is food. Consider how the role of food in everyday life has changed over the roughly two-hundred-thousand-year existence of humankind. For most of history, food has predominantly been viewed as a source of sustenance and nutrition. In the past, if someone wanted food to eat, they had to grow or hunt it (even in less developed parts of the world today, food is not always easily available). If someone got a headache or a cut, they couldnt go to the corner drugstore to pick up some acetaminophen or antibiotic ointment. Rather, they counted upon the healing properties of plant and animal products. Now fast-forward to modern times in developed areas. Food can sometimes be less about sustenance and nutrition and more about pleasure and entertainment. So many things that we do involve food as a major part of the overall experience, and in some ways, food can be readily available with little effort. Think about how you planned your days the last time you went on vacation with your familyI bet it was around mealtimes! For Americans, it isnt unusual to talk about where youre going to eat dinner while youre eating lunch. Whether you view that as comical or just plain sad, there can be no denying that we have strayed quite far from the words of the ancient philosopher and physician Hippocrates, who said, Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food.

Increasingly, health care providers are waking up to the fact that the majority of GI problems are related to what we eat. For example, it has long been known that two thirds of IBS patients link eating a meal with their GI symptoms. Yet despite this fact, meaningful research to identify scientifically proven dietary treatments for conditions like IBS has been hard to find. This lack of scientific evidence, along with patients urgent need for relief, has created an environment that is ripe for unfounded and, in some cases, even dangerous diet treatments. It is precisely for that reason that A Teens Guide to Gut Health is so important. Over the past eight years or so, there has been an explosion of scientific research dedicated to unraveling the role of diet in causing and treating GI symptoms. There is now credible evidence that supports the benefits of the low-FODMAP diet in patients with IBS. This book does a great job of weaving the available scientific evidence, common sense, and the invaluable experience of author Rachel Meltzer Warren to create an informative, medically responsible, and entertaining journey to Dietary Nirvana for teens with GI conditions. By using this book, teens with IBS, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), or other GI disorders can gain the knowledge and tools necessary to enjoy the parts of life involving food that they have been missing.