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Imagine waking up one day to a relentless discomfort in your gut, a turmoil that disrupts your daily life severely without any warning. This invisible adversary, known as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), haunts 10 percent to 15 percent of the global population with its unpredictable symptoms of stomach pain, diarrhea and gas. ....
While initially attributed to the high-profile Delta Air Lines incident in 2023, interest in this most unpleasant of symptoms has been rising for many years. ....
FODMAPs are certain types of carbohydrates - called fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols, as the acronym suggests - that often can t be fully digested or absorbed in the small intestine and are instead fermented by microbes in the colon. This can cause gastrointestinal distress. ....