What is it? Glutamine is a non-essential amino acid found in foods and supplements. Amino acids are the building blocks of protein. This means that they are molecules which combine to create proteins. Protein is needed for many essential things such as building and maintaining muscle mass, immune functioning such as fighting off infection, growth […]

IBS is defined as a gut-brain axis disorder. But what does that actually mean? What is IBS and what causes it? Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a condition that affects the gut. IBS may cause various symptoms like bloating abdominal pain, excessive gas, diarrhoea or constipation. These symptoms are often brought on if someone eats […]

How Pre, Pro, and Postbiotics can help manage your IBS Pre, pro, and postbiotic are compounds which, while all sounding pretty similar, are actually very different in terms of their make-up. Some are fibrous, some are enzymes, and some are even alive! However, what they do all have in common, is that they all work […]

What do the kidneys do? The kidneys are an important organ. They are responsible for removing excess waste and fluids from your body. Although that is their main function, they do so much more, such as, release hormones, create vitamin D and control the production of red blood cells. This all helps to keep everything […]

Use the FODMAP Friendly App to Calculate FODMAP Portions & Combinations Using the FOD-Stacker! Have you ever wondered about the coloured circles with percentages on the FODMAP Friendly App? It is designed to help you identify two things: 1) Suitable portion sizes 2) How to combine low FODMAP foods Suitable Portion Sizes We know that portion size […]

Introducing the newly FODMAP Friendly certified Pantori! Pantori is a small business in the UK who produce locally made, hand blended spice blends & bouillons. The inspiration for Pantori was to bring flavour and excitement to peoples home cooking without risk. The inspiration behind Pantori Pantori was born out of a desire to bring flavour […]