When experiencing intestinal complaints, it is often beneficial to follow a special diet. Many different types of diets have been developed over the years. This page provides an overview of various dietary recommendations.
Diets have been developed for weight loss, as well as low-starch and ketogenic diets. There are also specific nutritional guidelines for allergies, intolerances to gluten, latex, or histamine, and for IBS symptoms.
Allergy or histamine intolerance When should you follow a low-histamine diet? People with a food allergy may develop symptoms when they eat something they are allergic to. The histamine level in the body then rises. With histamine intolerance, symptoms can…
Low-FODMAP diet for Irritable Bowel Syndrome The low-FODMAP diet is used for chronic gastrointestinal complaints. A low-FODMAP diet is recommended in particular if you have Irritable Bowel Syndrome, abbreviated as IBS. In that case, you have chronic gastrointestinal complaints whose…
The Candida diet to reduce Candida growth Do you suffer from a bloated abdomen, flatulence, fatigue or a fungal infection? The Candida diet may offer a solution. The Candida diet can help slow the growth of yeasts such as Candida.…
The effect of a low glycaemic index diet The glycaemic index provides a number for comparing the effect of consuming 50 grams of food on blood glucose levels with the response caused by 50 grams of pure glucose. The effect…
When to follow a low-histamine diet? People with a food allergy can develop symptoms when they eat something they are allergic to. The histamine level in the body then rises. With histamine intolerance, symptoms can occur after eating foods that…
What you need to know about a latex-free diet Do you have a latex allergy? Then choose a latex-free diet. A latex-free diet is an eating pattern in which all foods containing latex are omitted. Nuts and seeds in particular…
Effect of bacteria on our gut flora Probiotics are preparations that contain live or freeze-dried intestinal bacteria. The gut flora is very diverse, which means that a healthy intestine contains hundreds of bacterial species. Lactobacilli are often prescribed for gastrointestinal…
Diet with resistant starch Contains starch that is not broken down The resistant-starch diet is a diet containing products with starch that is not broken down by digestive enzymes. This is called resistant starch. The term resistant indicates that the…
