Anyone doing low FODMAP?

I have been doing it for about a year now, and I have found that garlic and onion are my biggest enemies which SUCKS!!! I still crave them sometimes. Definitely stay away from packaged goods (which is sound advice in general, but even the "healthy" things have hidden garlic and onion powders in them. You can cook with garlic infused oil, though to get a hint of that flavor. Truly trust your gut. You will be able to tell what foods irritate your tummy.

I've done it in the past. The most helpful advice I got was actually from a chef: think in terms of ingredients, not recipes.

or basically, I started looking at the food I was eating and thinking about what flavor, or property (thickening, thinning, bulk, liquid), or color I wanted for a dish, and then looking over what foods I could eat to figure out how to get it.

It helped me get tastier foods than when I just was trying to avoid so many of them and find a recipe that 'matched,' which usually meant just leaving out a lot of the good tasting stuff, you know?

I also looked at a lot of ethnic markets to find foods I was unfamiliar with that might have good flavors or colors and that I could have. :-)

I met with my dietitian yesterday and that's what she wants me to try. I'm not looking forward to it. It does not look easy to follow. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that onions and garlic are not issues for me!