I'm the Gut Health Doctor, here are my top tips to ease IBS symptoms trends now
It's an agonising condition that blights the lives of millions.
But there's help on hand for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) sufferers.
A prominent expert nicknamed the Gut Health Doctor has revealed her best tips to ease any digestive discomfort.
From eating smaller meals more frequently to watching caffeine intake, registered dietician and nutritionist Dr Megan Rossi explains how to keep your sensitive stomach under control...
Dr Megan Rossi explains the ways to keep your sensitive stomach under control
Smaller, more frequent meals
Eating larger meals can trigger IBS symptoms due to the sheer amount of food the gut then needs to process at one time.
Dr Rossi said one way to avoid this problem is to shake-up how much and how often you eat.
'I think a lot of people think they should have three main meals but when you have a really sensitive and overactive gut that stretching of your stomach can actually cause more symptoms,' she said.
'So instead of your three main meals, have five to six meals. You are eating the same amount of food it is just broken up across the day.'
Watch your caffeine intake
Studies suggest that up to a third of IBS sufferers experience reoccurring symptoms – commonly diarrhoea – after ingesting caffeine.
Dr Rossi advised people with IBS to not only avoid obvious caffeine-laden food and drinks like coffee but to be aware of hidden caffeine sources.
'Caffeine is not just in tea and coffee, but it is in some herbal teas, green tea, dark chocolate and even some cold and flu medication contains caffeine,' she said.
'What caffeine can do is alter your gut movement and that can trigger some pain if you have a sensitive gut as well as altered poops.
'Go decaf in
