Digestive Health Irritable Bowel Syndrome Nutrition The 5 Best Low-FODMAP Diet Resources By Barbara Bolen, PhD Updated on June 07, 2022 Medically reviewed by Priyanka Chugh, MD Fact checked by Heather Mercer Print The low-FODMAP diet can be effective for relief of IBS symptoms, but it can also be tricky and challenging to follow. The more help you have, the more likely it will be that you will be able to successfully use the diet to rid yourself of IBS pain, gas and bloating, and bathroom problems. Here you will find plenty of places where you can get support, information, and strategies for success. You may find that you will benefit from these resources most in terms of what they can offer you as to what on earth you can actually eat on the diet. 1 Qualified Professionals Lipik1 / Getty Images The safest and most effective way to follow the diet is under the care of a qualified and trained dietary professional. This is to ensure that you are meeting your daily dietary requirements in spite of restricting yourself from high FODMAP foods. A qualified dietary professional could be a dietitian, a health coach, or nutritionist. You would just want to make sure that they have received training as to how the diet works. 2 The Best App It can be so hard to remember which foods are high or low in FODMAPs. An app on your smartphone is the best way to have quick access to information about the FODMAP load of each food. This quick information will prove invaluable as you learn to incorporate the diet into your everyday routine. The Monash University FODMAP diet app is available for both Android and Apple devices ($8). 3 Low-FODMAP Books and Cookbooks The following books provide excellent advice for following the diet. Each of them offers unique features, so optimally you would read them all before starting the diet. This book not only provides you with well-researched information as to how to follow the diet but also provide you with a wide variety of recipes: The Everything® Guide to the Low-FODMAP Diet 4 More Low-FODMAP Recipe Resources You may want more recipes than you can find in the above cookbooks. As the diet has gained in popularity, there are now numerous websites that offer recipes for meals that are suitable on the diet. 5 Low-FODMAP Convenience Foods Food manufacturers are starting to offer convenience foods that are appropriate for someone who is on the low-FODMAP diet. Monash University, the institute behind the diet's research, offers a list of foods that they certify to be FODMAP-friendly. Modify Health offers Monash certified foods that you can order online, and they ship for free anywhere in the U.S. Another company that prepares and ships low-FODMAP convenience food items in the U.S. is FODY Foods. 2 Sources Verywell Health uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read our editorial process to learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy. Magge S, Lembo A. Low-FODMAP diet for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2012;8(11):739–745. Monash University. FODMAPs and irritable bowel syndrome. By Barbara Bolen, PhD Barbara Bolen, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and health coach. She has written multiple books focused on living with irritable bowel syndrome. See Our Editorial Process Meet Our Medical Expert Board Share Feedback Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! What is your feedback? Other Helpful Report an Error Submit