We reveal the first diet proven to help bowel disorders such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome

First of all, what is the low-FODMAP diet? Well, each letter of that acronym stands for a group of foods: The F is for fermentable, O for oligosaccharides (wheat, garlic, onion), D for disaccharides (milk, ice cream), M for monosaccharides (apples, pears, honey) and P for polyols. All of these are sugars in everyday foods but many are poorly absorbed in the small intestine where they hang around fermenting, producing gas and making you bloated.