{"id":4894,"date":"2021-02-24T12:41:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T12:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theguthealthdoctor.com\/?p=4894"},"modified":"2023-03-17T15:16:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T15:16:22","slug":"should-you-cut-out-onion-and-garlic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theguthealthdoctor.com\/should-you-cut-out-onion-and-garlic","title":{"rendered":"Should you cut out onion &#038; garlic?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Think onions and garlic are your enemy? Please <strong>DON\u2019T<\/strong> banish them long-term! Your gut microbes will thank you!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I know many of you with sensitive guts and IBS fear garlic and onion, but it really is possible for everyone* to include these gut-loving foods in your diet!<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m yet to meet a gut that can\u2019t reintroduce them &#8211; and I\u2019ve got to know thousands of guts in my 11 years of being a dietitian.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How? Slow and steady wins the race to good gut health.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Even if you&#8217;ve been guided to try the low-FODMAP diet by a specialist dietitian to help your gut symptoms (and that&#8217;s the ONLY way you should be told to try it!), it&#8217;s never forever.<\/p>\n<p>The restriction stage (where you avoid high-FODMAP foods temporarily, including garlic and onion) should only be done for a MAX 8 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s super important to go into the reintroduction stage, where you add FODMAP foods back in slowly and gradually to allow your gut to adapt.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FODMAP foods nourish your gut microbes, so reintroduction is an absolute MUST for the best long-term health outcomes. Not to mention your own happiness when you can enjoy the amazing flavours of onion and garlic again.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*Although very very rare (there are not even enough cases to derive a stat!), it is possible to be allergic to garlic and onion (think difficulty breathing, rashes etc), in which case complete avoidance is essential. Diagnosis can only be made by an expert allergist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think onions and garlic are your enemy? Please DON\u2019T banish them long-term! Your gut microbes will thank you! &nbsp; I know many of you with sensitive guts and IBS fear garlic and onion, but it really is possible for everyone* to include these gut-loving foods in your diet! I\u2019m yet to meet a gut that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-or-nutrition","category-myth-busting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Should you cut out onion &amp; garlic? | The Gut Health Doctor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Think onions and garlic are your enemy? Dr Megan Rossi says please DON\u2019T banish them long-term! 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