5: IBS & Anxiety: Navigating This Common Connection With FODMAP Everyday

Today’s episode is a recording from a live webinar I recorded with Dede Wilson, Cofounder of FODMAP Everyday® and The Queen Zone™. If you experience both irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and anxiety, you are not alone. These two conditions occur together more often than you may have realized.

⏱️ Chapters:

00:00 – Intro

01:31 – Meet your hosts: Leigh Merotto & Dédé Wilson

02:54 – How common is anxiety with IBS?

05:00 – Anxiety vs. stress: What’s the difference?

07:28 – Gut-brain connection explained

09:04 – Why IBS & anxiety often overlap

13:41 – FODMAP fears: Why staying restricted can backfire

17:02 – The 3 phases of the low FODMAP diet

21:08 – IBS & gut inflammation: What we know

25:06 – Are probiotics helpful for IBS?

29:07 – Non-food triggers: Sleep, stress, and timing

32:57 – Real-life strategies for eating out with confidence

35:30 – Gut-directed hypnotherapy: Can it help?

39:05 – Intermittent fasting & IBS: A risky combo?

44:30 – Food intolerance tests: Fact vs. fiction

56:00 – Breaking the restriction-anxiety cycle

FODMAP Everyday is an incredible resource to help you thrive on the low FODMAP Diet with IBS! Checkout FODMAP Everyday for evidence-based, comprehensive guides, recipes and resources for your low FODMAP Diet Journey. You can find lots of evidence based blogs written by various Monash trained Dietitians including several from yours truly, as well as low FODMAP recipes, product guides and more. 

📌 FODMAP Everyday Website

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