Monash University FODMAP diet

Monash University Low FODMAP diet team

About this app

Researchers at Monash University have developed a diet and corresponding app to assist in management of the gastrointestinal symptoms associated with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). The Monash University Low FODMAP diet works by restricting foods high in some carbohydrates called FODMAPs.

The app comes directly from the research team at Monash and includes the following:

- General information about the FODMAP diet and IBS.
- Easy to understand tutorials to guide you through the app and the 3-Step FODMAP diet.
- A Food Guide detailing the FODMAP content for hundreds of foods using a simple 'traffic light system'.
- A list of branded products that have been certified by Monash as low FODMAP.
- A collection of over 70 nutritious, low FODMAP recipes.
- Functions that allow you to create your own shopping list and add notes to individual foods
- A Diary that enables you to record food eaten, IBS symptoms, bowel habits and stress levels. The Diary will also guide you through step 2 of the diet - FODMAP reintroduction.
- The ability to adjust units of measurement (metric or imperial) and activate colour blindness assistance.

Ratings and reviews

What makes this app so great & worth every penny for me was the "Food Guide" which made it really easy to determine if a food was low fodmap or not. You can look up practically any food you could think of and it will tell you, so that you're not left guessing, which saves you a lot of time & trouble. I also really appreciate the "Recipes" section because it gives you lots of meal ideas so that you're not stuck eating the same meals over and over, which helps keep you sane while on this diet.

This is not worth $9. The food diary is just plain text and not connected to the app's food database, so it's just as effective as writing in a notebook. The search functions in the food database are limited. There's no option to search by the type of carb to locate high FODMAP foods to use in the challenge/reintroduction phase. You just have to look up every.single.ingredient. The filtering options are probably helpful once you know what you're trying to avoid, but useless in phase 2.

One of the few apps I've ever bought, and completely worth it. I refer to it regularly. This app is the source for the most up to date FODMAP information, direct from the testing lab. I do wish it gave the actual amount of each FODMAP in each food, rather than just assigning a color. They say they do this to reduce confusion, but honestly the light system is more confusing and requires more guesswork than numbers would.

What's new

Bug Fixes