Monash Uni Low FODMAP Diet

I only bought this because I'd rather consult the original source, but the red light green light system is awful. I went through all of the foods thinking the red light ones were the ones I couldn't have. Then I read a recipe that included sweet potatoes, a red light item. So I tried searching for it, but sweet potatoes wouldn't come up in the search bar. I went back to the guide and found it, and clicked on it. I saw that I can still have sweet potatoes, just a small amount. Awesome, I have to go back and start over now. I appreciate the attempts at recipes, but I cook from scratch a lot, so I'd rather just go through the lists and find the proper serving sizes. I think it would make a lot more sense if you had something like: potato, sweet : green (.5 cups) Also, fix the search bar.

I've just bought this and just tried my first recipe. Pancakes. I followed the recipe perfectly and even though I thought it was odd to put baking powder and bicarb in it, I did. Even with 6 tsps of caster sugar (I never put sugar in my pancakes) I was so disappointed. I had to throw it all in the bin. It was inedible.

This is the first time I've ever paid for an app like this and although I've had a couple of navigation issues with it, it's easy to work out once you know how. Also it's good that the developers actually read your reviews and address your questions, so I'd advise anyone having problems to read the other reviews and the answers , as I did.

It's clunky and the search function often freezes up. Some of the serving sizes used to give food a rating are impractical, such as a serving size of 2 brussel sprouts. Because of the poor calibration the color coding system is not useful. You need to open each food to read the description to see if it is actually safe or problematic. It seems like a lot of work went into gathering the data but very little attention was given to testing usability.

This app is a great help to me in what to eat and what to avoid. Since I cook almost every day and buy many ingredients, I hope you add more food items to your list as we go. For example I was wondering if Quince is good or not? But did not find it in the directory.

Downloaded a few different apps. Than succumbed to buying this app thinking it would combine different features from other apps. I find other apps have more info like individual ingrediants and additives with their codes to cross reference on labels. Even a section where you can rate your reaction to the food. Also needs a place to easily scan barcodes. Plus needs so many more recipe ideas. As a newbie to fodmaps this app has not helped much and I never pay for apps and regret my choice

Finally know what I can and cannot eat, had been a life saver for me, as I was almost in constant pain before I started using this app.

Making the search bar more flexible if you get me. Also as another user said green lighting serving sizes. I've learned all the fodmaps now in most fruit and veg but from time to time I still need to refresh. Including the breads and other foods has been great. Overall love this app!

My gastroenterologist gave me a fodmap list from 2009 - I love that this can be updated by Monash Uni as they find out more, so I know I'm getting the most up-to-date info regarding what's OK and what's not (it's amazingly different than the list I was given by my Dr). I also love all the educational materials which explain what fodmaps are and why they can cause symptoms - they're very valuable for newcomers to this diet! The recipe guide is a good starting point, but most of the breakfasts are not to my personal taste. I like that the nutritional breakdown is provided, though. The 1 week diet diary is a great idea and the "add recipe" functionality means it's convenient if you use the recipes from the app. If you add your own meal, it saves, which is still convenient. Things that would make this app 5 stars: - a section under diet for adding drinks (water intake, teas, coffees, alcohol, etc) - addition of Bristol stool chart to the symptom tracker and option to note number of bowel movements/day (it's a diet for IBS, after all) - written notes section for the symptom tracker to mark any other changes/additional info - option to log symptoms up to 3 times per day, in accordance with main meals - ability to openly source recipes from a communal database of other users of the app, so that the recipes listed can be screened and assessed by the dietitians at Monash and shared with every app update There are some reviews from people not in Australia stating that this is a useless app because it contains so few analyses of overseas foods from packets. Processed, pre-packaged foods such as gluten-free bread, pre-made sauces, snack bars, etc SHOULD NOT be staples in an IBS diet. The Monash focus on analysing whole foods is far more important, and should encourage consumption of an unprocessed diet - this is what it's all about! If you bought a fodmap recipe book from Monash, it would retail for way more than this app. Well worth the money when you're at the supermarket figuring out what veggies to put in your pasta sauce.

Its ok. New icon is horrible. No inspiration

I checked out the trial and now it wont let me do it ... it says that i have completed it ... can it be re set

Extremely helpful. My go-to source for all info fodmap.

Search is working good

The recipes are a nice addition but they really need to have the measurements change between metric and imperial. Not everyone will be able to do the unit conversions in their head. If you need to leave the app for that the recipe section usefulness is severely diminished Response to comments - Changing the measurement between metric and imperial only impacts the nutritional information display and not the measurements of the ingredients themselves in the recipe

This app lacks tons of typical US foods, forcing me to Google constantly, or consult other lists. The one week trial is not user friendly, has no real journaling space or provision to comment on individual food and meal results. I spent more money than I've ever spent on an app for one I won't even use.

Love this app. Not only is it an easy way to stay up to date on which doors will make me sick, it also lets me take notes about each food. Held back one star because when I recently switched phones I had to re-enter my user settings and notes.

Great app, Monash are constantly adding more foods and you can trust the information to be scientifically sound. This app is great for people who cook from scratch, that might be why the Americans are complaining :D you won't find information for many processed food here.

Better than expected !!! I am really grateful for finding this diet and this app! In just a few days, I feel remarkably better. I did notice that there is a bug with the search feature that others have mentioned. Putting in foods that are in the guide and are spelled correctly don't always bring up the item. Just FYI. It happened when I tried pomegranate and broccoli. The good news is that you can easily search the categories alphabetically. I am relieved that this app exists because initially getting this diet right can be a bit complicated and while there are free resources online, I can't be sure of their accuracy and this app layout makes it much easier to get to the information quickly otherwise it can get a bit tedious. I am happy to support the research that Monash Uni is doing on Fodmaps and the further development of the app. If I can make a wee suggestion for the future regarding recipes: I have a number of food allergies that make following conventional recipes a bit challenging. I also read some reviews that mentioned others with other eating restrictions (vegans for example). Do you think that one day it might be possible to be able to check off eating restrictions such as these so that only recipes without those allergens or eating restrictions would come up? Just a thought. Otherwise great work!

This DIET BOOK app has saved my sanity and helped ease a lot of painful flare ups. Thanks so much for this app.

Unfortunately the information design is not helpful. A real traffic light system would give you a fodmap rating/portion size for red (high), yellow (medium), green (low). What this gives is one portion size with one rating which is not really useful. For example a small coconut milk serving gets a green light but it gives no indication when this changes. If we used this static traffic light system in the real world we'd certainly crash a lot. UPDATE: After two months of use it is proving to be useful when out shopping. It is however severely limited by a lack of an offline dbase. Many supermarkets are in poor signal areas and so I simply revert back to phone/written notes which makes the app redundant. The trial week is a good idea, but too rigid in format to be usable in my experience. The Monash reply below was useful but the app dev team/testers seem to be missing the key design point that a traffic light system is supposed to be immediately understandble. A visual shortcut should not need written notes to understand. I've raised my review from two to three stars. Let's see if they can pull their finger out and design for the end user. It has the backend already so it's surprising it is taking so long.

Exactly what I needed, could always do with more items in there as wasn't sure whether caramel popcorn would be the same as normal popcorn, but still brilliant app, thank you

I wish I could scale up portions, for example how much crackers can I eat beyond the suggested portion. Also ability to do meal plans and export information to plain text such as shopping list. But there is nothing like this on the app store 5 stars. Thanks Monash

App lacks majority of individual foods meaning im constantly having to check via fodmap suppport group on fb. App didnt help with anything more than i had allready learned from internet

Disappointed to have spend money on this. Bought a free app which even let you scan items. This app has a lack of different brands.

This is mostly oriented towards Australia. Filtering for United States information doesn't work. Sorry I spent $9 on this.

Great informative app with ease of access to recipes and good research based resources.

Good information, but not worth the $9.00 I paid for it. There's much better information at no charge available.

Waste of money . Just Google fodmap and save yourself 9 dollars . Recipes are nice but overall not worth it.

This app has really helped, especially when I am out shopping. I use it every day. Worth every penny for those considering this app.

It's an amazing tool for us with ibs. Thank you so much! I wish I could pay more for it!!

Great app, but could you please please please trim your search terms. "leek " returns nothing, but "leek" works.

Brilliant app, very informative, great recipes and easy to use. I'm based in Ireland.

Great shopping guide and recipes which help in aleviating the symptoms of IBS

Very useful app. Can't imagine how I could've done it without it.

Best of the Fodmap Applications!!! Thanks Monash...

Very informative and easy to use

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I have been following a low fodmap diet for a long time and found the app 'interesting'. I thought the listing for different countries would be good for travel, however, there are no brand names attached to many of these products, so I don't understand why spelt flour in Austria is a red light, but spelt bread in Australia and the U.S. is ok. Why is cabbage Ok but no good when it is fermented to become sauerkraut, or is that for products which have added vinegars? So feel that it is a bit light on actual facts. Ok in some respects for a blind follower.

Really helpful with all of the information that you receive. I feel better that the money this app costs, which it does include their book, goes to further research. However, I'm a little confused that some items that are FODMAP friendly on the app are not FODMAP friendly elsewhere when I look online. For example, broccoli is a green on here, even with a larger portion, but many others say it would be a yellow and beef to eat with caution? Needs to be more consistent.

This app is great for learning about low fodmap foods. It really helped at the grocery store, using the shopping list feature. Love the stoplight colors, although I would suggest using yellow for foods you can eat a little of. One of the biggest draws was the ability to log for a trial week. But I just found out you can only enter whole recipes and not individual food items. Not sure why that is. I was hoping to log my food and journal results to share with my doc. That was disappointing.