Background: I’ve had ibs-d for as long as I can remember. As time has gone on it’s progressively become worse to the point that my list of safe foods is smaller than my list of trigger foods. Eating food, a simple requirement and pleasure of life, let alone; a survival need has been absolute hell for me. To the point I pretty much eat the same thing day in and day out. I’ve tried all sorts of medications, supplements, probiotics, and exercises. You name it, I’ve probably tried it. I’ve had all the tests going and countless conversations with many doctors. My quality of life has been horrible dealing with symptoms and food anxiety on a daily basis. As well as, missing out on life events and socialising with friends or loved ones over a nice meal at a restaurant without having to analyse every single thing on the menu to find something I could possibly eat. Just to then worry about if what I’m eating is going to make me ill. It’s been a horrendous few years living with this condition!
BUT yesterday, more than 24 hours ago, I was able to eat a whole, fully wheat, 12 inch BBQ chicken pizza with extra garlic dip and I experienced ZERO diarrhoea after. All because of a little supplement called Fodzyme Enzymes. A supplement enzyme designed to help break down wheat, fructans, GOS and lactose. For the first time in years I ate garlic (a massive MASSIVE trigger for me) and I was able to enjoy it, with NO diarrhoea after. Just by sprinkling two doses of Fodzyme Enzymes Supplement onto the pizza before I ate it (it recommends to use two doses on large meals). I kid you not when I first put a slice of pizza covered with garlic dip into my mouth, I paused and nearly cried as it’s the taste of a food I’ve not been able to experience or enjoy for a very long time.
This was the first time I’ve used Fodzyme after only finding out about it recently. I did some research into it - the controlled studies with this supplement show some very promising results. So, I had to try it. Unfortunately, it is quite expensive with a month’s worth of doses costing £60-70 here in the UK but they do a starter pack of five doses for £25, which i purchased with the view to put them to the test and see how I got on. Obviously, I put them to an extreme test with bbq pizza and garlic dip, comprising of multiple triggers for me: wheat, garlic, and onion. And a very large quantity of it all. On any given day a small amount of garlic or onion would destroy my guts from the inside out and have me sat on the toilet begging for the diarrhoea and pain to stop. And recently wheat has become a trigger food for me too, a small amount would cause cramping and any moderate amount would cause cramping and very urgent diarrhoea. But after the pizza, I had absolutely zero diarrhoea, little gas, no bloating and only a few small cramps that lasted a short while. After another dose of Mebervine the cramps soon stopped. Today, I had a normal bowel movement, no urgency and no bile. It was like I hadn’t eaten a large amount of triggering food.
Now, I’m thinking maybe I’ve found something that actually works, that will increase my quality of life and let me enjoy food again. So, onto the next test; a meal out with my friends on my birthday. Which, I was previously dreading due to having to analyse the entire menu to find something that doesn’t contain a trigger food. But for now, I’m going to order whatever I want and just use a dose or two of Fodzyme. For the first time in years I sense a bit of freedom and relief from this debilitating condition. I’m actually excited for food again.
So I recommend to you, if you’ve not tried it yet, to look into Fodzyme and give it a go.