- I think I have found the answers
to all of our digestive problems.
As many as you guys know,
I suffer from bloating quite frequently,
and I was diagnosed with IBS a couple of years back.
Now, IBS stands for irritable bowel syndrome.
And it's common disorder that affects
the large intestines and digestion.
IBS can be triggered by diet, stress, poor sleep,
hormones and changes in your gut bacteria.
And for those of you that are not familiar with IBS,
or feel that you might be suffering from it,
these are the symptoms.
One, cramping, two, constipation, diarrhea or both.
Three, gas and bloating.
Four, fatigue and poor sleep.
And five, anxiety.
Now, around 70% of IBS sufferers have stated that
particular foods do trigger their symptoms.
Some common triggers do include FODMAP foods,
and even stimulants like caffeine.
Annoyingly, the precise cause of IBS isn't known,
and there is actually no cure for it.
But for those that do have it,
we can manage our symptoms and live with IBS
by managing our diet.
So I wanted to know if I could find out
what exactly causes me to have IBS,
and what foods were causing my triggers.
You know, I had a rough idea of what it could be,
but I didn't have concrete evidence,
and I still don't to this day.
And that's when I came across a brand called FoodMarble,
which is this device here.
Now, this little gadget here, is your own pocket size
personal digestive tracker.
What is it, you might be asking,
well, it's a breath analyzer that measures which foods
you can digest most successfully.
And it does this by analyzing the hydrogen in your breath.
So I'm gonna be using this for around two to three weeks,
to see if it can help me show exactly what foods
are triggering my digestive issues,
so I can avoid them in the future.
Hey guys, so we are on day two of using the FoodMarble,
and so far so good.
Honestly this device is so bloody easy to use,
and especially the way it connects to the app,
it prompts you to take breath tests,
it as instructions and guidelines.
So you honestly couldn't ask for a more seamless
and easy system to use.
For day one, I did the lactose test,
'cause I thought, you know, why not jump in the deep end.
And again, it was so easy to use, I was told what to do,
and I was told to test every 15 minutes.
I can report that it told me that I did not
have a lactose intolerance, which I did know,
so that's good to know.
But I just don't really like eating cheese or milk anyway.
So I will be avoiding that.
But again, it was really great to know
that that wasn't causing me any digestive problems.
But as you progress throughout the day,
my numbers were staying low.
However, after I had my dessert, I would maybe call it,
I had oats, almond milk and peanut butter.
My stomach reacted, I bloated out,
which you can see here in the photo,
and I started having really bad cramping pain.
So I put everything into the app, I blew into the device,
and it went from low to medium,
so my body was definitely reacting to something,
but I don't know what.
And again, for day two, I woke up this morning
and I had eggs, blew into the device,
and as you can see here, it said that again,
it went from low to medium.
And basically, what I really liked about this
was when I pressed more to explain what medium meant,
it said that basically the food that I ate, so the eggs,
basically hadn't digested and they were still fermenting
in my gut, which isn't a bad thing,
it just means that my body is slower to digest eggs.
Which I kind of knew,
but this kind of really cemented it for me.
So really glad I have this device
and I can pick up on certain elements.
So I'm gonna continue using it and I'll give you guys
my feedback as we go along.
This is my favorite spot which you guys
have probably gathered from all the filming,
'cause, I just love it.
And I got my little furry blanket.
Any who, the clocks have gone back or forward,
I can't remember which one, but it's so dark,
and all it's making me wanna do is stay in my pajamas,
and in this fluffy blanket.
Any who, so, we are on day four now
of trying out the FoodMarble, and I'm literally obsessed.
I'm carrying this every place that I go, in my bag,
because it's pocket size and it's so portable,
but it's just amazing to see how my body's reacting
to certain foods, even if I thought
that I was doing fine on something,
just to see from this gadget that, I'm actually maybe not
digesting things as well in my stomach,
so that has been honestly so helpful.
But the reason why I wanted to jump on here,
was because we're only on day four,
but I went out for dinner on Friday,
and I went for Indian food.
And I could feel that I hadn't digested the food correctly.
But what's so amazing is, you can see on the screen here,
that I actually had a score of 10,
which is the highest it literally can go.
And it just reflected that my digestive system
wasn't digesting my food,
so my gut just wasn't reacting very well,
and there was still fermentation going on in my stomach.
So what was so good, is that I could put all my food
into the app, and I could roughly see
what I was reaching to.
Now I still haven't pinpointed it exactly,
that's why I'm gonna do a couple more of these tests.
But it's just a great path
that we're going on already to see.
So I'm really excited about that.
And also yesterday, I had some food just at home,
and again, I had a very high score,
so again, I think it was like 9.9.
So what was so crazy again about that,
is that I could roughly see again what was causing it,
so I think it could be inulin, but i don't know.
So what we're gonna do tomorrow,
is we're gonna do one of the challenges,
and we're just gonna do the test,
we're gonna test every 15 minutes with this device.
And we're gonna see if I react to that,
so I'm really excited about seeing what is causing
my stomach to flare up with some of these foods,
and hopefully be able to pinpoint exactly what is causing me
not to digest food in my gut, so super excited.
That's update day four, and I will check in with you guys,
probably tomorrow.
We're on day eight now of the FoodMarble,
and I'm still really enjoying using this app,
it's been great to track everything.
So after our last conversation a couple of days ago,
I was taking the inulin test,
now as you can see from the results,
everything went absolutely fine, I had really low scores
during the whole challenge, so that proved again
that we don't have an issue with inulin.
So, so far, inulin and lactose are absolutely fine
and we don't have an issue with those.
Now one of the things that I have been doing
over the last couple days, is trying to figure out
why I had high fermentation scores,
especially on the night that we had Indian food,
and the following morning.
Now, one thing that I have noticed is,
I don't eat a lot of garlic,
and garlic is definitely something
that was prominent in the food the other night.
Now, I've been talking to the team at FoodMarble,
and they also have agreed that it could be something
to do with garlic or onion.
So I'm definitely gonna test that out
over the next couple of days.
I'm gonna get some garlic
and I'm gonna try add that into a meal,
and see if I get the same symptoms,
and a high fermentation score in that.
So this is gonna be amazing to track with the FoodMarble
to see if that does cause me any issues.
Along with that, I have noticed that,
when I cut down my courgette,
now, the thing that we'll actually be able to test
the next day is fructose.
And that's something that we could also have an issue with,
but I'm gonna test it again in the next couple days,
and of course I'll bring you on the journey.
But I have a feeling that when I lower my courgette levels,
I don't get as much bloating which is quite funny.
When I do have high levels of it
and eat a lot more courgette,
then I do get symptoms such as bloating,
so there could be something in courgette,
like I just said, that is causing me to have the symptoms,
because if you have a high quantity of it,
it can be quite high in the FODMAP diet.
So I'm gonna test that as well in the next couple days,
and let you guys know how we get on,
and also let's see what the FoodMarble says
with definitely garlic and courgette,
and I'll keep you guys updated.
Hey guys, so it's been a couple of days
since my last update.
Everything's being going really well actually,
I did try some garlic in my food,
and weirdly enough I didn't have a reaction,
so I guess that's a good thing,
because I thought maybe I would, but I didn't.
So to be honest, I think the reason why I reacted
to the potentially the Indian food
and maybe sometimes when I react to Nepalese food,
it can be, they might have MSG in, I'm not too sure.
But I know I do react when I do have MSG.
However, super interesting since using the FoodMarble,
I have noticed that when I do eat a lot more courgette,
I get severely bloated, and I get IBS symptoms,
where I get bloating, cramping and have to go to the toilet.
So that is when I have a lot of courgette.
When I have it in small portions, it's fine,
so the FoodMarble has really helped me target that,
and to see what has caused the issue.
And I have noticed to date as well
since I have done the breath test
that I was reacting to something that I had last night,
because the food was still in my gut,
I hadn't actually digested, so it was still fermenting.
So it's really handy to see when I do go out,
I react to certain things compared to
when I do cook indoors.
So I'm really enjoying this gadget,
and I can actually see me just continuing to use this,
especially in situations where I might eat different foods,
go out for dinner,
or maybe I'll cook something new in the house.
I think it's a really amazing tool to have on you constantly
and it kind of just gets rid of that doubt in your mind.
I am gonna do the next test either tomorrow
or over the next couple of days.
I think I'm gonna maybe do the fructose one,
I feel like that's something
that I would really like to know a little bit more about,
and if I do react to that.
So I will let you guys know of course.
I am literally just got my jogging stuff on,
because I decided not to do a workout today,
but I am gonna go for a nice little stroll.
I mean, the weather's not amazing here.
Blue skies, it's very deceiving,
but I thought I should get out the apartment for a bit,
because I haven't been out.
Just get some fresh air, make me feel a little bit better,
and yeah, I will update you guys when I do the next test,
and I'll speak to you all very soon.
So I did the experiment this morning,
which you guys will see on the screen, the results.
Now, it come up with the FoodMarble,
that I didn't have any hydrogen detected in my breath,
and that the actual fructan itself
was digesting perfectly normal in my gut, which was great.
However, the only symptom that I would say
that I did get was bloating, I got that within an hour
of taking the sachet, and the bloating has actually lasted
even up until this point.
It's now half five in the evening.
So I think to be honest, that will be only one
that I'm seeing a potential issue with,
is when I consume too much of that sort of FODMAP,
because, I will talk about this
when I do my roundup in the actual video,
but when I do consume too much fructan anyway,
I do get symptoms of bloating and IBS.
So I mean, other than that I haven't had any issues so far,
but I've definitely been able to detect
the foods that do cause an issue using this device.
But I'm glad to see that I haven't had
too many issues to be honest.
I thought fructan was gonna be insane,
and I would just have like really high scores,
so it's great to see that I don't have
too much of an issue with that one.
But yeah, I've really enjoyed using this,
and will do a roundup tomorrow, guys.
So guys, we have come to the end
of the experiment using FoodMarble.
Now this has been a really interesting journey for me,
and offered a lot of insight into my gut,
IBS, and the trigger foods.
Now as you've seen following my journey,
I've tested for inulin, fructans and lactose,
all come back, saying I was totally fine with.
And from my day to day breathing test that I did,
I noticed that the hydrogen levels were high
when I ate a lot of courgettes and food containing MSG.
Now just to give you some quick info,
in general, a high score from the breath test,
means that there's food that has not been absorbed
in the digestive tract, and it's being fermented
by the bacteria in your large intestine.
And for me, I always got a high score
when I had MSG or courgette.
Now, I was aware that MSG was a trigger food for me
at the beginning, but what's really really surprised me,
was seeing bloating and digestive issues with courgettes.
I've always believed that I was fine with eating that,
because it's a low FODMAP food.
But after some research, I found that when you ate
around 100 grams or more,
it does become a high FODMAP food.
And there was definitely days, where I was consuming
around 100 grams or so in just one meal.
And those funny enough, were the days
that I did have bloating
and high levels of hydrogen on my breath.
Now overall, I'm really impressed
with the FoodMarble device.
I love how handy it is to carry around in my bag,
or my pocket, and it's really helped me
to identify a food that I thought was causing me no issues.
I've only used this device for about three weeks,
and I do believe that the more I use it,
the more I'm gonna be able to identify trigger foods
for my IBS as time goes on.
So I hope that you guys really did enjoy this video,
and follow me on my experiment with FoodMarble
to check out my trigger foods for IBS.
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So now I wanna turn it over to you guys,
do you know what your trigger foods are
if you suffer from IBS?
Let me know in the comments below.
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