The resource aims to support improved symptom control and enhance long-term management and quality of life.

The Target Group (TG) will:

• understand what IBS is
• understand that symptoms may be aggravated by diet, lifestyle and/or other factors including stress
  • the TG should aim to be active
  • The TG should aim to manage/minimise stress and/or promote relaxation 
• know to have regular, balanced meals based on healthy eating principles of the Eatwell Guide
• understand that eating a variety of foods aids optimal nutrition
• understand that over-restriction of food or food groups should be avoided
• understand how to modify their fibre intake based on their symptoms via low/high fibre suggestions

• NICE Guidelines: Irritable bowel syndrome in adults: diagnosis and management Clinical guideline [CG61] 2008, updated: April 2017.
• British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines on the management of irritable bowel syndrome. 2021.
• British Dietetic Association systematic review and evidence based practice guidelines for the dietary management of irritable bowel syndrome in adults (2016 update) Mckenzie, Y. A.; Thompson, J.; Gulia, P.; Lomer, M. C. E. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, October 2016, Vol.29(5), pp.576-592
• British Dietetic Association systematic review of systematic reviews and evidence-based practice guidelines for the use of probiotics in the management of irritable bowel syndrome in adults (2016 update), Mckenzie, Y. A.; Thompson, J.; Gulia, P.; Lomer, M. C. E. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, October 2016, Vol.29(5), pp.576-592
• Carbohydrates and Health, Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, 2015.
• Lactose Intolerance in Adults: Biological Mechanism and Dietary Management, Deng, Yy; Misselwitz, B; Dai, N ; Fox, M, Nutrients, 2015 Sep, Vol.7(9), pp.8020-8035
• Misselwitz, B et al. Update on lactose malabsorption and intolerance: pathogenesis, diagnosis and clinical management. Gut 2019;68:2080–2091.
• Ford, A.C et al. Systematic review with meta-analysis: the efficacy of prebiotics, probiotics, synbiotics and antibiotics in irritable bowel syndrome. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2018;48:1044-1060.
• Ceccherini, C et al. Evaluating the Efficacy of Probiotics in IBS Treatment Using a Systematic Review of Clinical Trials and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis. Nutrients 2022, 14 (3), 2689.
• Francavilla, R et al. 2019. Clinical and Microbiological Effect of a Multispecies Probiotic Supplementation in Celiac Patients With Persistent IBS-type Symptoms: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Trial. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 53 (3), e117-e125.
• Facioni, M. S. et al. Nutritional management of lactose intolerance: the importance of diet and food labelling. J Transl Med 18, 260 (2020).
• Corgneau, M. et al. Recent advances on lactose intolerance: tolerance thresholds and currently available answers. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2017 Oct 13;57:3344-3356.
• EFSA Scientific opinion on lactose thresholds in lactose interlace and galactosaemic. 2010.