Questions and answers

IBS therapy often involves a combination of dietary adjustment, stress management, probiotics and individually tailored naturopathic therapies – following appropriate laboratory diagnostics.

An online consultation with me follows a clearly structured process that is guided by your individual needs: initial case history, laboratory diagnostics, discussion of findings, a therapy plan in three steps, follow-up appointments and a closing consultation. In addition, you have the option of getting in touch by email if you have brief follow-up questions.

You will find the full process on the Online Consultation page.

Simply leaving foods out is often confusing and rarely leads to clear results. Depending on your symptoms, different diagnostic options can be useful in order to pinpoint possible triggers more precisely. In a conversation together we clarify which approach makes the most sense for your individual situation.

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Without knowing what is going on in the gut, most diets achieve little. Thorough diagnostics therefore come first, in order to understand the individual triggers and needs.

In general, however, the gut can be relieved by eating smaller meals and adopting an intermittent fasting routine (e.g. the 16:8 method). These approaches can help to calm the gut and regulate digestion. An individually tailored nutritional strategy is developed on the basis of your diagnosis.

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional disorder of the bowel that shows itself through symptoms such as abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhoea or constipation. The exact cause is often difficult to determine, but stress, diet and a disturbed gut flora can play a role.

The diagnosis is usually made by ruling out other conditions, using the case history, laboratory analyses and, where appropriate, imaging procedures. Accurate diagnostics are important in order to make targeted therapy possible.

A complete cure is usually not possible, but targeted therapies, dietary adjustments and stress management can relieve the symptoms considerably and improve quality of life.

Diet plays a central role in relieving IBS symptoms. Individual intolerances (e.g. FODMAPs, gluten, lactose) can intensify symptoms and should be taken into account as part of targeted nutritional counselling.