Tell Me What to Eat If I Have Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Nutrition You Can Live With - Softcover

Elaine Magee, MPH, RD, is the author of the celebrated syndicated column, "The Recipe Doctor." She is a frequent guest on Portland's morning show, "AM North-west." Elaine is a regular contributor to Parenting magazine and the author of 10 previous books on nutrition and cooking, including the best-selling Fight Fat and Win as well as the three previous books in the Tell Me What to Eat Series: Tell Me What to Eat to Help Prevent Breast Cancer, Tell Me What to Eat As I Approach Menopause, and Tell Me What to Eat If I Have Diabetes.

Books in the Tell Me What to Eat series inform readers not only about what foods are good (or bad) for them, but explain what causes the problem, the symptoms, and what they can do about it. In this volume, after those issues are discussed, there is a chapter entitled, “Everything You Ever Wanted to Ask Your Dietician about IBS,” which includes questions about lactose intolerance and whether IBS can lead to colon cancer. The next chapter offers 10 food-related steps to freedom; readers are advised to keep food diaries and limit high-fat meals. Practical advice, such as suggestions of what to eat at various restaurants, is present throughout, and students will learn more about fiber than most teens could swallow, literally or figuratively. Magee, who writes a column called “The Recipe Doctor,” also suffers from bouts of IBS, and her friendly tone brings readers into the book, despite a somewhat dull format. A list of books and Web sites where students can find more information is appended. Grades 8-12. --Ilene Cooper