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Log what you eat and when symptoms start

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Published 29 September 2026

A timed food-and-symptom diary can reveal patterns you'd miss from memory. A 2019 study found that this kind of diary reliably tracked IBS symptoms as they happened and linked them to specific parts of people's diets.

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Author
Wright-McNaughton M et al.
Title
Measuring Diet Intake and Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Validation of the Food and Symptom Times Diary (opens in a new tab)
Published in
Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology
Year
2019

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