Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

A functional nutrition approach to identifying triggers, restoring balance, and improving gut health naturally.

What is IBS?

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a functional gut disorder that affects how your digestive system works. Symptoms may include bloating, gas, abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, or a frustrating mix of both. IBS doesn’t cause permanent damage to the gut, but it can significantly impact daily comfort and quality of life.

What Causes IBS?

There isn’t one single cause of IBS — it’s often a combination of factors, including:

Gut-brain connection: Stress and nervous system dysregulation can worsen symptoms.
Diet triggers: Certain foods (like high FODMAPs, dairy, or caffeine) can irritate the gut.
Gut microbiome imbalances: Overgrowth of bacteria, yeast, or pathogens can drive symptoms.
Hormones: Many people notice IBS flares during certain phases of the menstrual cycle.
Lifestyle factors: Poor sleep, dehydration, and lack of movement may contribute.

How Nutrition Counseling Can Help with IBS

Left unmanaged, IBS can interfere with work, travel, relationships, and overall wellbeing. Nutrition counseling helps you break the cycle of “trial-and-error” diets and gives you a clear path forward, offering a root-cause approach rather than just symptom management.

At Family Nutrition Solutions, we can help you:

Identify and remove food triggers without making your diet overly restrictive.
Use therapeutic protocols like low FODMAP, elimination diets, or gut-healing strategies.
Incorporate foods and nutrients that calm inflammation and restore gut function.
Conduct lab testing (such as GI-MAP stool testing) if deeper investigation is needed.
Build sustainable habits around stress, hydration, and meal timing.

Our Approach at Family Nutrition Solutions

We believe in a personalized, compassionate, and step-by-step approach. That means:

Core Foundations: Supporting sleep, hydration, stress, and balanced meals.
Deeper Healing: Targeted nutrition strategies and, if needed, functional lab testing.
Long-Term Strategies: Sustainable habits that keep your gut balanced for the future.

With this approach, many patients see improvements in bloating and abdominal pain, regularity of bowel movements, energy and focus throughout the day, and confidence eating in social situations.

What to Expect When Working With Us

First Session: We’ll take a deep dive into your history, symptoms, and lifestyle.
Follow-ups: We’ll adjust your plan, provide meal ideas, and help troubleshoot challenges.
Accountability & Support: We meet you where you are, making sure progress feels realistic and doable.

Patient Success Story

Kaitlyn changed my life. I have been dealing with crippling digestive issues my entire life. Over the years I have tried absolutely everything to get my gut health in order and nothing I did created any lasting change. I had pretty much lost hope at ever having a normal belly.

Thank god for Kaitlyn and her patience because with her help I was able to systematically try different solutions until we found something that worked. She was adept at discovering the intricacies and various imbalances in my gut and implementing a practical plan for solving these myriad issues holistically. And she was kind, conscientious, and supportive through the entire process.

I just got back from my honeymoon where I was FINALLY free to eat all the foods I wanted without experiences severe distress. Thanks for giving me my life back, Kaitlyn.

- Current Patient

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