#460 Lorraine Cooney - Finding relief from constipation and bloating

Jul 8, 2024

In this episode of the podcast I had the pleasure of chatting with author and dietician Loraine Cooney. 

Lorraine is a leading gut health expert at Dublin's Blackrock clinic, where she heads both the Gut Health Clinic and the dietetics department. With a career spanning over two decades in nutrition and dietetics, she is best known as the co-author of 'Gut Feeling' a low FODMAP guide and cookbook. Her areas of expertise helping people manage irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). She also lectures in these conditions and is a proud chairperson of the award-winning dietician's Gastro interest group of the Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute (INDI). Lorraine is dedicated to helping individuals manage gut-related symptoms. 

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We chat about:

• What is constipation and is there still a stigma associated with it?
• Are we more prone to  constipation as we get older, why and what can we do to help?
• Have the treatments changed that much over the years (if so to what extent?) or are we over complicating things?
• How much of an impact does stress or trauma play in relation to constipation?
• What is the frequency norm? And what can we do if outside of this range?
• Does sleep impact the gut?
• Does alcohol impact the gut?
• Does travel impact the gut?
• The importance of exercise in helping constipation 
  
  
  

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