Achalasia: nutrition therapy

Symptoms associated with achalasia may include difficulty swallowing, regurgitation, heartburn, weight loss, chest pain and coughing. An altered diet can help.

Gluten-free diet

A gluten-free diet involves avoiding wheat, barley, rye, and all foods made with these ingredients.

Gentle GI nutrition

Also called the non-diet approach, this approach focuses on finding alternatives besides restrictive diets to help with GI symptoms.

Low-FODMAP diet

FODMAPs

A low-FODMAP diet is low in a group of five sugars found in certain foods, which cause some people to experience bloating, stomach swelling, stomach pain, nausea, diarrhea, and constipation.

Fructose intolerance

Fructose intolerance happens when your body cannot absorb fructose from what you eat or drink.

Lactose intolerance

Lactose intolerance is condition in which a person is unable to digest a lot of lactose due to a lack of the enzyme lactase. Lactose intolerance symptoms can be cramps, bloating and diarrhea.