Q 01/05

Which sugar-free gum sweetener, restricted on a low-FODMAP diet, is also dangerously poisonous to dogs?

A) Aspartame

B) Sucralose

C) Xylitol

D) Stevia

Answer · why

C) Xylitol

Xylitol makes a dog's body release a flood of insulin, which can crash its blood sugar to life-threatening levels within the hour.

Q 02/05

Researchers at which institution created the low-FODMAP diet and still lab-test foods for a traffic-light phone app?

A) Monash University

B) Harvard University

C) University of Oxford

D) McGill University

Answer · why

A) Monash University

Monash University's team reports that IBS symptoms ease in three out of four people who try the diet, and it now certifies packaged foods as low-FODMA...

Q 03/05

In the diet acronym FODMAP, which describes poorly absorbed short-chain sugars, what word does the letter F stand for?

A) Fibrous

B) Fermentable

C) Fast-digesting

D) Functional

Answer · why

B) Fermentable

Fermentable means gut bacteria can feed on these sugars, and the gas they give off is what stretches a sensitive bowel.

Q 04/05

Garlic's fructans dissolve in water, so which liquid can be infused with garlic flavor and still stay low-FODMAP?

A) Chicken stock

B) White wine

C) Cider vinegar

D) Cooking oil

Answer · why

D) Cooking oil

Cooking oil takes up garlic's flavor but not its fructans, which only move into watery liquids such as a soup or sauce.

Q 05/05

Wheat bread is limited on a low-FODMAP diet because of its fructans, not because of which well-known wheat protein?

A) Gluten

B) Casein

C) Collagen

D) Albumin

Answer · why

A) Gluten

Gluten is a protein while FODMAPs are sugars, which is why a gluten-free loaf can still be high-FODMAP if onion, pear or honey has been added.