'''Check before you eat''' tells you how a meal looks for the phase you are in, at the servings you are actually having.
You will find it on the protocol home, inside food logging before you save, on a food's own page, on a barcode result, on a recipe, and on a meal a relative has shared with you.
== It never stops you eating anything ==
Every result comes with '''Log as planned anyway'''. Loopa gives you the reading and you make the call. Nothing in the protocol refuses to record what you ate.
== The four answers ==
- '''Compatible''': nothing in this meal crosses a threshold at these servings
- '''Caution''': something is close, or it is a group you have not tested
- '''Not recommended''': something is over, and Loopa says which group and offers swaps
- '''No data''': Loopa has no published measurement for one of these foods
'''No data is never a pass.''' Loopa's food measurements come from published, peer-reviewed analyses, which do not cover everything people eat. Where there is no measurement, or where a food has only been measured for some of the six groups, you are told so rather than reassured. Cauliflower is the example worth knowing: its fructan content is low, and the survey that measured it never measured its mannitol, which is the part that actually matters about cauliflower.
== Several small servings add up ==
This is the part people are most often caught by. Three things that are each fine on their own can be over the line together, and Loopa counts anything you logged in the '''previous three hours''' as part of the same meal.
When that happens the result says '''stacking''', because "each of these was fine on its own" is information you cannot get from looking at the items one at a time.
== Swaps ==
A flagged item offers up to three alternatives, for the group that actually flagged it. Onion offers scallion greens and chives; wheat flour offers rice or oat flour. One tap replaces the item.
== Free text works too ==
You can type "chicken stir fry with onion and garlic, one cup rice" and Loopa will resolve it, show you the servings it assumed, and let you correct them before it answers.
See also: [[low-fodmap-what-it-is|What Low FODMAP is and isn't]]
'''Check before you eat''' tells you how a meal looks for the phase you are in, at the servings you are actually having. You will find it on the protocol home, inside food logging before you save, on a food's own page, on a barcode result, on a recipe, and on a meal a relative has shared with you. == It never stops you eating anything == Every result comes with '''Log as planned anyway'''. Loopa gives you the reading and you make the call. Nothing in the protocol refuses to record what you ate. == The four answers == * '''Compatible''': nothing in this meal crosses a threshold at these servings * '''Caution''': something is close, or it is a group you have not tested * '''Not recommended''': something is over, and Loopa says which group and offers swaps * '''No data''': Loopa has no published measurement for one of these foods '''No data is never a pass.''' Loopa's food measurements come from published, peer-reviewed analyses, which do not cover everything people eat. Where there is no measurement, or where a food has only been measured for some of the six groups, you are told so rather than reassured. Cauliflower is the example worth knowing: its fructan content is low, and the survey that measured it never measured its mannitol, which is the part that actually matters about cauliflower. == Several small servings add up == This is the part people are most often caught by. Three things that are each fine on their own can be over the line together, and Loopa counts anything you logged in the '''previous three hours''' as part of the same meal. When that happens the result says '''stacking''', because "each of these was fine on its own" is information you cannot get from looking at the items one at a time. == Swaps == A flagged item offers up to three alternatives, for the group that actually flagged it. Onion offers scallion greens and chives; wheat flour offers rice or oat flour. One tap replaces the item. == Free text works too == You can type "chicken stir fry with onion and garlic, one cup rice" and Loopa will resolve it, show you the servings it assumed, and let you correct them before it answers. See also: [[low-fodmap-what-it-is|What Low FODMAP is and isn't]]
