FODMAPs are certain types of carbohydrates - called fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols, as the acronym suggests - that often can t be fully digested or absorbed in the small intestine and are instead fermented by microbes in the colon. This can cause gastrointestinal distress.
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