my IBS type

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Which of these do you tend to get?

Constipated

Diarrhoea

Both (50:50)

None of these

Sinking stool

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V-bowel-tendency

3

P-bowel-tendency

4

normal-bowel-tendency

5

K-bowel-tendency

6

Which best describes your stool consistency?

Dry, hard, small or frothy with mucous

Pretty normal - brown, formed + without food pieces

Yellow, spreading, surface dwelling with undigested food

Heavy, splits into pieces + has copious phlegm or mucous

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normal-consistency

8

V-consistency

9

P-consistency

10

K-consistency

11

Which best describes your burps?

Taste bitter

Inoffensive or rare

Taste sweet

Foul or acidic

12

normal-burps

13

V-burps

14

P-burps

15

K-burps

16

How are you hunger + thirst?

Insatiable + unquenchable

Low hunger but super thirsty

No appetite or thirst

Normal

17

V-hunger+thirst

18

P-hunger+thirst

19

K-hunger+thirst

20

normal-hunger+thirst

21

How would you describe your saliva?

Dry AF or bubbly or foamy

Normal

Excessive or sticky

Like acid

22

normal-saliva

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V-saliva

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P-saliva

25

K-saliva

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Which of these other gut symptoms do you get?

Heavy + sluggish with a sense of fullness or need to vomit

Bloated, constricted, sawing pain in my abdomen or pain in my neck + sides

Burning sensations + sharp pain

None of these

27

V-gut-symptoms

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P-gut-symptoms

29

K-gut-symptoms

30

How is your weight?

Stable

Low or lower than normal, and I cannot gain

High or higher than normal, and climbing

My normal

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V-weight

32

P-weight

33

K-weight

34

normal-weight

35

How do you feel after eating?

I get acid reflux

My symptoms get worse

Temporarily better

Fine

36

normal-after-food

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V-after-food

38

P-after-food

39

K-after-food

40

Which of these best applies to you?

I eat more at night

I eat more during the day

I restrict calories or ignore hunger cues

I eat emotionally

None of these

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V-food-habits

42

P-food-habits

43

K-food-habits

44

normal-food-habits

45

Which of these best describes you diet?

Full of the good stuff - greens, ACV, kombucha, saukaut, keffir, pollen, reishi.... you name it

Generally wholefoods, flexible + contains variety

Hit + miss; love my carbs, love my take-away, love my snacks, love my pantry.... just L-O-V-E food

Spruced up with all things spice-y (eg. chilli, garlic, onion, balsamic, coffee, coffee, coffee + booze)

I'm not a big foody - I take whatever is easy

46

V-diet

47

P-diet

48

K-diet

49

normal-diet

50

How are your activity levels?

High, high, high

Variable

I make an effort to work out

Low, low, low

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V-activity

52

P-activity

53

K-activity

54

Sounds like you have...

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1

56

2

57

Vata

58

3

59

Pitta

60

Normal

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Kapha

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