"I have suffered from IBS since the late 90s and weirdly Professor Hunter was one of the first consultants I saw in Cambridge about my issue. There wasn't a lot to be done at the time so I have tried to manage it over the years - not eating garlic, onions, greens, cauliflower, broccoli, cow's milk - taking kefir, probiotics, prebiotics, sauerkraut - trying a gluten-free diet, FODMAP diet, low fibre diet - I've even had gut-related hypnotherapy but on the whole absolutely nothing really helped. I've had flare-ups which resulted in yet more consultants being involved, but basically I was always told it's IBS, nothing we can do, go away and get on with it. I am a healthy 71yr old who lives a fairly outdoor active life so you can imagine how inconvenient IBS is...