Digestive Health Diary
If you are working to improve your digestive health, whether it be improving bowel movements or managing symptoms such as bloating or gas, keeping a daily diary can be a powerful tool. This template is designed to help you identify triggers, patterns, and monitor your progress over time.
Tips for Tracking
- Track consistently. Even if you don’t have symptoms, this data is just as important as it can highlight what works well for your body.
- Note your symptoms. Include anything unusual such as bloating, constipation, diarrhea, abdominal pain, or urgency.
- Use the Bristol Stool Chart. This can help categorize your bowel movements from type 1 (hard lumps) to type 7 (watery), see the Understanding Digestion resource for details on this.
- Capture context. Stress, hydration, medications, menstrual cycle, and physical activity can all influence digestion.
Diary Template
To gain deeper insights into the role of nutrition, pair your digestive health diary with your food tracking data in the Constant Health app. This can help you spot patterns related to meal timing, portion sizes, and specific foods or ingredients. You can even use the notes section of the app to record aspects of your digestive health diary.
By keeping a consistent diary, you and your dietitian can work together to uncover potential triggers, track symptom patterns, and celebrate progress over time.