One of the ways you know that it’s January is the crop of adverts for diets to reduce weight and fulfill the dreams of all those long forgotten New Year resolutions.

However, for people who experience incontinence, these diets need to be approached cautiously. Calorie controlled diets often include bulk forming cellulose which some people can find difficult to digest and this can cause severe gas production.

Many will have tried every sort of diet known but still find it hard to lose weight, with or without the help of the many diet plans or miracle slimming products.

Some may find so called very low calorie diets much more effective, but no matter what diet you try, if you experience regular incontinence (Bowel or urinary incontinence) of any kind or Diverticular disease then it’s worth discussing this with a medical professional beforehand to understand how a change of diet might affect you.