Fully charge your device before its first use with the USB cable supplied.

Insert the smaller end of the cable into the USB charging port on the device, and the larger end into a USB power source.

Charging indicator: Red, Charging | Green, Fully Charged

Press and hold the power button for 2 seconds.

When the device is powered on, the sensors need to reach the correct temperature to perform an accurate gas measurement.

Small lights:

Device is warming up

Canal light:

Warm-up is complete and the device is ready for use

When you see increases in breath readings, that indicates what you ate or drank hasn’t been fully digested and is now being fermented in your gut by the bacteria that live there. After a breath test, the app will show you the meals you’ve logged. It will also show you how much of those hard-to-digest FODMAPs are in each meal, so you can link an increase in breath readings to something you ate or drank.

Everyone has a completely different mix of gut microbes. So even if you eat a meal high in a FODMAP, the gut microbes you have may not be able break down that undigested FODMAP through fermentation. For this reason, you won’t always have large amount of gas production in your gut after having some FODMAPs. Crucially, it depends on which FODMAPs you can tolerate.

It’s not “all or nothing”. Usually you can have at least some amount of any of the FODMAPs. You may find for a particular FODMAP, that the amount you can handle is very low but the core take-away is that you need to find what your tolerance level is for different FODMAPs.

Your digestive tract is effectively a long tube, so things that you eat will take some time to get through your stomach and reach the part of your gut that contains most of your gut microbes (your colon). This will vary from person to person and from meal to meal. Liquids generally move much faster and usually pass directly through the stomach, so you’ll see the effects of liquids faster. Different FODMAPs also ferment at different speeds. For example, simpler FODMAPs like fructose or lactose, can be broken down easily and are fermented more rapidly. Inulin, is a more complex carbohydrate, so it’s harder to break down. This means it may take longer for you to see a breath peak with inulin, but it can persist for a longer time.

Some peoples’ guts are a lot more sensitive to being inflated. The gases that are produced during fermentation can do this. Also water can be drawn into the gut by some FODMAPs, especially simpler FODMAPs like fructose and lactose. The combined effect of the gases and the water can inflate the gut, potentially causing pain and bloating.

For some people the gases that are produced during fermentation will be released faster from the body. However, for some, the gases will move more slowly. This can build up causing pain and bloating.

Too many tests may harm the sensors in your device.

Don’t smoke cigarettes or e-cigarettes shortly before using the device.

Such as lubricants, hair, beauty and sun-care products. Silicone often appears as “dimethicone” or other ingredients ending in “cone.”

The mouthpiece is detachable and can be washed with soap and water.