Irish baker Karen O'Donoghue is aiming to cure Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), mental health issues, and period problems with her anti-inflammatory bread. O'Donoghue, who founded the Happy Tummy Company in 2014, is leading a food-based approach to healing and managing the body. She is responsible for creating a scientifically-developed range of bread aiming to alleviate health issues including mental health problems and menopause pain, while US actress Goldie Hawn claims that it has cured her IBS.
Hawn took ten loaves back to the States and said that it helped cure both her and her son of the condition. In a testimonial on The Happy Tummy's site, in late Nov 2021, Hawn said: "I'm so happy with The Happy Tummy Co. I CAN'T HANDLE IT!! IT'S AMAZING SO GOOD THAT I CAN'T STOP EATING IT! My son Wyatt too! Already imagining my last piece! :(" A post shared by TEACH SCOILE : happy tummy co.
(@happytummyco) Sign up to IrishCentral's newsletter to stay up-to-date with everything Irish! O'Donoghue told the Irish Examiner in November 2021 that she started the bread-making process to help cure her own IBS but said that demand increased exponentially among fellow sufferers of the condition once word got out. "The older I got and the more my IBS became an issue, I knew I needed to go back to that ambition I had as a little girl. Intuitively I always knew that food is medicine," she told the Irish Examiner.
O'Donoghue developed what her customers describe as "magic poo bread" over the course.
