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Why you should spend money to buy bacteria. Studies have shown that intestinal probiotics, (often just called probiotics), can help IBS symptoms. The trouble is that many people buy probiotics that don’t contain the right bacteria for IBS. Okay, what are intestinal probiotics and why do I need them? “Probiotic” is a name for bacteria . . . Read more → The Best Intestinal Probiotics for IBS:Get the Germs You Need! What the heck is SIBO and why is it ruining my life?! SIBO stands for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. The reason why you should care is that bacterial overgrowth symptoms are virtually identical to IBS symptoms. Some people even list it as a cause of IBS. What is small intestinal bacterial overgrowth? Usually the small . . . Read more → Is SIBO Causing Your IBS Symptoms? There is a reason IBS is sometimes called a “nervous stomach.” Studies show that stress doesn’t CAUSE IBS, but anyone with IBS knows that stress can trigger IBS symptoms or even a full IBS attack. Any time there’s a lot of stress in my life I immediately start to feel the abdominal pain in my . . . Read more → Stress and IBS How your mind could be giving your body IBS, and what you can do about it. Most people have heard the expression “If you have the guts”. There are a lot of expressions like that: Intestinal fortitude, do you have the guts, fire in the belly, a gut reaction, I had a gut feeling about that, etc. What . . . Read more → The Brain Gut Connection One simple test, many helpful results! A hydrogen breath test can be a useful diagnostict tool. It’s often used to determine what kinds of problems might be going on in your bowels. Although some people think of this test as a lactose intolerance test, it has many other uses. I’ll describe some in a minute, . . . Read more → Hydrogen Breath Test Proof that bacteria may be causing your IBS symptoms. Two important clinical studies from the University of North Carolina, show Rifaximin (sold under the brand name Xifaxan) can reduce or eliminate IBS symptoms in many people. Researchers gave people with IBS-D (the diarrhea type) 550 milligrams of Rifaximin 3 times a day for two weeks. . . . Read more → Rifaximin and IBS Do you have IBS pain and cramping? Find out why, what you can do to ease the pain. Belly pain is one of the main symptoms of IBS. Here are the gory details. . . . Read more → IBS Pain and Cramping… Things That Help Some people get sick when they eat certain kinds of sugar. Some people get sick when they eat too much of ANY kind of sugar. So… Is a sugar intolerance causing some of YOUR misery? What is sugar intolerance? Sugar intolerance can take many forms, from type 2 diabetes to hypoglycemia to bowel problems. Note . . . Read more → Sugar Intolerance: Too Much of a Delicious Thing. Chronic diarrhea is diarrhea doesn’t go away, or that keeps coming back. It’s different from the diarrhea you get with something like “the stomach flu.” The stomach flu (doctors call it gastroenteritis) is caused by a virus or bacteria. The stomach flu lasts from 1 to 10 days, depending on what’s causing it. You should contact . . . Read more → Chronic Diarrhea is Not the Stomach Flu Here is a quick tour of the human digestive system. Knowing how it works can help you understand what’s going wrong, and THAT is the key to getting it fixed! Note that the digestive system is incredibly complex. We’re not going into deep detail here. This is just what you need to know to understand . . . Read more → The Human Digestive System |
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