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5 Reasons Why You Should Never Get a Colonic

Okay, I know I’m going to get some heat on this one.

Some people get a colonic or high enema, with no problems.  While some people say there is a reason to do so, I don’t believe in it.

Especially for IBS sufferers!

This treatment is also called:

High colonic Colon cleansing (a form . . . Read more → 5 Reasons Why You Should Never Get a Colonic

The Brain Gut Connection

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

Fatty Foods

A delicious way to trigger IBS symptoms! Do you like fried food? What about some ice cream? OOOH, how about some fried ice cream?!

How about cold cuts? Or Bacon? Or fried eggs on toast?

I love all that stuff. And it can make me sick as heck (or that other place).

It turns out . . . Read more → Fatty Foods

Visceral Hypersensitivity Syndrome

Are your bowels oversensitive?

For the last few years there has been a lot of discussion about yet another possible cause of IBS symptoms.

It’s called visceral hypersensitivity  or visceral hypersensitivity syndrome, and it’s part of something called “functional gastrointestinal disorders.”

Whew! I try to keep things readable around here, but it looks like I’ll . . . Read more → Visceral Hypersensitivity Syndrome