Comments on: Beyond Calories – How Food Affects Your Body http://drcate.com/overweight/ A Holistically Minded MD Gets to The Root of Chronic and Recurring Medical Problems Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:16:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Catey http://drcate.com/overweight/comment-page-1/#comment-553 Catey Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:37:58 +0000 http://drcate.com/?p=121#comment-553 Hi Becky Probiotic-rich foods are always beneficial to the intestinal tract because they help it's immune system function better, but should be introduced slowly and then consumed consistently. (Yoghurt, lacto fermented sauerkraut or pickles - Bubbies is a brand commonly available in health-food stores. Another brand you can order online is www.biolacto.com) Reducing alcohol, caffeine, and so on are also important with IBS as they can interfere with the neurologic function of the GI tract. Irritable bowel is usually a lifelong conditions, with symptoms beginning in childhood and waxing and waning throughout adult life. There is no test for it and it is one of the many diseases that are "diagnoses of exclusion." That is, a physician must seriously consider other conditions, and may need to order a variety of tests to exclude them as possibilities. If your friend has had a sudden and recent onset, I would be suspicious of settling on this diagnosis. Hope this helps - Hi Becky
Probiotic-rich foods are always beneficial to the intestinal tract because they help it’s immune system function better, but should be introduced slowly and then consumed consistently. (Yoghurt, lacto fermented sauerkraut or pickles – Bubbies is a brand commonly available in health-food stores. Another brand you can order online is http://www.biolacto.com) Reducing alcohol, caffeine, and so on are also important with IBS as they can interfere with the neurologic function of the GI tract.

Irritable bowel is usually a lifelong conditions, with symptoms beginning in childhood and waxing and waning throughout adult life. There is no test for it and it is one of the many diseases that are “diagnoses of exclusion.” That is, a physician must seriously consider other conditions, and may need to order a variety of tests to exclude them as possibilities. If your friend has had a sudden and recent onset, I would be suspicious of settling on this diagnosis.

Hope this helps -

]]> By: becky herna http://drcate.com/overweight/comment-page-1/#comment-399 becky herna Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:32:34 +0000 http://drcate.com/?p=121#comment-399 my friend has IBS, she has had recent episodes of uncontrollable diaherra, and I was wondering, if there are certain, foods she could eat, that would help with her problem, or at least slow it down. she is of course under a physican's care, but he precribes medication, and even that doesn't help much. If there is something she could eat to help her out please reply to this email. my friend has IBS, she has had recent episodes of uncontrollable
diaherra, and I was wondering, if there are certain, foods she could
eat, that would help with her problem, or at least slow it down.

she is of course under a physican’s care, but he precribes medication, and even that doesn’t help much.

If there is something she could eat to help her out please reply to this email.

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