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"Although bran has been a popular way to manage Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) for about thirty years, there is no placebo-controlled study of bran in ibs that has shown any convincing beneficial effect. A study, published in 1994, found that while fruit fiber was helpful in ibs, bran only made the situation worse. Far from being a cure for ibs, the researchers found that it was the bran that was actually causing it! Bran also led to bowel disturbances, abdominal distension and pain. There is also a growing skepticism in the U.S." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Antidepressants Lift ibs Symptoms Strange but true: Research shows that antidepressants can help control the pain that some feel from irritable bowel syndrome. Plus, the drug therapy may battle the root cause of ibs, since physicians believe that the disorder may result in part from psychological problems, such as depression and severe anxiety. LACTOSE SENSITIVITY, GAS, CRAMPS • Problems with Milk Products If you have gas, cramping and diarrhea, and suspect that milk or milk products may be contributing to the condition, try a three-day "milk fast." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"There are many other disorders that cause symptoms of ibs. • Drugs such as antibiotics, antacids and laxatives may cause symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. If you suspect your medication may be causing your problems ask your pharmacist for a report on your medications and their side effects. If you have any inkling that your drug is causing the troubles, talk to your doctor about adjusting your prescription. • Food sensitivities are a major factor in ibs. Go to Chapter Three for more information about food sensitivities. It will help you detect your triggers." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"Though ibs sufferers often seek medical help and rarely require hospitalization, the symptoms can significantly interfere with normal daily activities. If you are personally familiar with ibs, then you know very well how much it can put a damper on quality of life. There are many studies that conclude that the constant intake of food additives and the ingestion of pesticides, chemicals, and dyes can cause irritation to the intestinal tract and/or an imbalance of the intestinal microflora, resulting in inflammation or symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "Up to 20 percent of people have symptoms of ibs, such as abdominal pain and altered bowel habits, although less than half of them see a doctor for their symptoms. ibs is an elusive ailment, one I call a "trash basket diagnosis" because people who have GI complaints that don't match any specific diagnosis are often told they have the condition. Examples of symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhea and constipation, gas, nausea, bloating, heartburn, excessive excretion of mucus from the colon, fatigue, some degree of anxiety or depression, and bowel urgency or incontinence." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"In both studies, subjects showed a decrease in ibs symptoms and reduced pain."7 þ"L. plantarum appears to help preserve nutrients such as omega-3 fatty acids, but also increase their content. L. plantarum has also demonstrated the ability to reduce and eliminate potentially pathogenic microorganisms both in vitro and in vivo."8 þ"In a 4-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 60 individuals with ibs, probiotics treatment with L. plantarum reduced intestinal gas significantly." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"Whereas healthy persons normally endure minor abdominal pains and changes in bowel habit with little thought, patients TABLE 4 Concerns Expressed by Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and persons with ibs in Internet Newsgroups, Crohn's Colitis Support Groups ?Need for procedures, surgery/ostomy/hospitalization ?Source or significance of pains and other symptoms ?Diarrhea, incontinence, embarrassment ?Occurrence of obstruction or fistulas ?The possibility that symptoms will lead to surgery ?" - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"This study was well designed and conducted and offers promising results for CHM treatment of ibs, but I would like to see another replication study. In the meantime I won't discourage you from using CHM, but you don't need to pay for an individual practitioner. PROBIOTICS Probiotics are live microbial supplements taken to improve the microbial balance of the colon. Probiotics are more commonly used in Europe than in the U.S. and are most popular in France, where 3% of the population takes probiotics on any given day." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.) "Concerns about the potential toxicities of these drugs have been countered by the protests of ibs sufferers that they have no other available remedies. Alosetron was introduced in the U.S. in 2000 and subsequently withdrawn because several patients developed ischemic colitis and severe constipation, and three patients died. Cases of ischemic colitis have also been reported with cilansetron. Other possible side effects include headache, diarrhea, and stomach pain." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Hence, it is likely that ibs includes a number of different disorders lumped together under the one label. This can be seen in the fact that patients with ibs have at least three distinct symptom patterns. A more definitive approach towards diagnosis and classification will lead to a better understanding and management. For example, it is unreasonable to assume that ibs characterized by diarrhoea would necessarily respond to the same treatment as ibs in which constipation predominates, yet many clinical trials make no attempt to evaluate therapy in terms of initial symptoms." - Simon Mills and Kerry Bone, Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy: Modern Herbal Medicine (Get the book.)

"McDougall, the other day I saw Kelsey Grammer, the guy that used to be on the sitcom Frasier, with his wife on the Today Show talking about IBS; and I have seen lots of advertisements about this wonder drug for ibs called Lotronex. Frasier was a psychiatrist, a medical doctor, on TV, you know, so he wouldn't steer me wrong. If you'll just write me out a prescription, my bowel troubles will be over." I hated to burst her bubble. "Louise, Kelsey Grammer had a little incentive to say good things about that drug." - John A. McDougall, Dr. McDougall's Digestive Tune-Up (Get the book.)

"Long-term ibs can contribute to enzyme and nutrient deficiencies, which in turn can compromise the immune system and interfere with the body's energy production. Recommendations include dietary changes (including removing starches, high-fat foods, and fried foods); getting regular exercise; eating smaller meals; identifying and avoiding food allergens, particularly gluren (see celiac disease); and reducing stress. Enzyme therapy can be used to improve digestion and nutrient absorption and soothe the digestive tract, and probiotics can help maintain the balance of flora in the intestines." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.) "In a 4-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 60 individuals with ibs, probiotics treatment with L. plantarum reduced intestinal gas significantly."9 LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS þ"Lactobacillus rhamnosus provides mucosal support by adhering to the mucosal membrane, inhibiting fungal or bacterial vaginal infections, and preventing infection. L. rhamnosus . . . reduce the incidence of or lessen the severity of antibiotic-associated diarrhea."10 þ"According to a recent study in 10 healthy adults, cellular immune response to intestinal microorganisms was enhanced following intake of L." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.) "High Protease Formula two times daily, morning and night Purpose: To help support immune function and assist in removing viruses, fungal forms, toxins, bacteria, and heavy metals Each capsule should contain approximately: Protease blend 150,000 HUT Serratiopeptidase 25,000 units Mucolase 8 mg Nattokinase blend 400 FU Catalase 50 baker units IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS; often called irritable colon or spastic colon) is a disturbance of involuntary muscle movement in the large intestine." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"She embraced this feeling of courage and profound peace and was able to carry that feeling with her when she came out of hypnosis. Her ibs improved dramatically. Under hypnosis, you may find yourself reliving a single event in unusual detail with uncanny accuracy, or you might take a whirlwind tour through a series of related events that have a shared theme. I remember one young man who went back to a difficult hospital stay when he was only two years old. During the regression, he saw a red-haired man standing nearby, talking with his father." - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.)

"Artichoke leaf extract proved useful in a group of ibs patients; they reported significant reductions in symptom severity and favorably rated its effectiveness. Researchers whose work was published in Phytotherapy Research concluded the results support the notion that artichoke leaf extract may be valuable for relieving ibs symptoms. For gas, bloating, and constipation not associated with ibs or for heartburn, digestive enzymes taken with meals can help. Dietary enzymes encourage balanced enzyme activity, which improves digestion." - Holly Lucille, Creating and Maintaining Balance: A Woman's Guide to Safe Natural Hormone Health (Get the book.)

"Many of these infertile women will also give a history of delayed menarche, anemia, and ibs symptoms, similar to the pediatric patients described previously with short stature and delayed puberty. Women with undiagnosed and diagnosed celiac disease have infants with higher rates of neural tube defects because of folic acid deficiency, as well as more infants with intrauterine growth retardation [25-27]. Whether these individuals experience reproductive challenges because of nutritional factors, or having an undiagnosed autoimmune disease, or a combination of both, is unclear. 4." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Patients are therefore treated with lactose-free or high-fiber diets, medications to treat constipation or ibs, or medications to suppress gastric acid or the immune system. Not surprisingly, the celiac patient will not get relief from these treatments. Some of these therapies, such as a high-fiber diet, which often contains a great deal of gluten, may increase symptomatology. Many patients will have upper and lower endoscopies performed by a gastroenterologist, and the results may look visually normal without obvious ulcers or cancers; thus biopsies for celiac disease will not be taken." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"If you are personally familiar with ibs, then you know very well how much it can put a damper on quality of life. There are many studies that conclude that the constant intake of food additives and the ingestion of pesticides, chemicals, and dyes can cause irritation to the intestinal tract and/or an imbalance of the intestinal microflora, resulting in inflammation or symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. When I utter the world constipation in a roomful of people, it's always interesting to watch the response. Constipation is not something we usually like to talk about in public." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"For example, they can cause symptoms that are extremely similar to those of irritable bowel syndrome, even among people who don't have classic ibs. Because allergies so often mimic symptoms of other disorders, they are sometimes referred to as "the great pretenders." Furthermore, allergies not only mimic the symptoms of various disorders, but also play an important role in the causation of a wide variety of disorders and diseases. Unfortunately, the role that they play in disease causation is frequently overlooked, since many doctors and patients tend to underestimate the power of allergy." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "Symptoms of food reactions also often mimic symptoms of ibs. Obesity is much more common among people with chronic food reactions. Weight gain is often triggered by allergic inflammation, which disrupts the metabolism. Food reactions also cause food cravings. In addition, food reactions typically create a false fat of tissue swelling, abdominal bloating, and water weight. Sinusitis is very common among people with airborne allergies, and also among those with food allergies. Both types of allergies cause swelling of nasal tissues, as well as inflammation, and production of excess mucus." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"In a case study published in Alternative Medicine Review, a patient taking enteric-coated r^ppermint oil experienced improvement in ibs symptoms. In a clinical trial, enteric-coated peppermint oil reduced the severity of ibs pain in 75 percent of the children who received it. Artichoke leaf extract proved useful in a group of ibs patients; they reported significant reductions in symptom severity and favorably rated its effectiveness." - Holly Lucille, Creating and Maintaining Balance: A Woman's Guide to Safe Natural Hormone Health (Get the book.)

"This can be seen in the fact that patients with ibs have at least three distinct symptom patterns. A more definitive approach towards diagnosis and classification will lead to a better understanding and management. For example, it is unreasonable to assume that ibs characterized by diarrhoea would necessarily respond to the same treatment as ibs in which constipation predominates, yet many clinical trials make no attempt to evaluate therapy in terms of initial symptoms. IBS is the most common but yet least understood gastrointestinal disorder." - Simon Mills and Kerry Bone, Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy: Modern Herbal Medicine (Get the book.)

"According to a leaked document from medical communications company, In Vivo, GlaxoSmithKline led a medical education programme in Australia as part of its marketing strategy for Lotronex, a drug designed to treat such a common dysfunction. 'IBS must be established in the minds of doctors as a significant and discrete disease state,' it said. Patients also 'need to be convinced that ibs is a common and recognized medical disorder.'33 The first step of the strategy was to set up an advisory board with one key opinion leader from each state of Australia." - Jacky Law, Big Pharma: Exposing the Global Healthcare Agenda (Get the book.)

"It can signal ibs, IBD (see Floating Feces, and Red or Maroon Stools, above), or a partial bowel obstruction—possibly from an adhesion, polyp, tumor, or cancer. Indeed, pencil-thin stools are an important early warning sign of colon cancer. YOUR URINE Our mothers likely spent many weeks, months, or in some cases even years potty-training us." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.) "And, as with fatty stools, they can also indicate GI tract problems such as bacterial infections, bowel obstructions, ibs, and IBD. (See Red or Maroon Stools, above). Slimy stools sometimes signal the intestinal bacterial infection shigellosis or the parasitic infection giardiasis. Finally, mucus in the stool can be a telltale sign of rectal problems such as proctitis, an inflammation of the lining of the rectum. SKINNY STOOLS Skinniness isn't always a desirable state. If you've noticed that your stools have become narrow or ribbon-like, it's not a good sign." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.) "Floating stools are also seen with ibs or IBD. (See Frequent Farting, above.) People with these GI problems often have diarrhea along with the floating feces. GREASY, SMELLY STOOLS If you notice your floating stools have foul-smelling, you have the classic signs of steatorrhea, an abnormally high level of fat in the stool. These fatty, fetid feces can be a sign of IBD (see Red or Maroon Stools, above) or may mean that your diet is too rich in fat and/or that your body isn't properly absorbing fat." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.) "Although ibs and IBD have similar signs, IBD is a more serious disorder. EXCESSIVE BURPING SPEAKING OF SIGNS The First Amendment does not cover burping. —Bart Simpson,TV cartoon character Burping in public comes in a close second for embarrassing body sounds. While farting takes first prize, burping—medically known as eructation— is really just another form of flatulence. For most of us, burping, aka belching, is a benign sign of stomach gas—we're getting rid of excess swallowed air trapped in our digestive systems. Indeed, it's normal to burp 3 or 4 times after a meal." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"About one in five American adults gets ibs. Women and children get it more often than men. What are the symptoms? • abdominal cramps and pain • diarrhea • constipation • gas and bloating • indigestion Foods that fuel and foil flare-ups Your best defense against the painful cramping, bloating, and other symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a low-fat, high-fiber diet. But choosing the right foods can be tricky. Within these food groups are some that ease and others that bring on symptoms. Find the best fats. Digesting fats can cause bloating and painful colon contractions." - The Editors of FC&A, Unleash the Inner Healing Power of Foods (Get the book.)

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