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"We may yet find, posits Mullin, that in irritable bowel syndrome, the body sees the bacterial overgrowth oc-curing in the small intestines as foreign, and as the immune system strikes out against that infection, the immune system generates not just inflammation but sets off an autoimmune response against the gut. Meanwhile, patients with irritable bowel syndrome—which affects one in five women in America—respond profoundly to changes in their day-to-day diet. In one study, 75 percent of patients with irritable bowel syndrome found that their symptoms improved with dietary changes alone." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"KATIE'S ACHES, FATIGUE, irritable bowel syndrome, AND POOR SLEEP Katie, thirty-five, ached all over. She was going to have surgery to relieve her foot pain. Her health problems included disc disease in her lower back and neck, polycystic ovarian disease, headaches, depression, and irritable bowel syndrome. For six years, the pain had been getting worse. She was having muscle twitching and cramps, swollen and stiff fingers, sleep disturbances, and generalized muscle and bone tenderness. Her shins and the tops of her feet hurt." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Unlike irritable bowel syndrome (IBS—see page 230), in both forms of inflammatory bowel disease there is active pathology in the tissues. If you have IBD, a biopsy of your tissue would come back with visible, active inflammation, which would not be the case in irritable bowel syndrome." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Satish Rao in a press release sent to journalists to promote a pill called Zelnorm, which it sold to treat irritable bowel syndrome. In the press release, Dr. Rao said that Zelnorm was the "first drug" to show improvement in treating "the multiple symptoms" of constipation. In 2004 Dr. Rao, a professor of gastroenterology, participated in an Internet seminar for physicians, which Novartis paid for. As part of that event, Dr. Rao disclosed that he worked as a consultant and speaker for Novartis and sat on the company's advisory board." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"Now the person can, in essence, be cured of an illness that—according to some doctors—didn't exist just a short time before. irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), one of the conditions we've looked at in this book, is a great example. Two medicines have recently come onto the market for women with IBS. The first is alosetron (Lotronex) and is given to women whose IBS is "diarrhea predominant." The FDA took alosetron off the market after reports of severe gastrointestinal side effects, including gut perforation and even death." - Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D., Your Symptoms Are Real: What to Do When Your Doctor Says Nothing Is Wrong (Get the book.) "In time, the medical profession should come to understand more of these hard-to-diagnose syndromes, providing a template for medically unexplained illness: chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), fibromyalgia (FM), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and others. For some people the cause may be psychological, but not for others. And regardless of what is causing these ailments, people with these symptoms will still be suffering and in need of treatment. As I will make clear throughout this book, helping patients deal with suffering is the job of the doctor." - Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D., Your Symptoms Are Real: What to Do When Your Doctor Says Nothing Is Wrong (Get the book.) "The Workup for Irritable Bowel Just as your doctor will order a series of tests looking for the causes of chronic fatigue or pain, he or she will also order tests if you've been diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Although the diagnosis of IBS is based on symptoms, your doctor will probably want to rule out serious gut diseases that can produce similar symptoms." - Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D., Your Symptoms Are Real: What to Do When Your Doctor Says Nothing Is Wrong (Get the book.) "A rheumatologist may diagnose fibromyalgia, and a gastroenterologist may diagnose irritable bowel syndrome. Even if the specialist diagnoses one of these syndromes, he or she may not be trained to help you deal with the symptoms that they cause. This is where turning to a specialist for your care has its own potential pitfall: the specialist is an expert in one area of medicine and may be uncomfortable with problems outside of his or her area of expertise." - Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D., Your Symptoms Are Real: What to Do When Your Doctor Says Nothing Is Wrong (Get the book.)

"CHAPTER 21 Healing foods for irritable bowel syndrome What is irritable bowel syndrome? These muscle spasms in the stomach or intestines are also known as spastic colon, nervous bowel, or simply IBS. The cause is unknown, but stress and depression can aggravate it. It isn't life-threatening, but it can affect your quality of life. Who gets it? About one in five American adults gets IBS. Women and children get it more often than men. What are the symptoms?" - The Editors of FC&A, Unleash the Inner Healing Power of Foods (Get the book.)

"If you suffer chronic digestive problems such as constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, and gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD), you would do well to consider supplementing your diet with digestive enzymes at each meal. These will help you further digest your food better and reduce the production of digestive by-products that can lead to intestinal toxicity. You'll learn more about digestive enzymes in Chapter 6." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "Liver: In today's polluted world, health researchers believe the added toxic burden on our livers contributes to chronic fatigue, high cholesterol, irritable bowel syndrome, cognitive difficulties, and high blood pressure. A major organ of elimination, the liver serves as the manager of the entire detoxification process in the body. 3. Colon: The colon is the final place in the body where waste (food residue) travels before being eliminated. It is critical that bowel elimination happens daily. 4." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "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.)

"Yogurt has been favorably associated with helping to reduce the risk of the following conditions: certain cancers, allergies, lactose intolerance, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, hypertension, elevated cholesterol, certain kinds of ulcers, diarrhea, and vaginal and urinary tract infections. Obviously, making nonfat or low-fat yogurt a regular part of your diet is a smart decision. But there's even more reason for people trying to lose weight to include yogurt in their diet. Most of us know that yogurt, as a dairy product, is rich in calcium." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"If you have recurrent canker sores or irritable bowel syndrome and other bowel symptoms, see a doctor for an evaluation. Psoriasis Psoriasis is a skin disease that causes patches of silvery, scaling skin that build up on a red base. Patches commonly occur on the scalp, elbows, knees, feet, and buttocks, but they can show up just about anywhere. Many people with psoriasis have abnormal nail growth, eye and joint inflammation, and intestinal inflammation. Psoriasis typically starts before age twenty, but it can occur any time throughout life." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.) "She also had moderate to severe osteoarthritis in her knees and suffered from headaches and irritable bowel syndrome. Ansella was taking antidepressants and narcotics for symptom control, and she wanted me to prescribe guaifenesin, even though she had been taking this supplement for several years with no measurable improvements. I asked her if we could add a new dimension to her regimen. I measured her vitamin D level, evaluated her diet, and found that she had a very low vitamin D level—only 24 nanograms per milliliter in the month of June." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Artichoke leaf extract reduces symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome and improves quality of life in otherwise healthy volunteers suffering from concomitant dyspepsia: a subset analysis. / Altern ComplMed. 2004 Aug; 10(4):667-669. Emendorfer F, Emendorfer F, Bellato F, Noldin VF, Cechinel-Filho V, Yunes R, Delle Monache F, Cardozo A. Antispasmodic activity of fraction and cynaropicrin from Cynara scolymus on guinea-pig ileum. Bil Pharm Bull. 2005 May; 28(5):902-904. Gebhardt R. Inhibition of Cholesterol Biosynthesis in Primary Cultured Rat Hepato-cytes by Artichoke Extracts." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"Because they have similar ^Mv^ names, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are often mistaken for each other. ¦ IBS is more common and involves a cluster of signs that typically includes abdominal discomfort or pain and alternating bouts of diarrhea and constipation. ¦ IBD is much rarer and usually more serious and refers to two chronic diseases, Crohn's and ulcerative colitis. IBD can cause severe cramping, diarrhea, and bloody stools." - 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.)

"A controlled, double-blind, randomized study on the efficacy of Lactobacillus plantarum 299V in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Eur. J. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 13, 1143-1147. 177. Marteau, P., Cuillerier, E., Meance, S., Gerhardt, M. F., Myara, A., Bouvier, M., Bouley, C, Tondu, F., Bommelaer, G, and Grimaud, J. C. (2002). Bifidobacterium animalis strain DN-173 010 shortens the colonic transit time in healthy women: A double-blind, randomized, controlled study. Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther. 16, 587-593. 178. Sen, S., Mullan, M., Parker, T., Woolner, J., Tarry, S., and Hunter, J. (2002)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (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.)

"Although usually benign, a gurgling stomach can sometimes signal serious GI problems, especially if accompanied by bloating, gas, 1 ¦ 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 cramps, or diarrhea, lhe possible problems include stomach viruses, bowel obstructions, gastritis (inflammation of the stomach), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS, aka spastic colon), and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which is the umbrella It's long been known that yawning as well as coughing can be contagious. Recently, London researchers found that certain other body sounds are contagious as well." - 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.) "Another study suggests that RLS and irritable bowel syndrome (see Chapter 8) may be linked. LEG CRAMPS DURING THE NIGHT You're peacefully in slumberland and suddenly you're awakened by a piercing sensation in your leg. You have the classic sign of nocturnal leg cramps, aka a charley horse. These involuntary contractions of calf muscles, and occasionally muscles on the soles of the feet, are very common in older people. In fact, about 70% of adults older than 50 are occasionally jolted out of sleep by these tightening sensations. People with flat feet seem to get them more often, too." - 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.)

"IC is more common in patients with irritable bowel syndrome, spastic colon, abdominal cramping, hysterectomy, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, hay fever, asthma, and allergies to foods and medications. Drug and surgical interventions have been used to treat this condition with limited success and potential side effects. Despite continued research on IC, safe, noninvasive treatment options are lacking. Several causes have been proposed for IC, although none have been proven. The contributing factors fall into two main categories: bladder epithelial permeability and inflammation." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"These factors cause unfavorable changes in the growth of probiotics and bad microbes and can increase the amount of toxic products in your gut, all of which play a role in many chronic and degenerative diseases, including irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease (e.g., colitis and Crohn's disease) and systemic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis. This is called the dysbiosis hypothesis. The intestinal mucosa is the mucus coating in the gastrointestinal tract." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"Human studies have also found that artichoke leaf extract can significantly reduce the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and dyspepsia (pain in the mid-abdominal area). Tips on Using Artichokes selection and storage: • When selecting artichokes you want to pick ones that feel heavy, have tightly packed leaves, and are dark green in color. • Keep artichokes refrigerated in a plastic bag and use them within four days of purchase. preparation and serving suggestions: • Wash artichokes well. • Trim the stem about l-VA" if desired. The stem is edible and does not have to be cut off." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"Eating the right foods can reduce your chances of heart disease, cancer, bone loss, constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, insomnia, high cholesterol, moodiness, fatigue, and more. Whole foods contain antioxidants, minerals, vitamins, and fiber as well as the nutrients needed for our cells to detox and metabolize. Unfortunately, much of what we are eating or being advised to eat is high in the wrong kinds of fats, high-fructose corn syrup, additives, preservatives, dyes, and empty calories. So let's look at fats—which seem to be in everyone's favorite foods." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) "She felt fine after the surgery except for the onset of some migraines and irritable bowel syndrome. By the time she turned forty-four, things started to fall apart. Hot flashes woke her in the middle of the night, and she had no energy, suffered from depression, and was having trouble remembering everyday things like phone numbers and people's names. Sex wasn't fun anymore. "I felt as dry as sandpaper," she reported. Her doctor prescribed synthetic estrogen, Premarin, but not progesterone since she didn't have a uterus." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"It is also a folk remedy for many intestinal ailments, including gas, indigestion, cramps, diarrhea, vomiting, irritable bowel syndrome, and food poisoning. It has also been used for respiratory infections and menstrual problems. There are many sprays and inhalants on the market that contain mint and are promoted to relieve sore throats, toothaches, colds, coughs, laryngitis, bronchitis, nasal congestion, and inflammation of the mouth and throat. Throw Me a Lifesaver!" - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "Other studies have shown that peppermint oil relieved spasms during colonoscopies and has a soothing effect in patients who suffer from irritable bowel syndrome. RESPIRATORY RELIEF: Researchers discovered a nerve ending that responded to cold and to menthol. This may explain the cooling sensation from menthol, as well as its common use as an inhalant to reduce congestion in the nose. Tips on Using Mint SELECTION AND STORAGE: • Leaves should be tender and not wilted. Older leaves tend to be bitter and "woody" tasting." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"Her health problems included disc disease in her lower back and neck, polycystic ovarian disease, headaches, depression, and irritable bowel syndrome. For six years, the pain had been getting worse. She was having muscle twitching and cramps, swollen and stiff fingers, sleep disturbances, and generalized muscle and bone tenderness. Her shins and the tops of her feet hurt. Lab studies revealed very slight inflammation but normal general chemistries, blood counts, rheumatoid factor tests, and anti-nuclear antibody tests. Her MHAQ scores were 0." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Other conditions that may be linked to an Energetic Integrator 3 distortion include irritable bowel syndrome, colitis, and Crohn disease, although because of the mucosa issues related to these conditions, Cell Driver distortions also are likely to play a role. The stomach and digestive issues associated with conditions such as CFS may be linked through Integrator 3, as are dietary problems such as food allergies and protein sensitivity and microbial issues related to Candida or intestinal bacteria in general." - Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey, Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine (Get the book.)

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