Insoluble is a stimulant and can set off IBS symptoms, and if you have strictures it can cause intestinal blockages. The tummy fiber is pure soluble fiber so it won't do that - it can't. It's not a stimulant, it's a bowel motility regulator. It can't cause blockages, diarrhea, ...
CBD and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) Although common, IBS is a challenging condition to live with. Those with this disorder may experience frequent bouts of abdominal pain, bloating, and other digestive disturbances. Treatment is highly individualized, and while medications can be prescribed to red...
Who Gets IBS? This disease strikes women twice as often as men, with the initial diagnosis typically occurring during young adulthood or middle age, IBS is characterized by a group of intestinal symptoms: crampy abdominal pain, bowel spasms, bloating, gas, diarrhea or constipation (often ...
SIBO and IBS If you have read a little bit about SIBO already you will probably have seen it mentioned in the same breath asIBS. This is understandable, because as we mentioned in our first blog in this series a lot of symptoms are common to both conditions. Furthermore,studiesshow that ...
As of this moment the primary cause or causes of Irritable Bowel Syndrome hasn’t been determined. IBS presents as a functional disorder with altered patterns of intestinal muscle contractions. According to the Mayo Foundation of Education and Research [2], there are a diverse range of factors ...
This connection goes both ways. A troubled intestine can send signals to the brain, just as a troubled brain can send signals to the gut. Therefore, a person’s stomach or intestinal distress can be the cause or the product of anxiety, stress, or depression. That’s because the brain and...
medical food for the dietary management of IBS symptoms. Peppermint is one of the oldest of herbs, with a cooling, calming effect. Clinical studies have shown that it is exceptionally beneficial for IBS abdominal pain and spasms, diarrhea, and urgency. Peppermint will not cause or worsen ...
Sugar, especially refined sugar, canfeed opportunistic 'bad bacteria'. This bacteria can then overgrow, creating an imbalance and making you sick (this is called small intestinal bacterial overgrowth - or SIBO). How do you know if you are fructose intolerant?
(CIC) andirritable bowel syndromewith constipation(IBS-C). Plecanatide increases fluid secretion in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, changes the consistency of the stools and speeds up its passage through theintestines. Animal studies show plecanatide also reducesabdominal paincaused bycrampsfrom ...
Due to midgut volvulus causing midgut loss, two patients suffered from intestinal failure, one requiring an intestinal transplant procedure. Four extremely preterm patients, tragically, died as a direct result of the surgical procedure. Seven patients' deaths were unrelated to IM; an additional 14 ...