Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Contributing causes:

• Bowel Infections: Yeast (no sugar, pearl acidophilus twice a day for half a year) or bacterial (antibiotics)
• Food alergies / sensitivities: Smaller meals, more often. Try cutting out, for MONTHS, not days, the following: Dairy, beans, broccoli fructose, alcohol, caffeine. e.g. Eat only Bananas, Rice, cooked Apples and Toast (BRAT) with good vitamine pills. Maybe lean meats like turkey, chicken, shrimp. Also DO drink 8 full 16oz glasses of water each day.
• Stress: Practice breathing from the bottom, yoga, massage, excercise. Hypnotherapy? Acupuncture?

Foods to eat for better digestion:

• Fermented Foods: Yogurt and Miso with "live and active cultures" for benificial bacteria, but only if lactose is not an issue. Otherwise, take the pills.
• Ginger: Fresh ginger reduces spasms and has COX-2 inhibitors to reduce inflammation. Add as a spice in rice and soup, eat crystallized chunks or drink tea.
• Omega 3 foods: Cold water fish (salmon) or flax oil or walnuts.
• Rice: Rice has ferulic acids which may help heal the digestive system. Basmati has the most.

See also:

• http://www.nutracea.com SynBiotics-1: A combination of helpfull intestinal flora.+

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