Is it really possible to discuss Irritable Bowel Syndrome (or any other digestion related ailment) as if the ailment exists in a totally unrelated and separate category apart from the whole body and person or apart from other topics?
The blunt and true answer, I believe, is to reply “no.”
Diet, state of mind, and many other health issues such as a case of bad nerves have to impact in some way on a hyper-sensitive bowel. If you’re in the habit of leaving soluble fiber out of your diet, for example, you will likely experience the worst symptoms of IBS. That is because soluble fiber causes your digestion to move waste in a more even flow through your digestive tract.
And it’s not hard to imagine how a hyper, nervous, and reactive state of mind will impact on your gut to cause it to move waste more spasmodically and painfully.
It’s most likely true that the discovery of IBS treatments is impossible until we understand how various aspects of the whole person fit together.
That is why the newly created IBS Times news letter has adapted this philosophy of treating health topics as an inter-related whole. This means that the IBS Times explores a whole range of health-related topics.
By the way, that newsletter can be accessed just by subscribing to this site.
Glenn, subscriber to this site (email: glennf52@gmail.com)
How do you begin to approach the topic of “everything you want to know” when discussing Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)?
Here at the IBS Recovery Center, we assume that what most people want to know the most is an immediate way to deal with their digestive ailments. And it just so happens that our science writers just stumbled on a near-to-miraculous food consumed by the some of the most long-lived people in the world. Those people live in the Caucasus Mountains region of Russia, and the amazing food staple they consume prevents digestive ailments.
In the West, we call that “amazing” food staple ‘kefir.” But perhaps the best way to do justice to the potential kefir has to treat your ailing bowel is to simply publish part of the chapter of a book our science team has just written. The writers of that book possess too many credentials to be mentioned here. And the book draws its content from some hard science reports. So without further delay, here it is, an excerpt from the “Preface” of Nature’s Miracle Food for IBS:
Certain regions in the Caucasus Mountains have, for example, long attained the status of myth for the long-lived peoples who live there.
And in the early nineteen seventies, the National Geographic (NG) paid a world known physician, Dr. Alexander Leaf, to travel those places where people had always been said to live the longest. Leaf’s first stop had been to Abkhasia in the Caucasus Mountains of Southern Russia. In the NG article, he repeatedly, comments on the consumption of a pro-biotic there —-fermented, or “sour milk2” —a pro-biotic which is likely Kefir.
He noted: “Breakfast general consists of cheese, bread, tea, and sometimes honey. The usual beverage is sour milk with cold water added.2”
Curiously, Leaf reported that the wide spread consumption of “sour milk” also supplied the, “main source of protein,” for Georgians over the age of eighty in the Caucasus2. Although, it has to be noted that Leaf didn’t attribute the long life-spans only to the consumption of sour milk.
He clearly also thought that factors played a role such as exercise, a cultural reverence for the aged, and fresh produce. In his book, Healthy at 100, John Robbins also remarks on the diet of Abkhasians and other peoples in the Caucasus that they regularly consume a fermented milk product, which has been“used in the Caucasus for centuries,3” and likely originated there.
Since Kefir is also a fermented milk drink that originated in the Caucasus, we can guess that Robbins might be unknowingly referring to Kefir. But he doesn’t actually refer to ‘kefir,” so the least we might conclude is that people in that region consume one pro-biotic food as a staple. So the question which might be raised is whether one secret to a long life is the consumption of probiotic foods, particularly kefir.
Needless to say, however, most of the ancient “secrets” to a healthy and long life remain lost to today’s generations as the ‘knowledge of the wise’ was passed orally from one generation to the next.
This Book an Extension of the Principle: “Fresh is Best”
Dr. Leaf had explored the three following regions known for the long life-spans of their inhabitants: Ecuador’s valley of Vilicabamba, Pakistan’s Hunza region, and Russia’s Caucasus Mountains.
In his book, Healthy at 100, Tim Robbins remarks that Leaf’s study and all other studies of those regions have revealed one important factor of diet common to all their long-lived people. They all consume the freshest foods. Robbins remarks that: “They all depend on fresh foods, eating primarily what is in season and locally grown rather than relying on canned foods or foods shipped long distances.4 “
The rule of thumb about the diets of long-lived people might be best stated as, “fresh is best.” And, in turn, that rule begs the question of what food could be fresher than a probiotic food (a food such as kefir or yogurt) that contains live organisms—-a food that can be said, therefore, to be “alive’” in one sense even as you consume it.
At the very least, the fresh foods mentioned by Robbins tend to be pre-biotic foods which encourage the activity of probiotic organisms in the gut.
If human health depends on fresh foods which help the gut’s beneficial bacteria and micro-biotic flora to keep thriving, than the freshest foods like Kefir might be considered the greatest advantage to a diet which helps people live longer. And as well, a probiotic food like Kefir possesses important advantages over all other probiotic foods. A later chapter will explore those advantages.
So there it is. Nature’s Miracle Food for IBS explores the many facets of kefir’s effect on healh. I have to end this entry now, but I forgot to include the link for more information on the book and the topic of kefir. Sorry about that. I will return later today and include a link from the IBS Recovery Center.
One in five or over 60,000,000 Americans are victims of a most unpopular topic of conversation, namely, the overwhelming growth of an epidemic that will eventually affect most of the global population as well. The culprit is IBS. At present Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is not a single syndrome or condition. Several conditions that affect your digestive system, especially the colon or lower end of that system, are all lumped together and referred to as IBS.
This is more of a group of symptoms than a single illness. Instead of taking the newest miracle cure that may treat one or two of the symptoms experienced with IBS you can rid yourself of all these ailments and improve your overall health naturally by understanding the seven simple secrets behind IBS.
Understanding IBS starts at a cellular level, as does life. Starting off the day by eating protein within an hour of waking helps to regulate glucose levels and sets the stage for the day. Eating enough protein throughout the day helps your body to regulate hormone levels. Cellular activity within the body creates acid as nutrients are brought to and waste products are brought from your cells.
Water
Hydrating your body with alkalized water to flush the waste products from the cells regulates your overall acid levels. Eating the right combination of foods throughout the day helps to keep the acid and alkaline balance within the body. When the digestive tract has improper alkalinity and acidity levels bacteria and parasites can take over and a multitude of health problems can arise. Toxins in the environment can be avoided to an extent. When we choose to take control of our lives and our diets we can remove many harmful substances from our lives and be rid of IBS.
pH Balancing
These secrets control the overall acidity and alkalinity of your body. If you keep the acidity and alkalinity in proper balance your body runs much smoother and you will feel better. Being able to understand why IBS is happening is important if you want to successfully treat IBS. In this report we are going to look at all seven areas individually then discuss how they work together and how this can help you.
Nutrition
Nutrition is the fuel, or energy, that each and every one of the cells in our bodies uses. The purpose of nutrition is to supply our bodies with the needed energy or fuel that our bodies require for proper functioning. All of the foods we eat can be broken down into five main categories (carbohydrates, protein, fats, minerals and vitamins) and we need all five to survive. Knowing how these foods react with one another is essential for you to control IBS.
Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates are the sugars your body uses for an immediate fuel resource. There are two types of carbohydrates; simple and complex.
Simple carbohydrates provide energy immediate energy. These include processed refined foods, fruit juices, soda pop, honey and other highly sugared foods. Simple carbohydrates are what your body uses for short term energy boosts. Simple sugars are burnt off quickly and need to be constantly replenished. If your diet is made up of large amounts of simple carbohydrates you’ll experience nearly constant hunger.
Complex carbohydrates are basically starches containing vitamins, minerals and protein. These include potatoes, rice, beans, legumes, whole grain breads and cereals, some dairy products, fruits and vegetables. Complex carbohydrates contain both sugars and fiber. The fiber content helps that glucose to move into the bloodstream slower feeding the body for a longer period of time. This means that you do not get hungry as quickly eating complex carbohydrates as you would when you are eating simple carbohydrates.
Carbohydrates are broken down into fiber and simple sugars and introduced to the bloodstream as glucose. The brain uses glucose as its only source of fuel. Your brain must be fed around the clock. As the glucose levels in your blood raise your pancreas releases a hormone called insulin goes in and removes excess glucose from the blood stream and stores this glucose for future use in the form of fat.
The fiber content in carbohydrates is essential for proper bowel health. Fiber assists in the removal of toxins, chemical byproducts, Candida, bacteria overgrowth and parasites from the digestive system working as your body’s own cleaning crew.
Protein
Some of the most common forms of protein come from meat, fish and dairy products although there are many fruits and vegetables that are a source of protein as well. It is natural that fruits and vegetables would be a source of protein, including amino acids nature provides all of the nutrients that we need.
Protein creates hemoglobin, an essential part of the red blood cells. Protein is used by the body to fortify maintain and replenish the tissues of the body. Protein is needed for muscle growth and muscle repair. Not only is a protein found in beef, poultry, fish, eggs and dairy products but it can also be found in nuts, seeds and legumes.
Protein is reduced by the digestive juices into molecules called amino acids. Your body takes these amino acids and uses them to maintain muscles, blood, bones and body organs. Of the 22 essential amino acids, 13 are naturally manufactured by the body and the other 9 must come from your diet. Amino acids are used to regenerate tissue heal ourselves and build muscle mass body also uses amino acids to form digestive enzymes that are necessary for digestion. If you don’t have a proper supply of essential amino acids in your diet not only will you have difficulty healing but your moods will be affected. Amino acids are also a used in the foundation for neurotransmitters. Without essential amino acids the body will go into survival mode.
Fats
Fats produce more energy than carbohydrates and are essential for the growth repair of tissue cells. Fatty acids are required hormone development. Fats are found in most protein sources as well as vegetables and grains. Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids are among the most important fats to include in your diet. Fats also contain cholesterol which can be harmful when excessive amounts are added to your diet. When it comes to fat, moderation is the key.
Vitamins and Minerals
Vitamins and minerals promote life by assisting enzymes to perform chemical interactions that promote life. These are at times referred to as co-enzymes. Micronutrients needed by your body are found in vitamins and minerals. Vitamins are organic meaning they come from plants or animals. Minerals come from plants or animals that have ingested plants. It is essential that we include vitamins and minerals in our diet to provide the needed nutrients for our body.
Vitamins
There are two types of vitamins, water-soluble and oil-soluble (also known as fat-soluble) vitamins. Water soluble vitamins (including vitamin C and all of the B vitamins) need to be taken daily as your body cannot store these. Taking excessive amounts of water soluble vitamins does not cause toxicity as these are excreted in the urine if they cannot be used immediately. Oil soluble vitamins (including vitamins A, D, E, and K) can be stored in the fatty tissues and liver. It’s important not to take excessive amounts of oil soluble vitamins as these can become toxic.
Minerals
Our bodies require an ample supply of inorganic minerals on a regular basis. These come directly from the earth and are found in soil and water. We don’t actually have to eat soil though to get our minerals. Carbohydrates that we eat that come in the form of plants that are draw the minerals from the earth and we are able to get those minerals by eating the whole food sources.
When food is processed, as it is in the manufacturing process of prepackaged foods, the nutrients are lost. Minerals are some of the first nutrients to be lost and processing although vitamins come in as a close second. This has become one of the major causes of health problems of this generation.
Another serious problem that we’re running into is the depletion of our soil from our current farming practices in the U.S. In 1936 an investigation into farm practices warned that the soils were not only becoming depleted but were going to be instrumental in the decline of our nation’s health.
Basic crop rotation and not allowing the soil to have adequate rest periods are just the beginning of problems we’re seeing with our food sources. Farm land occasionally needs to have natural flooding to replenish the soil with minerals and vital nutrients. In 1950 a study on the nutritional value of a bowl of fresh spinach was done proving spinach has a large level of iron and other nutrients. The study was repeated in the year 2000. In those 50 years it was found that 80 bowls of spinach we grow today are required to achieve the same nutrition as the one grown in 1950.
The same type of study was done with an apple in 1976 and again in 2006. In 1976 there were sufficient nutrients in one apple to warrant the phrase “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” The study showed that due to the lack of nutrients in the soil we need to change that phrase to “ten apples a day…”
With time the amount of nutrients in our produce is continuously declining. These nutrients are needed for our body to properly digest and process the foods that we eat as well as maintaining proper health. On a cellular level IBS begins with improper nutrition and lack of nutrients.
Balancing Your Diet
In addition to having proper nutrients we need to look at having the proper food combinations. The food combinations we choose have a lot to do with what is and is not utilized by our body. Different foods are digested in different ways. Some foods require one set of digestive enzymes while other foods require a different set. Eating foods require different digestive enzymes together cause’s foods to not be digested as well as they should be.
It’s important to keep the proper acidity and alkalinity balance within your system to do this you need to have the proper nutrients and enzymes present. This means you need to look at eating as more than just the stuffing whatever is close by into your mouth. If your balance of digestive enzymes is incorrect your food will not be processed properly and you will end up with IBS symptoms.
Naturally controlling and eliminating IBS starts by utilizing digestive enzymes appropriately. Mixing the proper foods so your body has the ability to digest and get as many nutrients as possible from those foods is extremely important. In fact, this is much more important if you are prone to any type of bowel conditions.
Fruit
Fruit can make it difficult for you to digest other types of food so it should be eaten alone. This is why fruit makes a good between meal snack. Often fruit is used as a garnish; if you can’t send a garnish back with the dirty dishes because it looks so appetizing, save it for later.
Protein and Carbohydrates
Mixing protein and starchy carbohydrates can be very irritating your digestive tract. It is difficult to digest proteins and starches simultaneously as they require different enzymes for digestion. The combination of white bread and peanut butter is one of the more irritating foods as far as your digestive tract goes.
Mixing protein with leafy green vegetables will help you to be able to utilize more of the nutrition from both of those foods than you would by mixing them with something else. Oils and non starchy vegetables mix well as well. Eating non starchy green vegetables including asparagus, broccoli and bamboo shoots is important. Your body needs vegetables such as Brussels sprouts, garlic, green beans, collard greens, radishes, squash, tomatoes and peppers as well as other fresh non starchy vegetables. These are packed in nutrients and go well with your proteins.
When you eat starchy carbohydrates you shouldn’t add protein or fruit to that meal, but non starchy vegetables go with these as well. In fact, eating raw vegetables that are low and start will help your body to use the nutrients that are in foods that you’re eating. These also helped with your digestive health.
We use foods to comfort ourselves, we give foods is gifts during the holidays, we have foods at parties for birthdays and special occasions, food is all and us. Food has become such an integral part of our lives that we forget at times that food is just in its basic form fuel for the machines that we call our bodies. While looking at food on this basic level they seem to strip it of some of its appeal, it is important that we don’t forget what nutrition truly is if we want to overcome IBS.
A digestive disorder syndrome akin to Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is referred to as Leaky Gut Syndrome (LGS) and both carry very debilitating symptoms such as constipation, diarrhea, bloating , gas, abdominal pain, fatigue, headaches, and much more depending on the individual.
Dr. Mark Hyman, M.D, medical director at UltraWellnessCenter in Lenox, MA offers many remedies which are natural, organic, and have latent restorative healing power. Unfortunately, many of these wholesome food remedies are not shouted from the rooftops as where would the health industry’s entrepreneurs stand with their expensive synthetic supplements if the public should know there were better alternatives available for a fraction of what these marketers charge?
Here’s some natural remedies that Dr. Hyman recommends and with phenomenal success.
But first here’s what he says is a contributor to LSG…which experts are finding more women are afflicted than previously thought.
The good doctor goes on to say, “increased exposure to unhealthy man-made trans fats, refined sugars, antibiotics, pain relievers and environmental toxins are the main culprits. Each of these factors, physically stresses the body’s GI system, creating tiny perforations in the paper thin lining of the small intestine…” and “as a result, the body is unable to properly digest meals, and partially digested food particles ‘Leak’ out of the perforated gut.
Then they make their way to the liver, where they trigger a massive inflammatory response that can hinder the function of virtually every organ system in the body. The body wide inflammation caused by LSG tricks the brain into craving carbs, stalls the liver’s fat burning abilities and prevents the GI tract from producing mood-boosting chemicals.”
“Consuming digestive enzymes from fruit and veggies quickly reduces Gi inflammation and permeability, so fewer undigested food particles leak from the gut”, says Mark Hyman, M.D. and ” studies show that enzymes also improve immunity and help heal digestive tract cells.”
He goes on to say that the “top sources” for the enzyme are: “PAPAYA & PINEAPPLE.”
PAPAYA: “Within 30 minutes of eating 1/2 cup, digestion improves markedly, and the benefits last for hours, UK studies suggest. Plus, the sweet treat’s protein-digesting enzymes (Papain, Chymopapain and Papaya Protein-Phase III) destroy viruses and bacteria before they have a chance to damage and inflame the GI Tract lining.”
PINEAPPLE: “The fresh fruit contains hundreds of anti-inflammatory enzymes that triple the body’s level of infection-fighting white blood cells and help reverse LGS. And eating just 1/2 cup daily improves the digestive system’s ability to process foods and fluid so dramatically, bloat drops significantly in several days.”
He also mentions for constipation a Senna tea will ease constipation within 12 hours and for
headaches: “Drink 6 to 8 glasses of water daily. This dilutes and flushes headache-triggering toxins…staying hydrated can speed metabolism by up to 3%”
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Some people have compared the pain and discomfort they feel in their guts like they are giving birth over and over.Others thought that it was psychological condition, all in the sufferers mind.Now, it’s the most common GI disorder seen by doctors and specialists all over the world.Irritable Bowel Syndrome causes abdominal pain, cramps, gas, diarrhea or constipation, and bloating among other physical and emotional symptoms.It’s treatable, but not curable, and it doesn’t cause damage to your body.
It’s irritable bowl syndrome – abbreviated as IBS – and the gut-wrenching pain that can double over people who suffer from it is not illusion.
Irritable bowel syndrome is a disorder that causes almost 20% of Americans serious stomach problems.The symptoms are sometimes so bad that these people are afraid to leave the bathroom or go out of the house because of the pain or the feeling that their stomach is tied in knots.Unlike people with GI tracts that function properly, IBS patients have stool that is runny and frequent, or hard and sporadic.While affecting mostly woman, men also experience IBS, and it the symptoms run rampant and different for everyone.
IBS is a disorder of the intestines that has no physical manifestation.In other words, there are no anatomical reasons for people to be having the pain, yet they do.All doctors know is that the intestines are not working as they should and the colon can contract and bring a grown man to his knees in a matter of second.It is the second leading reason people call off of work.Onset of IBS can start in late adolescence or early adulthood and it hardly ever appears in anyone over the age of fifty.It doe not lead to more serious diseases or problems, something doctors that treat patients with IBS cannot stress enough.
Treatment for irritable bowel syndrome relies on diets that are high in fiber and low in trigger foods, stress reduction, and medication.The problem with this has been that most of the time it will only treat one symptom and not the overarching problem.For a short period of time a drug called Lotronex was on the market and prescribed by doctors to patients – mostly women – who were suffering from severe diarrhea.
It seemed to work but then was subsequently pulled from the pharmacy shelves in November 2000 after reports of deaths started to filter into the Food and Drug Administration, deaths caused by the use of Lotronex.Doctors and researchers are still looking for a drug similar to Lotronex that helped sufferers of IBS but without the drastic side effect.
Doctors have returned to treating irritable bowel syndrome with diet.It is one of three functional disorders that plague many people and shows no signs of physical damage to the gastrointestinal tract.The only explanation that makes any sense is the people with IBS simply have a more sensitive and reactive colon that the rest of the population.
Foods and emotional issues that may not bother one person may set someone with IBS into knife-twisting gut pain.Some medications, milk products, fats, corn, and wheat are all foods that have been know to trigger colon spasms in some people, causing constipation or diarrhea.
Colitis and IBS have been mistaken for one another even though the two conditions are no where close to one another.Colitis is the actual, physical inflammation of the colon.IBS patients do not have swollen colons and it does not cause inflammation.Irritable bowel syndrome is just a sensitive gastrointestinal tract that ranges from the top to the very bottom.
A little known fact about the human body is that the gastrointestinal area has its own independent nervous system that takes care of all the food digesting processes and solid waste elimination.These nerves work on their own accord without having to depend on the brain and they react to different stimuli in different ways.Nervousness and stress, for example, can cause ‘butterflies’ in the stomach even the brain is telling you that you are calm and collected.This system is called the enteric nervous system and in people with irritable bowel syndrome, it’s out of whack.This is why stress reduction may play a big part in alleviating a person’s symptoms.
Not all doctors believe that irritable bowel syndrome should be called a syndrome. Many still think it is all within a patient’s mind and that it is nothing more than a marketing tool to get them to the doctor’s.Of course, anyone suffering from the symptoms of IBS will not take being told this too kindly.
Almost sixty-five percent of people with IBS don’t go to the doctor about it because the symptoms simply aren’t that bad.And it has been found that many women who suffer from IBS have been physically and sexually abused in their lives, making them more sensitive to what their bodies are telling them.
There are others who believe that IBS is caused by bacterial overgrowth in the body.No matter what anyone believes, it is a real syndrome that can be treated when the patient and the doctor work together.
Upon individual evaluation, doctors can prescribe a regimen that will work for their patients.They will evaluate their medical and social histories, stress levels, and current diet.You can help your doctor by identifying the foods you know trigger the pain.
People who are constipated should add exercise to their regimen as physical activity is very important in keeping everything internally running smooth.Unless required, a normal diet without the trigger foods may be all people will need.Some people may need to avoid gas producing foods, like beans and cabbage.Sorbitol, an artificial sweetener, and fructose should be eaten in small amounts.
In addition to diet changes and stress reduction, a doctor may recommend medications that slow the GI tract and keep it from spasming.Antidiarrheal drugs such as Imodium may be prescribed as well as antidepressants, and mild tranquilizers.Some patients have responded favorably to hypnosis and psychotherapy, and behavior modification counseling has also kept people on the track to alleviating their discomfort and getting on with their lives.
As many as one in five Americans suffers from irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS. The syndrome has stumped doctors for years.
But as we learn in Monday’s Medical Breakthroughs, they now believe the pain may be caused by a glitch in the brain.
Jae Brodsky said just being able to eat lunch without getting abdominal pains is a good day for her.
“You get up in the morning and the stomach says, ‘I don’t want food anymore,’…no solid food,” she said. So it’s tea and broth for days at a time.
Brodsky said cramping, nausea, and a constant urge to use the bathroom — sometimes ten times an hour — strike without warning.
“It’s the uncertainty in the sense that you just never know when you’re going to be sick,” she said. “Everywhere you go, anything you do, you just always have to watch out and have a plan for what happens if you get sick.”
More than anything, IBS is painful but that pain could literally be in their head The way most of us deal with pain is controlled like the volume on your television.
If it’s pain that will benefit you, like a shot, we turn the volume down. But if it seems dangerous, like being burned by a hot stove, we “turn-up” the volume to react faster.
“The brain wants to do the opposite thing,” said gastroenterologist Dr. Emeran Mayer. “It wants to maximize the gain to detect it as quickly as possible. Is this going to be something dangerous or not?”
Mayer and other researchers at the University of California - Los Angeles found a malfunction in the brains of women with IBS.
Their brains can’t “turn down the volume”, making them hypersensitive to even mild discomfort.
“To me, it makes a lot of sense,” Brodsky said. “It’s one of the things that really happens. You feel everything very intensely, including the pain.”
Doctors say patients can retrain the brain to turn down those pain circuits, providing some relief.
Concerning colon cleansing, there is much controversial debate taking place among the top experts around the world. Many authorities are in scientific conflict as to whether a digestive detoxification is really necessary or simply a behind the scenes type of capitalistic agenda to create a new market for the health industry to really monetize on ancient held beliefs.[Read more →]
For years we have been unjustly treated by doctors still have no answers regarding causes or cures for this debilitating syndrome.
So let me ask you….do we just suffer in our own little world? Or do we take matters into our own hands?
Yes, fellow exploited sufferers, we can. Aren’t you fed up with all the ignorance by the authorities we used to trust and are now exploited by the new gods of the ‘know it all’ world of IBS….namely, the IBS marketers on the internet.
Look, I’ve bought almost every colon cleanse program, ebook, and alternative therapeutic remedy available.
Get ready for some very controversial insights I’ve gained over the years. First, NEVER trust anyone who hasn’t been in our shoes.
9 times out of ten they’re just in it for the big bucks. Doubt me? Let’s take a look at your doctors first. How many have you seen in the past 3 years?
Yet they still charge you for the visit, right? Any refunds if they’re wrong or unhelpful? NO!
Another example. Let’s take colon cleansing. But first, let me make it perfectly clear…I’m not an entrepreneur trying to sell my wares like most online ’snake oil’ hucksters. In fact, I have nothing to sell.
So, let’s resume. And no, there’s no need to mention names. Just do a Google search for IBS or colon cleanse and look at the list on the right side. Every one has the only solution.
One in particular I get a giggle out of is this one that claims they have the ‘magic pill’. Guess what it is. Cookies. That’s right. Cookies. Heal your IBS symptoms as fast as 7 minutes or your money back. And what is this miracle ingredient? Coconut oil.
Ok. It’s true coconut oil is good for bad bacterial growth and other digestive symptoms. But I’ll tell you something. It has very little effect on most unless you take it in all your food at least 3X a day. Healed in 7 minutes? Is that a scam or what?
Ok, let’s begin our tour with the more popular websites. On the very first and most popular site, the first thing that hits you are all those nasty scary photos of what’s supposedly living inside you.
Great marketing technique. They call it “mucoid plaque”. Funny, I still can’t find one reference to the term in any medical dictionary, or even having asked a few medical experts they think I’m talking Greek. No such animal. In fact, it was fabricated by a science fiction author a decade ago. So what is that crud everyone claims came out of their little anal rings?
Ha Ha Ha. Get this. Most people who take all the varieties of insoluble fiber in almost every colon cleanse product, can experience the same results.
Does it mean accumulated faces clinging to the colon walls? Heck no.
Try this experiment. Get a glass of water and pour 1 tablespoon into it. Let it sit for 5-10 minutes and then turn the glass upside down. See? the exact gelatin shape of the glass.
The same thing happens in the colon. This gel comes out mixed with faces in the shape of your colon. Of course everyone is different. That accounts for the many varied transformations that come out.
And what about Parasites? Accumulated waste material? Bunk! Get on the phone now and call any medical examiner or surgeon and ask if any of them ever saw a clogged colon either from surgery or an autopsy.
I did this and with a very few exceptions of bowel obstructions or other infectious disease every colon is fleshy pink.
Go to Google and do a search for IBS, colon cleanse or any other related words. The result? 13,000,000 million page views each competing for your almighty dollar.
Now, check the health sites…the (non commercial) ones like The Mayo Clinic, Health Med, Medi Plus, or the few other most recognized health authorities on the internet.
Guess what? Look up IBS in any of their search boxes. Nowhere is colon cleansing or detoxication mentioned.
True our ancestors used fiber for digestive disorders. And you know what? Every ingredient used in these commercial products can be found in your local grocery or health food stores.
Now don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying a good colon cleanse isn’t good now and then. But definitely not for any length of time. And to my main gripe. If their products are so effective, why the need to use all the hypnotic buying triggers to get your dollars.
In fact, many of these websites have paid professional copywriters (salesmen in print) thousands upon thousands of dollars to come up with one of those sales letters that have you foaming at the mouth to give up your credit cards.
Look guys, I’m not saying all this to boost my ego or reputation. I have nothing to gain. So why am I saying all this? Because I’ve been lied to, deceived and exploited for years just like you.
Ok. enough is enough though I just scratched the surface. Let me soothe the wounds with remedies that really work for not a dime more than you’re already spending for your weekly food bill.
Tune in tomorrow for some secret remedies you NEVER heard before but by the end of the week you’ll be so glad you came here.
Alternative medicines are becoming more and more popular in today’s society.With many diseases and conditions no longer reacting to popular prescription medication like antibiotics, we have to have new ways to treat illnesses.While some conditions are not treatable, irritable bowel syndrome is.With a change in diet, lifestyle options, and stress reduction, many people can ease the symptoms of this syndrome.
Clown’s Mustard and Peppermint Oil are two remedies proven over thousands of years to perform effectively. Much less expensive than online synthetic supplements. [Read more →]
