What Is Your Stool Telling You about your health? Nobody likes to talk about bowel movements. As a Clinical Nutritionist in practice for over 15 years I was taught many years ago that your stool can be an invaluable source of information about what may be going on in the body. It’s a standard question in my
{ 5 comments }
Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or IBS, is today one of the most commonly diagnosed gastrointestinal disorders amongst adults in the United States. It is typically associated with symptoms such as bloating, diarrhea, abdominal cramping, and constipation. Although it is unclear exactly how and why the condition of Irritable Bowl Syndrome develops, it is nonetheless defined by
{ 0 comments }
Diverticulosis or diverticular disease doesn’t seem to be a problem among people in Asia and Africa, but is common in the Western World. Diverticulosis occurs when the colon develops small pouches in the lining of the intestinal wall, which bulge out from weak spots. Usually, these pouches or diverticula don’t cause a problem and are
{ 0 comments }
Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or IBS, affects approximately twenty to twenty-five percent of the adult population in the United States. It is amongst the most prevalent disorders diagnosed by physicians, and typically targets both men and women thirty-five to forty years of age. IBS is distinguished most commonly by symptoms of diarrhea, constipation and bloating, in
{ 8 comments }
Herbs have been used for medicinal purposes since early man first recognized their importance. At some time in prehistory, early man realized that by applying a certain plant to an affliction or wound, it soothed or healed faster. Somewhere in the chain of events, our ancestors threw some plants into their kettles and figured out
{ 2 comments }
