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No IBS Symptom List on *This* Blog - A Personal Note

0 Comments Published by tummyblogger January 17th, 2008 in Blog, Medical, general, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS Symptoms

Introduction
Every once in while I read a post on another blog that is so good that I don’t just sit back and think, “Now there’s a good post.” No, I sit back and think, “What an admirable, original post! I wish I had written something like that.” Sophie, who runs the IBS Tales blog, has […]

Digestive Advantage–IBS: The First Days

0 Comments Published by tummyblogger September 21st, 2007 in Probiotics, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Digestive Advantage - IBS, IBS Symptoms

Digestive Advantage-IBS Probiotic
The week I chose to start Digestive Advantage–IBS turned out to be more stressful than I expected. This web site went down, for reasons that are not yet clear. I had meetings two days in a row in different parts of town, and transportation was disrupted by demonstrations. I promised two people copies […]

Irritable Bowel Syndrome - The Three Rules

0 Comments Published by tummyblogger September 12th, 2007 in Gastrocolic Reflex, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS Triggers, IBS-C, IBS-D, IBS Diet, IBS Symptoms

I have been fixing up the inner workings of For My Tummy. This involved going back over two months of posts, and that gave me the chance to notice that I had posted once on two rules for IBS, here. And then, ten days or so before that, I had posted on the one rule […]

Is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) funny?

0 Comments Published by tummyblogger September 3rd, 2007

̈ ܹNo matter how many times I see this very short paragraph by Sophie at ibstales.com, I chuckle. I tried writing “giggle,” but that sounds too undignified. She’s had a calm period, and writes:

No sooner had I written an entry saying I was so well I didn’t have anything to write about, my intestines gave me something to write about. They’ve very helpful like that. Sometimes they even make the bed.1

  1. http://www.ibstales.com/blog/ooops.html, accessed 9-2-07 [↩]

Digestive Advantage - IBS Suggestion

5 Comments Published by tummyblogger September 1st, 2007 in Probiotics, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS-C, IBS-D, Align, Digestive Advantage - IBS, Digestive Advantage - Constipation, IBS Symptoms

This recent post about IBS probiotic Align has a comment from David at Ganeden Biotech, makers of Digestive Advantage ™IBS. They would like me to repeat the review process that I did with Align, using their product for IBS. Their product is widely available in stores, and has one good clinical test of its efficacy.

I am going to respond and thank them. I will have to suggest that

IBS and the Three Nervous Systems

0 Comments Published by tummyblogger August 27th, 2007 in Medical, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS-C, IBS-D, Digesting Information, IBS Symptoms

The Second Brain
There is an actual physical finding in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), that indicates that IBS is not “all in the head.” All in the nerves, maybe, but not all in the head.
The Three Nervous Systembs
To begin with, we need to understand that our bodies have three nervous systems:

CNS - The Central Nervous […]

Represser-Sensitizers with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

1 Comment Published by tummyblogger August 25th, 2007 in Medical, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Digesting Information, IBS Symptoms

The term Repressor-Sensitizer is a psychological term used to describe a certain kind of reaction to the discovery of symptoms or of illness. This kind of person, and I’m one, is accustomed to just keeping on keeping on, just hanging in there and getting it done. Until, that is, she or he notices signs of […]

Glossary of Fiber Terms Used in Writing about Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

1 Comment Published by tummyblogger August 21st, 2007 in fiber, IBS therapy, FiberSure (tm), Heather's Organic Acacia Tummy Fiber (tm), Prebiotics, IBS Diet, IBS Symptoms

Terminology Problems
The discussion about appropriate types of fiber in the therapy of Irritable Bowel Syndrome is hampered by a number of misconceptions about fiber. What has been holding me up in writing a simple Fiber 101b post, the second part of the primer on fiber, has been the need to explain several distinctions among types […]

False and True Conceptions about Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Treatment

0 Comments Published by tummyblogger August 19th, 2007 in fiber, Probiotics, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS therapy, IBS Triggers, Digesting Information, Prebiotics, Adjuncts, IBS Symptoms

The following paragraph on Heather’s web site caught my eye:
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Supplements
Supplements for the dietary management of IBS can be unbelievably helpful for stabilizing digestion. This is particularly true when they’re used as one of the five key strategies for controlling Irritable Bowel Syndrome (proper diet, stress management, alternative therapies, and prescription medications […]

Peppermint for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

4 Comments Published by tummyblogger August 9th, 2007 in Teas, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS therapy, Adjuncts, IBS Symptoms

One of what I call “adjuncts” to the therapy (not treatment, per se) of IBS is peppermint. Another is teas, which I’ve talked about before. This week’s Newsweek has a short article on the researched benefits of smelling peppermint, and, when it comes to IBS, ingesting peppermint. Here is the IBS part of the article:

One […]

IBS-C (Constipation) and Music

0 Comments Published by tummyblogger July 25th, 2007 in IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS therapy, IBS-C, Digesting Information, IBS Symptoms

The last two lines of a dense article on the effects of music on gastric motility (motion) are intriguing, yet raise many questions.
Listening to enjoyable music increases the amplitude of gastric myoelectrical activity in healthy humans.
Music therapy may improve gastric motility and may be used to stimulate gastric emptying.

This is the source […]

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Two Rules

0 Comments Published by tummyblogger July 22nd, 2007 in fiber, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS therapy, IBS Triggers, IBS-C, IBS-D, Digesting Information, IBS Diet, IBS Symptoms

There are two important rules to remember in the self-help approach to IBS. You have made the important decision to take charge of what’s going on with your body, now that, hooray! the doctors and technicians have found none of the majors. You don’t have cancer. You don’t have Crohn’s Disease. You don’t have gall […]