Irritable Bowel Syndrome Archive
IBS Treatment, IBS Treatments
0 Comments Published by tummyblogger November 15th, 2008 in IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS therapy, IBS Triggers, Digesting Information, Digestive Advantage - Constipation, IBS Diet, TreatmentOn formytummy.com, I’ve talked about probiotics and prebiotics, fiber in the diet, brand names of products that are helpful, or not, and most of all, diet as a treatment for IBS.
But what is “Treatment for IBS” in an overall sense? You have a diagnosis of IBS, fine. Well, actually, not so fine! To get […]
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 SymptomsIntroduction
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: Second and Third Weeks
3 Comments Published by tummyblogger October 9th, 2007 in Probiotics, Food for IBS, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Digestive Advantage - IBSreminder: In addition to using the following probiotic, I also follow a diet free of known triggers for IBS (except caffeine in small amounts), exercise, and especially important, take 20 grams/day of Heather’s Organic Acacia Tummy Fiber ™ and another 20-25 grams of fiber/day, most of it soluble fiber. This fiber is “prebiotic”–it supplies a […]
Irritable Bowel Syndrome - What to Use Every Day?
4 Comments Published by tummyblogger September 30th, 2007 in fiber, general, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS-D, FiberSure (tm), Heather's Organic Acacia Tummy Fiber (tm), Benefiber (tm), PrebioticsIn reviewing the questions that people ask search engines, and then get direct to this site, I am seeing a lot of “is it ok to take xyz every day.” The answers are sprinkled through this site, so I wonder whether people find what they are looking for.
In this post I review some of the […]
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Pizza?
0 Comments Published by tummyblogger September 28th, 2007 in Food for IBS, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS foodIs there any kind of pizza that a person with IBS can have?
I can answer this, I think, but you have to read to the end of the post. These are the suggested rules for pizza:
I don’t believe you can eat the whole thing. Eat pizza only when you are sharing it with someone […]
Window Shopping for IBS Products–Now Available
2 Comments Published by tummyblogger September 25th, 2007 in Breakfast, fiber, Chocolate, Revival Soy, Probiotics, Food for IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS food, Align, Soy Products, Soy Amazing, Online sources, BestLifeInternational, Digestive Advantage - IBS, IBS DietFor some time there has been a Page Title — in the upper right hand corner of the header menu — called “Window Shopping.” If you clicked on it, you would see a browser window that goes directly to the Best Life International website, and their “Soy Amazing” ™ Meal Replacement shake.
That was it. […]
Digestive Advantage–IBS: The First Days
0 Comments Published by tummyblogger September 21st, 2007 in Probiotics, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Digestive Advantage - IBS, IBS SymptomsDigestive 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 (IBS) and the Food Diary
0 Comments Published by tummyblogger September 16th, 2007 in Sweetener, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS Triggers, IBS DietNaturally Controlling IBS
Amid a group of generally excellent suggestions for the treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) from Andrew Weil, M.D., there comes the following classic description of how the “Food Diary” suggestion from your doctor is supposed to work.
How a Food Journal Works
A food journal: Most people with IBS say their symptoms worsen after […]
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 SymptomsI 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 […]
“Attacking the Bacteria that Causes IBS” - An Interesting Advertising Phrase
0 Comments Published by tummyblogger September 11th, 2007 in Probiotics, Amazon, general, IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Online sourcesAmazon is, or customers are, tagging some of its products with “IBS,” and hoping to generate some sales. As one of their “other” ads, they have a one-line ad for Digestrin which runs as follows:
Suffering From IBS? — Attack The Bacteria That Causes IBS And Eliminate The Sumptoms Today — www.digestrin.com
While there is potentially much […]
Important Reminder for IBS-D
0 Comments Published by tummyblogger September 5th, 2007 in IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS-DPlease Note
The following point has been at the top of my list for posts for a week or so. I want to emphasize that this reminder from the NDDIC is important for people with IBS-D. If you have bouts of diarrhea, or even constant diarrhea, please heed this:
Replacing Electrolytes
Electrolytes, in addition to fluid, must be […]
The Hard Work of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
0 Comments Published by tummyblogger September 4th, 2007 in Blog, IBS, Irritable Bowel SyndromeI stumbled upon the blog site of someone named Seth Godin; he is a marketing guru, hardly an expert on IBS. He is also a very good and readable writer. His topic for today, Labor Day, was “work,” both the old-fashioned kind measured in productivity–chickens fed, hay baled, steel poured—and the kind of work measured […]