All About IBS Flare Ups: Prevention and Treatment
Here’s what we’re going to cover IBS Flare Up Symptoms What does an IBS Flare Up Feel Like? How Long Does An IBS Flare Up Last? What To Do When You Get An IBS...
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Digestive Process
Do You Have Good Digestion?
Digestion should be the natural process of an exquisitely complex system that converts food into the materials needed for life: vitamins, minerals, fats, amino acids (proteins), and sugars (carbohydrates). From the average person’s point...
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How Does the Digestive System Work?
Think of your gastrointestinal tract as a long, muscular tube. This tube starts at your mouth and ends at your anus, and, if you were to stretch it out to its full length, would...
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The Immune System in Your Digestive Tract
The huge surface area of your digestive tube must be protected against injury from bad bacteria, viruses, parasites, and other toxins that may get into the digestive system with food or by any number...
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Nickel Allergies and Digestive Problems
As many of you know, some individuals are allergic to the metal nickel. This usually manifests as redness of the skin, which occurs when the skin comes in contact with nickel. This is what...
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What is the Role of the Immune System in the Digestive Tract?
The huge surface area of your digestive tube must be protected against injury from bad bacteria, viruses, parasites, and other toxins that may get into the digestive system with food or by any number...
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The Ecosystem in the Digestive Tract
Inside the digestive tube is a vast ecosystem where some 100 trillion bacteria live. But this should not alarm you. We have been conditioned to think of bacteria as something bad, and the thought...
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What is Stomach Acid and Why Do You Need It?
Stomach acid is vital to good health. It is the first major step in breaking down your food, which is so critical to proper nutrition. The myth is that you are what you eat....
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Understanding IBS: Good Bacteria Deficiencies
Healthy people live in harmony with their “good” bacteria, or normal intestinal flora. This is called symbiosis. We provide the bacteria with a home and food, and in return they do some great things...
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What is Candida?
Yeast infections, or yeast overgrowth, are a common result of antibiotic use. Yeast is also considered normal flora at low populations, since it is often found in the digestive tract. However, remember that normal...
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What is Good Digestion?
Digestion should be the natural process of an exquisitely complex system that converts food into the materials needed for life: vitamins, minerals, fats, amino acids (proteins), and sugars (carbohydrates). From the average person’s point...
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Stomach Acid: Why You Need It
Stomach acid is vital to good health. It is the first major step in breaking down your food, which is critical to proper nutrition. The myth is that you are what you eat. But...
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IBS and Candida Overgrowth: How Yeast Becomes A Common Digestive Problem
Inside This Article Yeast Overgrowths are Common Problems Antibiotics are the Key Cause of Yeast Overgrowths Many Symptoms of a Yeast Overgrowth Testing for Yeast Overgrowths Treating Yeast Overgrowths What is a Yeast Overgrowth?...
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Colonoscopies Do Not Help Most Common Digestive Problems
Have you had a colonoscopy thinking that it would solve your digestive problem? Are you considering having a colonoscopy in the hopes that it will be the answer to your G.I. troubles? Read on...
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Stomach Acid: Why You Need It
Stomach acid is vital to good health. It is the first major step in breaking down your food, which is so critical to proper nutrition. The myth is that you are what you eat....
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The Importance of Stomach Acid
Stomach acid is your primary defense against food-borne infections. Stomach acid is vital to good health. It is the first major step in breaking down your food, which is so critical to proper nutrition....
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DNA Microbial Profile: Measuring Intestinal Bacteria, Yeast (Candida), and Parasites
If you suffer from IBS and other digestive problems then it is very possible that you have a microbial imbalance in your digestive tract. My clinic (The IBS Treatment Center) is proud to be...
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What is Good Digestion?
Digestion should be the natural process of an exquisitely complex system that converts food into the materials needed for life: vitamins, minerals, fats, amino acids (proteins), and sugars (carbohydrates). From the average person’s point...
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The Role of the Immune System in the Digestive Tract
The huge surface area of your digestive tube must be protected against injury from bad bacteria, viruses, parasites, and other toxins that may get into the digestive system with food or by any number...
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Bacteria: The Bad and Ugly
What makes a bad bacteria bad? The worst bacteria (the ugly) either directly destroy tissue by feeding upon it or produce a toxin that destroys tissue. Other bacteria (the bad) react negatively to food,...
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