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If you are one of the millions of people suffering from IBS, immediate help is finally at hand. Contrary to what many believe, eating for IBS does not mean deprivation, never going to restaurants, boring food, or a limited and therefore unhealthy diet. It does mean learning to eat safely by realizing how different foods physically affect the GI tract, and how these foods can prevent or trigger IBS. For example: * There are two kinds of fiber…one soothes the col… More >>
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Hi – When you see a health related topic that has spawned an entire industry you can be sure of two things: A lot of people are suffering and there is little or nothing, beyond the obvious, that can be done about it. (Diet books are a perfect example).
So, to minimize ABS, simply avoid the following: Coffee, bacon, fried food, greasy food, vinegar, pepper, orange juice, grapefruit juice, red wine, all Thai food, all Vietnamese food, all Korean food, all spicy Chinese food, all acidic Italian food and Mexican food. Japanese seems to be a toss up because wasabi–a sort of horseradish–does not smolder the way chili pepper does.
Of course everybody’s different but much of this is a no-brainer, since stuff like greasy spice burgers are tough on everybody–not to mention, unhealthy. And be aware that “mild” in a Thai restaurant translates to “incendiary…but less so than our other entries”.
Some will say this is a long list but you know the alternative….and loading up with white rice and bread may or may not help–while giving way too many carbohydrates and possible constipation.
I realize that some things cut both ways (no pun intended) like alchohol or mint or fiber. Just depends on which book you read. But do you really need a book to tell you to avoid pickles and pepperoni?
Reaseach suggesting IBS sufferers are worriers, agitated, “high strung” or whatever is encouraging. But short of a brain transplant I wouldn’t count on being able to calm your digestive system to a point where you can eat anything you want.
Rating: 2 / 5
this IS SO IMPORTANT IF U ARE EXPERIENCING BACK PAIN WITH YOUR IBS AND PAIN AND FATIGUE AND MEMORY LOSS AND SLEEP PROBLEMS PLEASE READ THE BOOK what your doctor may not tell you about fibromyalgia and start the treatment for it please this is fibro it is NOT ibs!!! thanks!
Rating: 1 / 5
Hi,
Yes, many suggestions in this book works as prevention. But when IBS hits me, I finally found quick relief – via Acupuncture. Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Sood listed Acupuncture as his top ten alternative medicine. Here is his write up: “In this treatment from traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncturists insert thin needles into strategic, energy-balancing points on the body. Acupuncture can prevent and treat nausea and vomiting and help relieve many types of pain, including that from osteoarthritis, low back pain, neck pain, headaches and postsurgical pain. Patients who receive acupuncture typically receive up to 12 treatments, usually given once or twice a week. ” One word of advise – most acupuncturists are not good. Ours teach at a Eastern Medicine University in Sunnyvale, CA and he is honest and excellent.
Rating: 3 / 5
Here is yet another person who cashes in on the misery of people who suffer the multitude of problems that are swept up in the single label “irritable bowel syndrome”.
Clearly some people get relief from symptoms using the author’s recipes – predominantly the author. It is increasingly clear to me that each sufferer of “irritable bowel syndrome” has very different needs. In my case these recipes helped not one jot. Purchasing the book was a complete waste of money and I wish I could get a refund. I doubt this would ever be forthcoming.
The central issue I’ve found with purveyors of “alternative medical” advice is that they proffer a supposed “cure” – without any hard data to support it and certainly without any guarantee. They ask you to pay up front and then when it doesn’t work you get swept aside as they selectively put forward testimonials of those for whom the product “works” (a large percentage of whom are probably hypochodriacs waiting for any placebo – preferably one that accords with their pseudo-scientific beliefs).
I am appalled that the author should “guarantee” that her recipes will “stablize even the touchiest tummy” – yet she fails to put her money where her mouth is when it comes to someone whose touchy tummy isn’t stabilzed.
At least our (imperfect and often impersonal) medical science they offer one certainty; that what they offer is the best known approach to date. It is the “best known approach” even if it is far from desirable. It is the “best known approach” because it will generally the approach that has been tested to the extent possible via the scientific method.
I continue to plumb through the depths of “anecdotal evidence” in the hope that one of these will be of assistance to me. So far not one has. I wonder when I’ll realise that people like this author are really just purveyors of false hope. It might even be that the author believes in what she says; it’s just a shame that she doesn’t realise that what works for her and a few other people will not work for many others. Instead she almost certainly revels in a kind of congratulatory self-denial. Either that, or she is a heartless, calculating profit-seeker. Take your pick; they are the only 2 options.
Buy this book, but caveat emptor; it probably won’t do diddly squat if you have serious irritable bowel. It probably won’t tell you anything you haven’t heard (or tried) before. If, on the other hand, you really love the “self-help” section of the bookstore and take to every fad that comes about (many of which are wholly inconsistent) then this book can’t disappoint.
If, like me, you are prepared to waste some money in the off-chance that it’ll help and if, like me, you don’t want to pre-judge something till you’ve tried it, give it a go. If (as in my case) it doesn’t make one iota of difference you’ll just lose the $50 odd incl postage, and move on. Your only recourse will be to write an honest review – which I encourage you to do. The more people who stay silent, the more quacks and false-hope merchants will continue to prey off the misery of those that modern medical science still hasn’t found a way to help.
Rating: 1 / 5
Good read, interesting. I have Crohn’s Disease, and this is decidedly NOT a book for the type of Crohn’s I have. Many of the recipes are not low residue, which is helpful for me. A word of caution–my doctor keeps insisting that I have to figure out what I can and can’t eat, and in what quantities. Everyone’s digestive disorder is different–at least no one in my CCFA group can eat some things I can, and I can eat some things they can’t. I found the low residue information online much more helpful than this book, and IMHO I do not recommend it for anyone with a Crohn’s stricture.
Rating: 1 / 5