Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Food Solutions):: Recipes and Advice to Control Symptoms

by Patsy Westcott

Covering orthodox, alternative and self-help treatments, as well as more than 60 recipes designed to prevent and counteract the symptoms of IBS, this guide aims to help the estimated 10-15per cent of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0600604950
• ISBN13: 9780600604952
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Hamlyn (UK)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.7" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

Regarding Science-Ejected Vitalism, 2002:

Vitalism is a profoundly science-ejected concept, though many CAM or 'natural health' cabals falsely claim that vitalism survives scientific scrutiny. This book is a prime example of naturopathy's vitalism [aka "vis medicatrix naturae"]. I quote: "naturopathy [...] the main aim of diagnosis is to find out how well your vital force is working [...in naturopathy,] hydrotherapy may be used to help stimulate the body's vital force [p.058]." -r.c.

Inflamatory Bowel Disease-Food Solutions

The book provides classic symptoms for inflammatory bowel disease; such as, feeling of fullness, irritable bladder,headache, fatigue and fibromyalgia. The authors distinguishbetween mechanical digestion and chemical digestion whichis the enzyme breakdown of food in the body. IBS happens whenthe muscular activity or motility is altered. Contractioneither speeds up or slows down food movements through thedigestive tract. John Hopkins University found that 6 - 8peristaltic contractions were the ideal; whereas, IBS patientscan have as few as "0" contractions and as many as 25.A slowdown of food movements can lead to putrification ofthe food, fermentation and bacterial overgrowth. Classictriggers of this condition are dairy, insufficient fiber,excessive smoking, stress and certain types of drugs.The challenge for the patient is to diarize the food eachday and the adverse reactions as a condition precedent tomanaging this disease. A related work by Hamlyn recommendsthe evaluation of stool samples for parasitic infection andthe sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy. Loperamide may be utilized to reduce bowel contractions and Mebeverine is an anti-spasmdrug. Ispaghula husk may be used as a bulking agent to hardenstool prior to elimination. Peppermint oil classically relaxesgut muscles. Hamlyn's work recommends that IBS patientsreduce sugary foods, reduce or eliminate smoking, increaseomega 3 oils and decrease milk consumption.