Irritable Bowel Syndrome treatment

The best remedy for stress

Sometimes solutions to complex health problems are so obvious they get overlooked. I’ve been having some mood problems for a few months now. I wrote about it a while back in my blog post about raising serotonin. I’ve been trying […]

What to eat when everything bothers you

We can learn a lot about the natural healing process from animals. Animals don’t go to doctors (at least wild ones don’t). When they are sick they instinctively fast and rest. Digestion and movement take up a ton of energy […]

Hidden Causes Of IBS Your Doctor Might Not Look For

Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a diagnosis of exclusion, rather than an actual disease. When standard gastrointestinal tests show nothing wrong, yet digestive symptoms persist, doctors rely on symptoms to give patients a diagnosis. They tell them that they have IBS. […]

Leaky gut: a case study

Life can be ironic. I’m not talking about hipster ironic, I mean eerie coincidence ironic. This story is full of so much simultaneous bad and good luck, it might blow your mind. My husband stuck with me through my whole […]

Does acupuncture heal IBS?

How Does Acupuncture work for IBS? I didn’t know much about acupuncture when I was sick, but I heard good things and was willing to try anything. If you Google alternative therapies for IBS, acupuncture often comes up as a […]

The causes of IBS

What causes IBS? When I was diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) 13 years ago I expected my doctors to have all the answers. While IBS is an extremely common diagnosis, it continues to stump doctors. Most doctors have no […]

How to avoid infectious disease

Forget vaccines and put away that antibacterial soap. If you want to avoid infectious diseases, anything from the common cold to food poisoning to parasites, learn how to bolster your natural defenses. We are natural infection-fighting machines! When your body […]