Are you bloated and have trouble digesting? If the food you are eating at home and at work includes lots of convenience foods, this could be directly fuelling your IBS symptoms.
For part of my career I was a food marketer.…
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If you have IBS and digestion is an issue for you, the food you eat needs to be particularly nourishing.
Eating food is supposed to be a pleasure – but also something that nourishes our body, keeping us balanced and healthy.…
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Anxiety can develop alongside other IBS symptoms. This type of anxiety is an overwhelming, often uncontrollable emotion. An emotion we would prefer to never have to deal with.
This is how anxiety works
Our 5 senses let us experience the world we live in.…
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It’s hard dealing with work and IBS. But what if the job itself is actually making your IBS symptoms worse? And if it is, what can you do about it?
We do what we think we have to do.…
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I had long flare-ups of IBS-D (with diarrhoea) for a year at the beginning of my IBS that then turned into IBS-C (with constipation). It would come back out of the blue every so often due to stress.…
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You are what you digest!
Diet is an obvious place to start when looking to ease IBS.
You must understand, though, that you are what you digest. This means that you can be trying to eat “healthily” but still not supporting your body if it can’t digest what you consume!…
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I don’t think many IBS sufferers are aware of symptoms that an over-taxed liver can cause.
I certainly didn’t until I started getting some severe hormonal imbalance problems. My local pharmacist explained to me the important role the liver has – and the consequences that liver overload can have on both men and women.…
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It is really difficult for anyone who hasn’t had IBS to understand the impact of our negative IBS feelings:
Having a body that feels out of control,
Worrying about having a flare-up and not being able to cope,
The fear of embarrassment, of not making it to the restroom in time,
Not being able to keep a good professional image,
Fear of feeling tired and sick – but having to carry on,
Feeling and being more fragile,
Worrying about being seen as cranky or antisocial.…
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If you have “tried everything” and are still having regular IBS symptoms, seriously consider SIBO and Candida as being a potential cause. There are natural solutions for SIBO and Candida.
How do I know if I have SIBO and Candida?…
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How can you cope with IBS flare-ups?
As well as being extremely frustrating, flare-ups just make you feel so awful. Often they seem to come out of the blue, wrecking your week, your morale and your organization.…
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