Coffee and IBS
Are you feeling it today? You have an overflowing to-do list. The atmosphere is starting to feel strained, you start feeling fidgety and want to go and get a coffee. Everyone’s IBS is different. But if you have noticed… Read more »
Tag Archives: stress
My biggest mistake with IBS
Looking back, I think my biggest mistake was grabbing a word and assuming I knew exactly what it meant. And then letting it limit my world. An example of this is the word “stress”. I had decided that I… Read more »
IBS: My doctor says it’s just stress
This has got to be one of the most frustrating things someone with IBS can hear from a doctor: “It’s just stress…” When I heard “It’s just stress…”, I felt even more hopeless than when I walked in. Maybe… Read more »
Stress and IBS: How to calm the storm
Stress and IBS often go together, fuelling each other. To counter stress and IBS, it is essential to understand that stress gets its power from FEAR. What kind of fears did I have deep down? Maybe you may have similar ones:… Read more »
IBS: Can your liver cause depression and constipation?
If you suffer from IBS, constipation and depression, this is something to seriously consider: the domino effect of an overloaded liver and gallbladder. In a previous article I mentioned how the liver had a vital role in filtering toxins… Read more »
How to deal with Candida this summer
I went back to Britain this summer to see my family with all best intentions to stay healthy and happy. And I came back with an old “friend”, Candida. I knew it was Candida for several reasons. I had… Read more »
An embarrasing IBS-D experience
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. I… Read more »