IBS/Irritable Bowel SyndromeUntil recently tagged a "psychological disorder" or an "imagined" problem and treated by the use of psychiatric drugs, IBS is now better accepted but just as misunderstood and mistreated by orthodox medicine. Irritable bowel syndrome or IBS may be mistake for coeliac disease, Diverticulitis, Candida, lactose intolerance, parasitic infestations such as with giardia, amoeba and blastocystis hominis, Crohn's, ulcerative colitis and so on. The causes of this inflammation must be divided into: Food allergy/intolerance especially to dairy and grains (wheat in particular) Reaction to toxins such as chemicals (pesticides, herbicides, food additives etc), and heavy metals (mercury, lead, arsenic, cadmium etc) Medicinal drugs such as the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDs, antibiotics, steroids etc All of which interfere with enzyme systems creating an imbalance in the all-important ratio of good bacterial flora, probiotics, to the not-so-good commensal organisms in the gut. The best natural treatment of irritable bowel, IBS is to identify and eliminate the responsible foods, pathogens (bacteria, viruses, fungus/Candida, and parasites) and the toxins, to replenish the probiotics and prebiotics - fibre, both soluble and insoluble from grains, fruits and vegetables - which feed them, and to support the immune system with the required amino acids, vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids of omega 3 and 6.
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