Here, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a primer on how your gut functions and what you can do to get it working its best. Your digestive system is busy. When you eat something, your food takes a twisty trip that starts with being chewed up and ends with you going to the bathroom.… Continue reading Keeping Your Gut in Check
Tag: IBS
Natural Remedies for IBS: Do They Work?
Should you use complementary health remedies to combat Irritable Bowel Syndrome? The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), part of the National Institutes of Health, offers an overview: Probiotics There is some preliminary evidence that suggests these microorganisms may improve symptoms of IBS; however, benefits have not been conclusively demonstrated, and not all… Continue reading Natural Remedies for IBS: Do They Work?
Promising Treatment for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Pinaverium offers quick and effective relief of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms, according to clinical trial results published in June 2015 in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. A release from the association notes that pinaverium bromide (pinaverium), an antispasmodic, is used widely in many countries around… Continue reading Promising Treatment for Irritable Bowel Syndrome