Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Educate yourself - Learn all you can about IBS. The e-book IBS Basics will hopefully provide you with the basic information you need in order to cope with experiencing this disorder. You can go ask your doctor, or look at information available on the Internet, which gives a lot of information about the disorder.
Observe - Observe your body and figure out what food you can eat and the symptoms you experience as a result. Keep a diary in order to help document your trigger foods and their symptoms.
Communicate - Having other people to share your experiences with, who also go through the same thing would really go a long way, especially in helping you reduce anxiety and stress. While the cause of irritable bowel syndrome is not known and may be different in different people, all sufferers of IBS will probably benefit from
a more healthy lifestyle, better eating habits, and a cleaner colon. Lifestyle improvements of course should include moderate exercise.
Healthy eating habits should always include generous amounts of vegetables, fruits and legumes. Fats should be avoided, or at least not consumed in excess. These dietary changes can bring some relief to many. Remember of course that the gastrointestinal tract contains thousand and thousands of nerves. In fact, only the spinal column and brain encompass more nerves in the body. A decontaminated colon helps these nerve endings. Furthermore remember that gas is produced by intestinal bacteria in those who suffer from irritable bowel symptoms. Studies have shown a connection between those with IBS and larger than normal amounts of gas production. A purified colon can help this affliction, and hopefully lead to less distress, less discomfiture and less pain.
by Phil Knaus - IBS Basics
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http://www.creativeinternetenterprises.com/ibs.html
Can B Vitamins Fix Your Thyroid Problems?
Lupus is a common disease and yet many people have not even heard of it. It is said that lupus affects more people than multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy and leukemia. The treatment of lupus is difficult because of this massive ignorance when it comes to the disease. So what is lupus?
Lupus is an autoimmune disease in which the sufferer’s own body turns on itself. Antibodies are created that start attacking the body instead of protecting it. Some of the symptoms resemble those of other diseases so the treatment of lupus often goes ignored. The symptoms often lead to the condition being diagnosed as arthritis or multiple sclerosis. At the time of writing, the effective treatment of lupus is hampered by the fact that there is no one single test that can positively identify a disease as lupus.
Sometimes, lupus affects just a single part of the body, the most common areas being:
Lungs: lupus can cause an inflammation of the lining leading to pneumonia or pleuritis.
Kidneys: lupus can also cause inflammation of the kidneys, and this could lead to nephritis. In this case, there is usually no pain before the onset of nephritis so the lupus could go untreated.
Heart: in this case, chest pains might be experienced, or a hardening of the arteries may occur.
Blood: lupus can also result in anemia and it could also cause the blood vessels to become inflamed.
Lupus usually involves a red rash that breaks out somewhere in the body, most usually the face. The treatment of the rash should include a good sunscreen. Sometimes, the treatment of lupus has to take into account the fact that the patient may be on some medication which triggers off the attack. In the treatment of lupus flu shots are also recommended, as they can prevent secondary infections common to those with lupus. Some patients feel that lupus could be triggered off by dental fillings and hair dye although so far no conclusive evidence has been found of a connection. Fear and anxiety may trigger off an attack, so stopping the use of certain products may have a placebo effect, even if physiologically there is little benefit.
Natural Treatment of Lupus
An all-round healthy diet that includes all the necessary vitamins and minerals is the most effective way to prevent and treat lupus. The treatment of lupus must ensure that the patient has a good nutritious diet and exercise is a must. Calming breathing exercises and meditation could also be tried in the treatment of lupus to calm the patient and reduce the risk of skin flare ups.
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Mitamins team
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Can B Vitamins Fix Your Thyroid Problems?
Imagine one day the station wagon you rely on to get you the office, ferry around the kids, and haul the weekly groceries home suddenly breaks down. You take it to the garage and the mechanic there tells you he doesn’t know exactly what’s wrong, but he has a quick-fix solution: push the car everywhere you want to go! You can still do all the things you relied on your station wagon for, only now you have to help it along a little. Time to get a new mechanic, right? Yet when you want to treat your thyroid problem, your physician will often recommend you take a course of thyroxin, or other thyroid hormones. This is the job of your thyroid gland! It produces the hormones triiodothyronine (T3), and thyroxin (T4), which control weight, heart rate, skin conditions, and energy levels of body, plus much more. By controlling your thyroid problem with artificial T hormones you’re not treating the problem but doing all the work instead, lugging around your thyroid gland like a broken-down Ford Woody.
But is there any alternative? We can’t trade in our thyroid gland for a new model, but the treatment of thyroid disease and thyroid problems is possible with the help of B vitamins. The B vitamins are a group of similar, but not identical, nutrients that work together and are vital to every function of your body and especially in providing immune support. Why is providing immune system support relevant to the treatment of thyroid problems? Firstly, we need to look at thyroid disease and related problem in more detail.
Under- and Over-active Thyroid Problems: Why?
Thyroid disease can arise from either an under-active thyroid (hypothyroidism) or an overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism) gland. With hypothyroidism, the thyroid gland makes less thyroid hormone than the body needs. Symptoms of this thyroid problem include:
Weight gain, constipation, depression,
Fatigue, weakness, nervousness, insomnia,
Immune system problems and poor memory.
That’s right, hypothyroidism patients often have weak immune systems and are more prone to infections. What’s more, the cause of hypothyroidism is often down to a weak immune system. Suddenly, B vitamins used for the treatment of thyroid disease is looking interesting.
The symptoms of hyperthyroidism, and over production of thyroid hormones, include:
Accelerated heart rate, weight loss, diarrhea
Muscle weakness, sensitivity to heat, and sleeping difficulties
Irregular menstrual cycles in women, coarse skin, and hair loss
The cause of hyperthyroidism is linked to Graves’ disease, an autoimmune disorder, in which antibodies responsible for protecting the body mistakenly attack the thyroid gland, causing over-stimulation and too many T hormones in the body.
B Vitamins and Thyroid Disease
The first step in fixing a problem is knowing the problem. Thyroid disease, be it an over-active or under-active thyroid gland, is closely linked with a healthy immune system. As B vitamins are crucial in the healthy functioning of the immune system, they are also crucial in the healthy function of the thyroid gland. What’s more, when thyroid problems occur, extra supplements of B vitamins can be used to treat the disease, and get your thyroid gland firing on all cylinders once again.
How do B vitamins treat thyroid disease and provide immune support? That is the topic for another article.
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