Diet for IBS: An Overview
Are you suffering from cramping, abdominal pain, and diarrhea or constipation? If so, you may be one of the millions who are afflicted with irritable bowel syndrome. Irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, is a chronic gastrointestinal disorder that causes the bowels to function incorrectly. Other names associated with irritable bowel syndrome are spastic colon, functional bowel disease and mucous colitis.
IBS is one of the most common ailments of the intestines and has been known to affect up to fifteen percent of people in the United States.
It is important to know that IBS is not contagious or inherited, but it can disrupt many daily activities. In most cases, irritable bowel syndrome can be controlled with changes to the diet and lifestyle of the sufferer, although medication may also be required . . . continue reading diet for IBS >>
