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GASTROENTEROLOGY NERD ALERT: IBS & Fecal Transplant Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is the frustrating and challenging condition that causes abdominal pain, bloating, and diarrhea and/or constipation is about 15% of the population. There appears to be multiple potential causes of IBS – food triggers some people and stress/anxiety contribute to symptoms in others. There is […]
CARB CRAVINGS! We are DEEP into winter and the idea of Netflix, couch, fire, and loads of delicious REFINED CARBS is highly attractive. However, “highly processed carbs — white bread, sugary cereal, white rice, regular pasta and bagels, for example — produce rapid rises and drops in blood sugar, which can lead to weight gain. […]
GENDER DIFFERENCES IN IBS Irritable bowel syndrome is the frustrating and challenging condition that causes chronic abdominal pain and altered bowel habits in roughly 15% of the U.S. population. We know that IBS tends to affect women more frequently than men at about a 1.5 to 1 ratio. Though since women are more likely to […]
ANOTHER PESKY REMINDER Check out this recent article in Vox about the ALARMING RISE IN COLORECTAL CANCER IN YOUNGER PEOPLE: “The latest national cancer statistics from the American Cancer Society show adults under the age of 55 have seen their colorectal cancer rate increase 2 percent per year since the mid-1990s. Overall, those born in […]