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Helping sufferers of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

IBS is a common digestive disorder that affects million of people worldwide. It is often considered to be an embarrassing problem because of the symptoms and because there is no scientific cause or cure, although symptoms can usually be eased.

Advice on how to prevent gallstones

The liver is constantly producing bile. When it is not needed for the digestion of food, the bile enters the gallbladder to be stored. Here water is extruded, concentrating the bile and making it 10 to 15 times stronger than the bile produced by the liver.

What is causing my bloating?

Bloating is when your tummy is puffy, and feels stretched and uncomfortable due to temporary abdominal distension.

Concerned with food intolerance?

Up to one in three people in Ireland may be suffering from food allergies, and if you could be one of them, find out with a food intolerance test with Honeybee Health Store on Lower Abbeygate Street.

Herbal relief for bloating/IBS

Bloating is a subjective feeling of fullness in your abdomen, not necessarily related to the actual expansion of your waistline or the amount of gas produced. It usually indicates poor digestive function and shortage of friendly bacteria in your bowels.

Natural solutions to irritable bowel syndrome

The team at Evergreen Healthfoods get many queries in relation to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). People ask what exactly it is and what they can do to reduce the symptoms naturally. In basic terms, IBS symptoms include abdominal pain, bloating and irregular bowel habits, including alternating diarrhoea and constipation. In some people, irritable bowel syndrome can be a mere mild annoyance, while others can suffer tremendously crippling IBS symptoms on a daily basis.

Expert advice for preventing gallstones

The liver is constantly producing bile. When it is not needed for the digestion of food, the bile enters the gallbladder to be stored.

Preventing gallstones

The liver is constantly producing bile. When it isn’t needed for the digestion of food, the bile enters the gallbladder to be stored. Here water is extruded concentrating the bile and making it 10 to 15 times stronger than the bile produced by the liver. Bile digests fat; it also contains waste eliminated by the liver as it breaks down drugs, hormones, and proteins. Bile is released into the duodenum to aid digestion.

Don’t suffer in silence!

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There's something about digestive problems that makes them very difficult to discuss, which is why over half of us suffer in silence. Help is at hand as TV3's Gut Check dietitian Caoimhe McDonald will be hosting an IBS awareness day, supported by Alflorex, at McGorisks Pharmacy, Athlone Towncentre on Friday, June 10 from 1.30-5.30pm.

The scourge of IBS

The cause of IBS is almost alway the same. Eating quickly, not chewing, food overloading and eating the wrong kinds of foods, are usually responsible for the bloating and the digestion troubles.

 

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