| Considering a diet for IBS? Irritable bowel syndrome is | | | | content. These types of foods make bowel |
| a functional disorder. In other words, you have | | | | movements easier by making the stool soft and bulky. |
| symptoms but there is no structural abnormality. IBS is | | | | Peppermint is a natural anti-spasmodic that relaxes |
| treated as a functional disorder, which means that | | | | smooth muscles in the intestines. If you are taking |
| when a person suffers from this disorder there is no | | | | peppermint supplements, try the enteric coated |
| structural malfunctioning of any system in his body; it is | | | | capsules as they may cause heartburn . Peppermint |
| just the physiological condition that has altered. People | | | | helps relieve abdominal pain, diarrhea, and urgency |
| having it actually suffer from a disturbance in | | | | from IBS. Menthol and methyl salicylate, the main active |
| interaction between the intestines, the brain and the | | | | ingredients of peppermint, have calming effects on the |
| nervous system. IBS is also referred to as irritable | | | | stomach and intestinal tract. |
| colon, nervous stomach, mucous colitis or spastic colon. | | | | Drinking six to eight glasses of plain water a day is |
| Fruit juices, particularly apple and grape juice, are often | | | | important, especially if you have diarrhea. But drinking |
| sky high in fructose and even more problematic than | | | | carbonated beverages, such as sodas, may result in |
| whole fresh fruit. It's simply much easier and faster to | | | | gas and cause discomfort. Drinking carbonated |
| drink a large glass of juice (and ingest a great deal of | | | | beverages and use of alcohol and its accompaniments |
| fructose) than to eat an equivalent amount of whole | | | | of fried snacks and non-vegetarian food usually |
| fruit. Fruits (like apples and peaches), vegetables (like | | | | enhance the complexities of the irritable bowel |
| broccoli, carrots, raw cabbage, peas, breads, cereals | | | | syndrome. Similarly, eating at irregular timings and in a |
| and beans are all examples of food with high fiber | | | | hurried manner also hampers proper digestion. |