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Archive for the 'Digestive Health' Category

What does fiber do?

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Fiber, best known for helping to relieve constipation has a host of useful functions.  Fiber helps with common digestive aliments such as diverticulitis, irritable bowel syndrome, hemorrhoids and can help decrease gas.  Did you know: Fiber keeps us feeling full, reduces the risk of blood glucose spikes, and makes it easier to lose weight.  These [...]

What is H.pylori and how did I get it?

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) is a bacteria.  This bacteria is responsible for ulcers in the stomach/small intestines.  The cause is not clearly defined and can be related to contaminated food or drink with infected fecal matter.  It can also be transferred from person to person. Blood, breath, stool and tissue samples are used to diagnose H. [...]

What is IBD?

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Irritable Bowel Disease is a group of inflammatory diseases of the colon and small intestine. Turning up at various sites in the gastrointestinal tract, these conditions – of which Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are the most common – cause chronic irritation and ulcers. Remission is the goal of IBD treatment. Once this state has been achieved, a switch to [...]

What population benefits from cleansing?

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Those people who suffer from digestive issues such as constipation, indigestion, diarrhea, heartburn, peptic ulcers, irritable bowel syndrome, colitis, acidity and the list goes on.  Colon and liver cleansing with the use of herbs has been a worldwide culture for thousands of years.  It is a safe, inexpensive, noninvasive, private method of ensuring good digestive [...]

What are some health benefits of colon cleansing?

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

The first benefit of colon cleansing is the reduction of constipation.  If you suffer from a poor diet or are deprived of the essential nutrients your colon walls can build up with plaque-like toxic substances.  Another very important benefit of colon cleansing is the avoiding colon cancer.  A third benefit of colon cleansing is significant weight loss.  [...]

Can I take antibiotics and probiotics?

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

The question is one that is asked often, and has many different answers.  The best answer I have found is from the University of Washington medical school.  During antibiotic therapy probiotics should not be used in combination with antibiotics.  The probiotics should be started at the end of the antibiotic therapy and continued for 30 [...]

Why should I cleanse my colon before my liver?

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

The digestive system should be thought about in terms of a circular motion.  The waste processed by the liver’s numerous functions going through the gallbladder, small intestine and to the colon become either used by the colon or discarded.  When the colon has waste with some nutrients remaining it pulls that into the bloodstream which [...]

What is the difference between prebiotic and probiotic?

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Prebiotics are nondigestible substances that pass through the stomach and small intestine unchanged.  Probiotics are supplements containing good bacteria. Prebiotics are the nourishment the probiotics need to help colonize the bacteria once released into the digestive system.  Prebiotics it should be noted only feed the good bacteria, not the bad. Prebiotics foster an environment in [...]

Why take a digestive enzyme?

Friday, February 12th, 2010

The Standard American diet consists mainly of cooked foods which requires the pancreas to “work overtime” and the extra effort leaves it exhausted. If the pancreas is always having to produce enzymes that could come from the foods we eat, it will eventually cease to function properly. The late Dr. Edward Howell suggested that when [...]

Cleansing is preventative medicine!

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Cleansing the colon and the liver can help prevent certain health problems. Fatigue, constipation, excess weight gain, yeast infections, parasites…and the list goes on. Cleansing on a routine basis can help minimize health problems such as these. You will feel better, look better, be healthier, and these things are the key to health happiness. For [...]