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IBS Relief: A Complete Approach to Managing Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Take control of IBS so
IBS doesn't take control of your life
IBS Relief, Second Edition is an extensively updated, hands-on guide to help you manage your symptoms and limit the frequency, intensity, and duration of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) episodes. Written by a doctor, a dietitian, and a psychologist, this guide gives you a multidisciplinary approach encompassing every proven strategy for managing IBS, including new drug therapies and stress management techniques.
This book won't confuse you with medical terminology--IBS is confounding enough. Instead, the book contains questionnaires, lists, diaries, stress and food tolerance tests, and other tools to help you determine the pattern of your symptoms, identify triggers, and take appropriate action. You'll learn how to manage your problem based on your specific symptoms. Approaches
* A three-step process for managing irritable bowel through healthy eating
* Recommended diet adjustments for the six most common IBS symptoms
* Three stress-management strategies, including specific techniques for calming the body, calming the mind, and confronting stress
* Three steps to controlling pain
This book gives you the tools, the techniques, and the information you need to make specific lifestyle and diet changes that can bring real relief.
IBS doesn't take control of your life
IBS Relief, Second Edition is an extensively updated, hands-on guide to help you manage your symptoms and limit the frequency, intensity, and duration of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) episodes. Written by a doctor, a dietitian, and a psychologist, this guide gives you a multidisciplinary approach encompassing every proven strategy for managing IBS, including new drug therapies and stress management techniques.
This book won't confuse you with medical terminology--IBS is confounding enough. Instead, the book contains questionnaires, lists, diaries, stress and food tolerance tests, and other tools to help you determine the pattern of your symptoms, identify triggers, and take appropriate action. You'll learn how to manage your problem based on your specific symptoms. Approaches
* A three-step process for managing irritable bowel through healthy eating
* Recommended diet adjustments for the six most common IBS symptoms
* Three stress-management strategies, including specific techniques for calming the body, calming the mind, and confronting stress
* Three steps to controlling pain
This book gives you the tools, the techniques, and the information you need to make specific lifestyle and diet changes that can bring real relief.
224 pages, Paperback
First published July 28, 2006
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March 30, 2013
I found this book a bit odd. It starts off by claiming all patients have an issue with the issue being called "IBS" or "Irritable Bowel Syndrome" despite that "IBS" is right in the title, and then goes on to refer to it simply as "irritable bowel" for the remainder of the book. As someone who suffers with IBS, I have absolutely no issue or hatred with the "S" part.
I was also awfully turned off by just how pushy the book is regarding dairy products. The book briefly mentions that yes, it is possible for someone who has IBS to also be lactose tolerant, but focuses much more on shooting down this possibility in multiple parts of the book. I had to question the validity of knowledge here when it does discuss how to figure out if you are lactose intolerant by cutting out yogurt, which is not known to cause problems in people with lactose intolerance. There are now also a myriad of alternative "dairy" products out there on the market now, and with a recent copyright date I'm guessing the complete omission of these is more ignorance and hatred of alternative food sources than ignorance of their existence. There is not even a single mention of other sources of calcium besides dairy products or a supplement right after the very brief discussion of lactose intolerance, despite that there are a myriad of other natural food sources that include calcium.
As an IBS sufferer who has really huge issues with dairy, I'm disgusted by the blatant nutritional bias of what was likely the dietitian who helped put the book together.
I was also awfully turned off by just how pushy the book is regarding dairy products. The book briefly mentions that yes, it is possible for someone who has IBS to also be lactose tolerant, but focuses much more on shooting down this possibility in multiple parts of the book. I had to question the validity of knowledge here when it does discuss how to figure out if you are lactose intolerant by cutting out yogurt, which is not known to cause problems in people with lactose intolerance. There are now also a myriad of alternative "dairy" products out there on the market now, and with a recent copyright date I'm guessing the complete omission of these is more ignorance and hatred of alternative food sources than ignorance of their existence. There is not even a single mention of other sources of calcium besides dairy products or a supplement right after the very brief discussion of lactose intolerance, despite that there are a myriad of other natural food sources that include calcium.
As an IBS sufferer who has really huge issues with dairy, I'm disgusted by the blatant nutritional bias of what was likely the dietitian who helped put the book together.
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