Archive for the ‘Digestive Health’ Category

Soft Drinks also Increase Risk of Heart Disease and Diabetes

Friday, December 21st, 2007

soft_drinks.gifSoft drinks are just as likely to increase your risk factors for heart disease and diabetes as full fat sodas, researchers said.

The U.S study found adults who drank one or more can a day had about a 50 percent higher risk of metabolic syndrome – a cluster of risk factors such as excessive fat around the waist, low levels of “good” cholesterol, high blood pressure and other symptoms. (more…)

Constipation vs. Reflecting areas

Friday, December 21st, 2007

Constipation is a habitual case caused by disorder of intestines function.

Reflecting areas in pathology

Kidney, Ureter, Urinary bladder, Lung, Stomach, Small intestine, Ascending Colon, Transverse colon, Descending Colon, Sigmoid colon and Rectum.

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Constipation Common in Pregnancy

Friday, December 21st, 2007

pregnancy.gifHalf of all pregnant women will suffer from constipation at some time during their pregnancy, new research shows. (more…)

Constipation in TCM

Friday, December 21st, 2007

Patients with heat pathogens may suffer from constipation with dry stool passed once after several days, abdominal pain, hot body and flushed face. Patients with cold pathogens may suffer from difficult bowel movement, cold and pain in abdomen, and cold limbs. (more…)

Irritable Bowel Disease, Preventing

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

stomach.jpgUlcerative Colitis (UC) & Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
What the Research says about its Symptoms, Causes, Prevention, and Treatment

by Brian Benjamin Carter

I am 56 years old. I have been put on sedatives by my father’s doctor to prevent a full-blown recurrence of colitis. As soon as I ate something it seemed to fall right through my system without being digested. Shortly after that all that was coming out was a mixture of excrement and blood. Then it became mostly blood. After sleeping that night, I awoke in the morning and did not eat breakfast and went immediately to the hospital. They put me on intravenous fluids and I was given Jell-O and broth. I was in the hospital for at least a week or maybe ten days before my release. They gave me a shot of cortisone before my release and put me on prednisone. When my heart was beating so fast they couldn’t stop the beats I was taken off the prednisone. (more…)