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Informationen zum Autor Shann Nix Jones is the author of Secrets from Chuckling Goat and The Good Skin Solution . While struggling to cure her son's eczema and her husband's life-threatening MRSA infection, Shann discovered powerful natural-healing remedies that solved her family's health problems. She now dedicates her time to creating health-enhancing soaps, creams and probiotic kefir drinks. www.chucklinggoat.co.uk Klappentext Trade paperback. Drinking the natural probiotic kefir is proposed as a means to a healthy gut, alleviating IBS and the anxiety and depression that often accompany it. From the author of "Secrets From Chuckling Goat". Leseprobe Introduction You may be wondering if you have Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), or you may be absolutely sure that you do. But one thing is certain: Tummy’s. Not. Happy. Whether or not you’ve been diagnosed with IBS, if you experience stomach pain, cramping, bloating, wind, diarrhoea and/or constipation on a regular basis – perhaps accompanied by anxiety or depression – this book is for you. You’re probably feeling pretty overwhelmed at the moment. But here’s my promise to you: by the time you reach the end of this book, you’ll understand exactly what’s going on, and why it’s happening. And most important of all: what you can do about it. So, what is IBS? IBS isn’t a disease; rather, it’s a wide range of symptoms that occur together. There are no tests for IBS: the history of a patient’s symptoms helps a doctor establish a diagnosis. Until recently, IBS wasn’t fully understood, and doctors didn’t really know how best to treat it. But the latest scientific research and discoveries have shed new light on this distressing disorder, and its underlying cause is now known. After reading this book, you’ll be up-to-date with all the current knowledge in this area. You’ll also have a practical plan that you can put into action in your everyday life: one that has relieved the discomfort experienced by thousands of people just like you. For a long time, as well as putting up with the distress and embarrassment their symptoms caused, IBS sufferers had to deal with doctors who labelled them as hypochondriacs and told them their problems were ‘all in their head’. Nice, right? Thankfully, these days we’re more enlightened, and since around 2010 it’s been widely accepted that IBS is a real disorder. IBS is typically diagnosed after a patient has experienced recurrent abdominal pain or discomfort for at least three days per month, in the previous three months, combined with a change in the frequency of their bowel movements or a change in the appearance of their stools. IBS can occur at any age, but it often begins during the teens or in early adulthood. It’s twice as common in women as in men. Studies have shown that people who have a first-degree relative with IBS are at increased risk. If you have IBS, you’re not alone. Simply put, IBS is the most common gastrointestinal disorder in the world. Researchers estimate that up to 15 to 20 per cent of people in the West suffer from it.3 IBS represents up to 10 per cent of the workload of family doctors and up to 60 per cent of that of gastroenterology practitioners. According to studies, IBS patients make more visits to their GP, undergo more diagnostic tests, are prescribed more medication, miss more work days, have lower work productivity, are hospitalized more frequently and account for greater overall direct healthcare costs than patients without IBS. The burden of illness for IBS is significant: research suggests that the disorder can have such a severe impact on Health-Related Quality of Life, that it’s been linked to an increase in suicidal behaviour. If you’ve been suffering from IBS for a while, you’ve probably visited your GP and maybe even been referred t...
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Shann Nix Jones is the author of Secrets from Chuckling Goat and The Good Skin Solution. While struggling to cure her son's eczema and her husband's life-threatening MRSA infection, Shann discovered powerful natural-healing remedies that solved her family's health problems. She now dedicates her time to creating health-enhancing soaps, creams and probiotic kefir drinks. www.chucklinggoat.co.uk
