Elimination Diet for IBS and other Chronic Conditions

“Because it requires control of breathing and posture, singing lessons can improve quality of life measures and decrease anxiety in COPD patients, according to a study in the current issue of BMC Pulmonary Medicine…”

http://www.rtmagazine.com/respiratoryreport/2010-08-12_06.asp

Full study here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2466-10-41.pdf

“Walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientists have identified the three protein fragments that make gluten – the main protein in wheat, rye and barley – toxic to people with coeliac disease.

Their discovery opens the way for a new generation of diagnostics, treatments, prevention strategies and food tests for the millions of people worldwide with coeliac disease…”

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/195553.php

“For many people, being diagnosed with celiac disease (CD) brings a feeling of relief and the end to a long, frustrating road of unknowns. However, along with the relief, the diagnosis can also bring more questions including, “What kind of life am I going to have now?” 

The answer to that question is “It depends.” The official recommendation of the American Gastroenterological Association Institute (2006) regarding the treatment of CD is strict compliance to a gluten-free diet (GFD).  While being diagnosed with CD may be out of your hands, the quality of life you experience after diagnosis may be within your control largely based on your adherence to a GFD.

Based on research, following are five things you should know about CD and quality of life: http://www.celiaccentral.org/News/Research/View-Research-News/Celiac-Disease-Research/134/vobId__2895/ ”

“Researchers looking for the first time at how migraine sufferers experience the stigmatizing effects of their disease show that chronic migraine sufferers experience worse stigma than episodic migraine sufferers and more than those with other neurological diseases including stroke, epilepsy and MS…” http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/192710.php

“From a preventive perspective, providing stress management training at the point of diagnosis, or from a high-risk perspective, fast tracking patients who report high and enduring stress levels for timely stress interventions may be as important an adjunct to IBD therapy as the medication regimens that are currently used to treat the active symptoms.”

http://tinyurl.com/32po99w

Celiac disease awareness is growing, but misinformation still abounds.

Here are 15 celiac disease facts every doctor, patient and member of the public should know:

 http://tiny.cc/3bt7y

“Increasing evidence showing that the prevalence of IBS-like symptoms is very high in patients with GERD and vice versa…”

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/184286.php

“Identical twins may share appearances, mannerisms, even clothes — but the microbes living in their guts are anything but the same. By comprehensively sequencing microbial genes in the gut, researchers have found that communities of bacteria in adult identical twins differ dramatically…”

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/57759/title/Identical_twins_may_not_be_so_identical_when_it_comes__to_gut_bacteria

Biofeedback training can have long-lasting benefits in people who suffer from chronic constipation due to a condition called “dyssynergic defecation,” new research indicates. This type of chronic constipation has only been recognized for the past 15 years and affects more than 10 million Americans (twice as many women as men). Read more here: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6243TD20100305.

Many common digestive conditions can be treated effectively and more safely by identifying and eliminating inflammatory triggers from diet.

Rising Rx trend in kids, adults and seniors alike: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/178359.php.

This trend could reverse if practitioners and patients looked to food first.