Managing IBS Holistically

Only your health care professional can determine if you have Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Your health care professional will determine the diagnosis in a number of ways according to your age and symptoms. Sometimes your health care professional will decide that you should have medical tests done. These tests may include a blood test for celiac disease, a Complete blood count (CBC), sedimentation rate, which checks for inflammation in the body, and a stool analysis. Sometimes a thyroid function test and colonoscopy are also done.  

Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a common disorder. Some signs and symptoms of IBS include frequent abdominal discomfort and/or pain, bloating, gas, spastic contractions of the colon, diarrhea and constipation. 

It is estimated that IBS affects between 25 and 40 million people in the U.S. Worldwide it is estimated that about 1 in 4 people have IBS. This is a syndrome that affects all ages. About 1 in 3 sufferers are male. 

The exact cause of IBS is not known. Symptoms seem to result from a disturbance in the way the gut, the brain, and the nervous system interact. Stress does not cause IBS. However, because of the connection between the brain and the gut, stress can worsen IBS or trigger its symptoms.

The Amazing Benefits of Coconut Oil

The coconut palm from which we get coconut oil, is grown in more than 80 countries of the world, however the eighteen members of the Asian and Pacific Coconut Community (APCC), of which India is a member, produces 90% of the world’s coconut oil production.

Coconut trees have been cultivated for over 4,000 years in India.  This fact leads most botanists to believe that the species originated somewhere around the Indian Ocean.

Almost every part of the coconut palm can be used by humans in some way, and has some significant economic value. It is thought to be one of the most useful trees in the world with a reported 360 uses, half of which are for food.   

Coconut oil is an edible oil extracted from the kernel of mature coconuts that have been harvested from the coconut palm. Coconut oil has been used in cooking and as a health and beauty aid for many thousands of years.