Digestive

Celiac Disease: Symptoms and Causes
Digestive

Celiac Disease: Symptoms and Causes

Suneeta Krishnareddy, MD | July 30, 2024

Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease caused by your immune system’s reaction to gluten, the protein found in foods containing…

What Does Heartburn Feel Like? Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
Digestive

What Does Heartburn Feel Like? Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

Brijen J. Shah, MD | July 15, 2024

It goes by many names—heartburn, acid reflux, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and agita—but whatever you call it, it’s just no…

Best Foods for IBS, and Some to Avoid
Digestive

Best Foods for IBS, and Some to Avoid

May 18, 2024

IBS is a disease that affects between 10 to 25 percent of adults in the United States. Doctors aren’t sure of the cause but can help control the condition.

Ulcer Friendly Foods and Some to Avoid
Digestive

Ulcer Friendly Foods and Some to Avoid

May 5, 2024

Ulcers are sores within the stomach where the protective lining has been eaten away allowing stomach acid to attack the…

Developing a Candida Cleanse Diet
Digestive

Developing a Candida Cleanse Diet

April 18, 2024

Candida albicans, lives happily and unobtrusively in your gut and mouth. It can overgrow its normal limits though infesting your gut and sinuses.

Diet for Gallstones and Kidney Stones
Digestive

Diet for Gallstones and Kidney Stones

April 18, 2024

It isn't terribly unusual for the body to form hard deposits in the kidney's and gallbladder. Dietary choices can help prevent their formation.

Home Remedies for Acid Reflux
Digestive

Home Remedies for Acid Reflux

April 10, 2024

In acid reflux stomach acid surges into the esophagus causing pain. Digestive enzymes and other home remedies for acid reflux may help.

Diet for Diverticulitis
Digestive

Diet for Diverticulitis

April 9, 2024

A diet for diverticulitis can make a big difference in preventing an attack of this painful and miserable infection of part of the digestive track.

Home Remedies for Hemorrhoids
Digestive

Home Remedies for Hemorrhoids

Joan Wilen and Lydia Wilen | February 18, 2024

Home remedies for hemorrhoids can help hemorrhoids resolve quicker by adjusting diet, and reducing the inflammation.

Natural Remedies for Diarrhea
Digestive

Natural Remedies for Diarrhea

Joan Wilen and Lydia Wilen | February 11, 2024

No one likes talking about diarrhea let alone suffering from it, natural remedies for diarrhea can calm your embarrassment along with your tummy.

Diverticulitis: What It Is…How to Prevent It
Digestive

Diverticulitis: What It Is…How to Prevent It

V. Liana Tsikitis, MD | November 24, 2023

No longer a condition affecting mostly older people in Western countries, diverticulitis now can develop in people of all ages—even…

Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Digestive

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Jamison Starbuck, ND | July 2, 2023

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic condition of the lower gastrointestinal tract. It’s the most common diagnosis made by…

Finding Natural Relief for SIBO
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Finding Natural Relief for SIBO

Laurie Steelsmith, ND, LAc | October 3, 2020

Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) can be the root cause of excessive gas and alternating constipation and diarrhea. The diet and more to get your insides healthy.

Why Do I Feel Full So Fast?
Digestive

Why Do I Feel Full So Fast?

Henry Parkman, MD | July 29, 2020

If you feel full before you’ve even finished your meal, your stomach is telling you something. Read on for the possible causes…

Digestive Supplements—What Works…and What Doesn’t
Digestive

Digestive Supplements—What Works…and What Doesn’t

Tamara Duker Freuman, RD, CDN | June 30, 2020

Rave reviews do not mean science backs claims made for activated charcoal, bromelain and other digestive supplements. Here’s what really works...