The “Love Your Guts” Series!
Hello, and welcome to the “Love Your Guts” 3-Part Training Guide! This series will be broken up into the following parts:
1. The Most Common Causes of Chronic Stomach Problems
The first thing you have to do to treat chronic stomach problems is figure out what’s causing them in the first place. In this section, I will reveal the 10 most common causes of chronic stomach pain.
2. How Healing Your Gut Helps Ease Chronic Pain
In this section, I will show you how healing your gut not only helps treat your chronic stomach problems, but how doing so can help ease chronic muscle and joint pain, fatigue, and inflammation. Healing the gut is a critical step in healing any type of chronic health condition, and it’s one that many
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If you eat too fast, more food than necessary will end up in your gut before your brain catches up and tells you to stop. This is a common cause of acid indigestion, bloating, gas, and stomach cramps.
If you have chronic stomach problems, and the symptoms are more noticeable after meals, you may be eating too fast. Slow down, breathe, pay attention to your meal, and chew each bite thoroughly.
Did you know?
Drinking an excessive amount of liquid during meals can dilute your natural digestive juices and worsen chronic stomach problems. Drink only four ounces (or less) of any liquid at each meal.
3. GERD
Did you know?
One of the most common misconceptions about gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is that it is caused by an excessive amount of stomach acid. However, in most cases, it’s actually caused by a condition called ‘hyperchlorhydria’ or too little stomach acid.
Symptoms of GERD include:
• Chest pain
• Dry cough
• Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)
• Feeling a lump in the throat
• Heartburn that spreads to the throat
• Hoarse or sore throat
• Pain that gets worse after meals or when resting
• Sour taste in the
q Heartburn: occurs when acid content from the stomach backs up into the esophagus. If a person has hiatal hernia they may experience heartburn.
Although I have never been someone who has taken an interest in reading about nutrition and how it affects our bodies, I really enjoyed the book, Eat Dirt by Josh Axe. The author discusses how he took an interest into leaky gut after his mother was diagnosed with cancer a second time and he created a plan to help her eat healthier in order to improve her health. The plan worked wonders for his mother, although he claims the plan won’t cure her or anyone else in her case it was highly effective. Throughout the book, Axe continues to provide the reader with examples of what his patients have suffered from and how, through changing their eating habits, have improved their lives significantly. After each example of patients, the author informs the reader of what leads to leaky gut and ways to combat it. Each chapter expands on the five ways to combat leaky gut by providing examples on the topics such as, what to eat and what probiotics to take for certain conditions. Throughout his
bottom edges are not tightly shut, and acid moves form the stomach up into the
•Jose symptoms is derived from a disorder called Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) occurring in the digestive system with the consumption of food, irritating the esophagus generally causing notable clinical symptoms such as the following: vomiting, chronic cough, angina, & regurgitation immediately after the consumed food. Jose's experience of the lump in his throat is caused by esophageal sphincter pressure.
IBS is a functional GI disorder, meaning it cannot be explained by any specific structural or biochemical abnormality. The disorder is subdivided into three different types, which are named on the basis of the predominant symptom – IBS-D (diarrhea-predominant), IBS-C (constipation-predominant), IBS-M (mixed diarrhea and constipation). Clinical presentation varies considerably with regard to the quality of the predominant feature and the overall severity of symptoms. Formal diagnosis is based on the most recent Rome III criteria, which require that a patient experience recurrent abdominal discomfort of at least 3 days per month over the previous 3 months, with a total symptom duration of at least 6 months, in...
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Inflammatory bowel diseases include Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. It can lead to severe bowel problems, abdominal pain, and malnutrition. Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis can also be painful and debilitating. Medication can eliminate symptoms, in addition to preventing flare-ups. Surgery may be needed in some cases to repair the colon.
Through time, most renowned practitioners of alternative medicine have claimed that an unclean colon is the most dominant cause of all kinds of diseases. Without regular and proper bowl movements, the waste material that is supposed to be driven out of the body remains inside. They in turn produce toxins which are slowly absorbed by other parts of the body including the organs. This in no way can be something good for the body. In fact the toxic waste can
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Sensitive Gut (Harvard Special Health Reports) In consultation with Lawrence S. Friedman, M.D. Stanford, CT. -. In this article, you are informed about a disease that is occurring more often in our society. It is commonly referred to as “heartburn” but is more appropriately named acid reflux disease or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Most people suffer from this disease, but think nothing of it.
Although no definite cause for IBS has been identified, people who are most likely to be affected are females, 20-30 years old, and have a family history of the disease. Certain foods, hormones and stress can trigger irregular contractions of the intestines leading to unpleasant ...
Digestive juices are produced daily in the amount of about 2 to 3 quarts, which could explain the gurgling noises heard at times. As food enters, the gastric juices are then released and begin working on proteins. the salivary amylase continues working in your stomach. Within the action of the gastric juices are helped by the churning in the stomach walls. The semiliquid food is called chyme, as the chyme leaves the stomach through the pyloric sphincter, as it acts as the gatekeeper. This allows a small squirt of chyme into the duodenum from time to time. Pizza takes around 2-4 hours to leave your stomach. As food moves through your stomach by peristalsis; vomiting is an action that occurs due to reverse . Therefore, the only known substances absorbed in the stomach are alcohol and some
Before understanding the effects of body image on contemporary women, one must first comprehend the term that is body image. According to Psychology Today’s definition, “body image is the mental representation one has for themselves. It is the way one sees their physical body. However, this mental representation may or may not always be accurate.
Losing weight takes more than just desire it also takes commitment and a well-thought-out plan. Deciding to lose weight, changing your lifestyle, and becoming healthier are the first big steps. You must be cleared as to what you want to get out of this lifestyle. Do you want to live a longer healthier life? If your family has a history of diseases, is your goal to lower the risk of developing the diseases? Will losing weight make you feel better about yourself and have a more positive outlook on life? These are things that a person wanting to lose weight should ask themselves. In this case, weight needs to be lost at a healthy pace without losing any muscle mass after pregnancy and an injury.
According to Gabbey (2016), “The cycle of bingeing and purging eventually takes a toll on your digestive system. Not only is it physically demanding, but the effects of bulimia can bring on general weakness and fatigue.”. Not only that but bulimia can also cause stomach pain and sore throats. Purging has the greatest impact on the digestive system and its organs. The act of purging means forcing the stomach contents out of the body. This is usually done by inserting any finger down the throat and triggering the gag reflex. Excessive throwing up by this method can cause callouses on the back of the hand. This doesn’t only involve the vomiting foods, but it also involves other components such as stomach acid. Stomach acid is very acidic which can damage teeth over time. The acid erodes the enamel of the teeth, and this can increase teeth sensitivity. It can also cause mouth related diseases such as gum disease. Acid can cause stomach pain and heartburn; it also irritates the esophagus and if in excess can cause it to rupture. Vomiting is one method people practice and the other method is taking laxatives or Diuretics. The over use of these drugs can cause damage to the kidneys or
Inflammatory bowel disease is a life long disease, and it particularly targets the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract), which consists of the mouth, esophagus, stomach small intestine, large intestine (appendix, cecum, colon (ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid), and rectum), and anus. The gastrointestinal tract is very important to the human body; some of its functions include mechanical and chemical digestion of food, the movement of food and waste from mouth to anus, secretion of enzymes and mucus, and the absorption of nutrients. These are some reason why it’s so destructive when this part of the body becomes impaired or even damaged.
Through various observations and assumptions, there have been conversations on whether or not overconsumption of food is an addiction. However, many have come to the conclusion that food is an addiction if it is overconsume excessively than it is necessary for an individual’s diet. Nevertheless, food addiction can create health issues that can affect an individual’s body. Even though, many individual may have such knowledge of overconsumption of food; however, many may choose to ignore the consequences that comes with food addiction. Becoming a food addict is harmful and dangerous to an individual’s health.