Irritable Bowel Syndrome, the main features and an explanation of the solution using Alpha ENF and the Alpha Nutrition Program.

		Irritable Bowel Syndrome
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Digestion Rescue Starter Pack Irritable Bowel Main Digestive Symptoms Food Holiday Digestive Center Alpha ENF		The most common digestive symptoms are nausea, abdominal pain, excessive gas or bloating, constipation and diarrhea. When these symptoms occur over months or years in the absence of a progressive disease, Doctors usually diagnose "irritable bowel syndrome" (IBS). While these symptoms should suggest problems in the food supply, medical diagnosis and treatment has usually ignored food factors. Food allergy and other forms of food intolerance such as lactose (milk sugar) intolerance are capable of producing a wide range of digestive problems. The term "reactive bowel" is better than "irritable bowel". Reactive bowel suggests that the gastrointestinal tract is a sensing, reacting system with important immune responses to food and other antigens. As soon as you say "reactive bowel" you have ask "reactive to what?" You then search for the cause in terms of food input and will often be closer to a solution. For years, IBS was attributed to "psychogenic causes". Patients were often told that they have gastrointestinal tract dysfunction because of "stress, tension, or anxiety". A better idea is that patients have stress, tension, and anxiety because of bowel dysfunction! Food selection, emotional experiences, and eating behaviors interact in complex patterns. Anger, frustration, and fear will influence food selection, appetite, digestion, and metabolism, while food selection, digestion, and metabolism will help determine emotional reactivity. The Main Ideas The function of the digestive tract is to process food. Each person's food supply must be matched to the capacity of their digestive tract to process food. Dysfunction and disease arise when there is a mismatch. The digestive tract is not a passive processor of food, but, rather, it actively manages and reacts to food. When all is well, we ignore the presence of the digestive tract. When there is trouble in the digestive tract, attention is directed to our abdomen by a variety of discomforts, pain, noise, distention, abnormal bowel movements and smelly gas.. If you have chronic gastrointestinal tract dysfunction, you may be in trouble beyond the digestive tract. Symptoms of gastrointestinal tract dysfunction are central to the wider range of clinical manifestations of food allergy and should be seen as evidence that there are problems down-stream (the rest of the body and brain) related to the food supply. Other health problems emerge from the gastrointestinal tract dysfunction - migraine, fibromyalgia, depression, chronic rhinitis, sinusitis, asthma, and arthralgias are typical associations. IBS is often a central feature of the Type III Pattern of food allergy. Thus a patient with IBS, fibromyalgia, depression, and asthma has 4 major manifestation of food allergy, not four separate clinical problems. It is tempting to think that problems in the gastrointestinal tract are responsible for the fibromyalgia, depression, and asthma - increased entry of foods antigens is one way to explain this package deal. Nutritional Rescue IBS covers a spectrum of illness from relatively mild and occasional bowel disturbances to more debilitating, daily disturbances. We are advocating a permanent change in diet to solve the problem. You have to assume that your digestive tract is unhappy with your food choices and does not work well when you eat improperly. You need to change your eating habits. You need to be flexible You adjust your food supply to match the ability of your digestive tract to handle foods. You will do best on a select list of safe foods for months or years to come - your "Alpha Zone" The Alpha Nutrition Program The Alpha Nutrition Program is designed to discover a new diet that reduces immediate symptoms and reduces the long-term risk of the digestive problem progressing toward more serious disease. The first Phase of Alpha Nutrition is an attempt to clear symptoms. This is home science. You start with the hypothesis that your food intake is causing or contributing to your illness and you do an experiment to find out if it is true. You want to accomplish three important goals at the same time: Remove all the problems in your existing food supply Add all the nutrients your body needs Reintroduce the best, nourishing foods available, establish a new healthier diet, and learn how to take better care of yourself in the long-term. Alpha ENF Often, full recovery involves a food holiday. Alpha ENF can be used as a completely absorbed, fully nourishing food-replacement. Alpha ENF requires little or no digestion and gives the digestive tract a chance to rest and heal.. Alpha ENF can be used to supply nutrients that may be in short supply - such as amino acids, B vitamins, vitamins D and B₁₂and minerals such as calcium, magnesium, potassium, zinc. malabsorption, malnutrition and allergy to other foods may be hidden causes of slow recovery and prolonged disability. Alpha ENF avoids all the protein problems by supplying the nutrient requirement with pure amino acids. The amino acid content of Alpha ENF will supplement or replace dietary protein. Alpha ENF can be added to fruit and vegetable juices to make complete meals of simple beverages and can be added to soups, or puddings after they have been cooked to increase their nutritive value. The most definitive rest and recovery technique is to take a Food Holiday. Self -Help: The Alpha Nutrition Program is explained in enough detail in the Alpha Nutrition Program Manual that an intelligent, well-motivated person can follow the steps outlined. You can order the program manual with the IBS supplemental text and an introductory 500 Gram jar of Alpha ENF as a nutritional rescue "starter pack."