Digestive conditions such as GERD and colitis are best managed through targeted dietary triggers avoidance, nutritional therapy, and identifying biochemical markers.
Angina is a type of chest pain that feels like a pressure or squeezing on your chest. Angina occurs when not enough blood flow and oxygen are getting to a part of your heart. Angina can occur regularly or unexpectedly. Most people will experience angina pains with activity or stress.
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Your digestive tract has the responsibility of breaking the food you eat down into smaller pieces, both mechanically and chemically, so that your intestine can absorb the nutritional molecules from the food. Doing this requires the use of digestive juices and enzymes secreted by various organs of the digestive tract.
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Chai tea is a culinary blend of sweetness, spiciness and creaminess that originated in India. In fact, chai literally means tea in that country. You’ll often find chai tea concentrate on grocery store shelves, or you can create your own and store it for up to 10 days before it expires.
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If eating beef makes you feel sick to your stomach, avoid eating beef until you've consulted your doctor. A common cause of digestive illness from beef consumption is food poisoning, which can cause various gastrointestinal symptoms to develop within hours of consuming contaminated beef.
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Celiac disease, which can be defined as a gluten allergy, touches 1 percent of all Americans, according to the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Center for Celiac Research. Celiac disease is a serious condition that can increase your risk of autoimmune disease, osteoporosis, infertility and cancers.
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Hot spices like chili peppers have an abundance of healthful substances, including vitamins and antioxidants. They add rich flavor to your diet without many extra calories.
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Mints are herbs long known in folklore for their ability to calm an upset stomach. While the mint family includes many culinary herbs such as rosemary and oregano, digestive remedies, such as mint candies, teas and oils, most often use peppermint and spearmint.
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Along with cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts and green peppers, cucumbers are frequent culprits for gas and indigestion.
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After colon surgery, it is common to feel fatigued. You might be tempted to stay in bed all day, but light, gentle exercise will help you recover. Exercise helps increase circulation to facilitate healing and helps reduce muscle spasms typical after colon surgery.
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Non specific colitis is a sporadic condition referring to any inflammation of the colon. The primary symptom includes diarrhea with blood or mucus. When the colon operates normally, the nerves and the muscles of the colon are able to act together for proper digestion and excretion.
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Gastric ulcers are peptic ulcers that develop in the stomach. While they are more common in adults, gastric ulcers can also develop in teenagers as the amount of stomach acid is increased, or the amount of protective mucous in the stomach is decreased.
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The two types of fiber in plant-based foods help digestion by dissolving easily or passing quickly through the digestive system. Soluble fiber forms a soft gel, while insoluble fiber moves through the stomach and colon, and keeps other food or waste moving too.
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You drink a cup of coffee and appreciate the effects it has on increasing awareness and energy, but you realize that your digestive system does not react well to coffee. In addition to increasing alertness, coffee has side effects that may cause colon problems.
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Hernias often occur when you've exerted your body to the point where the pressure is so extreme that a sac of lining pushes through the tissue surrounding a muscles. Abdominal and femoral hernias are common in adults and are usually the result of strain.
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If you’ve been diagnosed with lactose intolerance, you can eat eggs as long as you don’t add any milk. Eggs do not contain lactose, the sugar found in milk, according to Drugs.com, but use caution when purchasing premixed egg products because they might contain milk proteins.
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Preparation H is a brand of various creams, ointments and other treatments for hemorrhoids. The McKinley Health Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign describes hemorrhoids as inflamed and swollen veins in the lower rectum and/or anus.
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Abdominal pain is a symptom of a variety of ailments: a stomach virus, menstrual cramping, indigestion, dyspepsia or food intolerances. MedlinePlus reports that abdominal pain is typically not serious, and is often treatable with self-care methods.
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Abdominal pain is a common complaint of pregnant women. They may be dismayed to find that the pain often continues at least for the first few days postpartum, sometimes even longer. In most cases, abdominal pain is a normal, transient response to childbirth.
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More than half of all infants experience reflux during the first three months of life, according to the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse.
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Swelling in your lips after eating is related to a food allergy. Swollen lips may be a sign of a severe allergic reaction and thus needs to be evaluated by your doctor. Lip swelling is a common reaction that occurs when you eat certain fruits and vegetables. Some food-related allergies may be connected with hay fever.
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