In the previous post, we took a look at the condition called Irritable Bowl Syndrome, or IBS. This time, let us take a look at the symptoms of IBS.
Doctors generally use a list of symptoms to diagnose a patient. This is called the Rome III Diagnostic Criteria and it is used to differentiate IBS from other gastrointestinal problems. Here is the Criteria, as presented in the
About IBS web site:
Recurrent abdominal pain or discomfort** at least 3 days per month in the last 3 months ...
Do you love to snack? I sure do! Every time I get the munchies (which is at least once a day!), I head on over to my pantry and see what I have. I recently read this article on Yahoo Health that suggests snack food that actually help your health. Let’s take a look at some of them.
Yoghurt or nuts
What do they have in common? These two snack items can actually help you de-stress. The article says:
Scientists in Slovakia gave people 3 grams ...
I love watching cooking shows and I make it a point to watch the shows of celebrity chefs when I have the time. I was reading about some celebrity chefs earlier when I ran across a blog post on how
Jamie Oliver, one of the most popular celebrity chefs today, has launched a line of pasta sauces that contain too much salt. Apparently, parents and other concerned citizens in the UK are all in an uproar about this. But is salt really bad?
I did some reading ...
The S-word creates quite a big stir each time it is mentioned in the news. It used to be chicken that was in the forefront when the issue of salmonella came up. Now it’s in tomatoes!
So what happened?
News-Medical.net reports:
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says a cluster of nine cases of salmonella poisoning in a single geographic location, may lead to the source of an outbreak - it appears that all of the sickened individuals ate similar tomatoes.
The cluster is possibly nine cases reported by the Chicago Department of Health where ...
During my vacation a couple of weeks ago, I met some new friends from various countries. Several of them were from North America while one was from Europe. We had the chance to have dinner together and I realized some things while we ate. We had ordered a big meal – we didn’t know that the servings were going to be that big!
As we ate, I noticed that the guys from North America started wolfing down the food while the guy from Europe took his time. ...
Most of us have known this for a while – especially those who have a liking for this wonderful concoction. Yet do you really know why chocolate is good for you? Since it is
Easter tomorrow and you will probably eat more chocolate than you normally do, I thought it would be nice to post something about these delightful treats today.
So, how is chocolate good for the health? The most common fact that people know about is that it contains antioxidants. Of course, antioxidants keep ...
Who said that eating before going to bed is bad? Well, actually, it depends on what you eat. I don’t know about you but I usually
grab a bite before hitting the sack. I guess this is because I am usually up till past midnight and my tummy just can’t help but rumble in the depths of the night.
Did you know that eating the wrong food before going to bed can keep you from sleeping? Maybe that’s why I have trouble sleeping sometimes…Well, nutrition expert
Joy Bauer ...
I have always liked vegetables – that is something that our mother made sure of. Even as children, we would not feel that a meal is complete without some sort of vegetable to go with the meat. Now, as an adult, I still have this craving for at least a small portion of veggies when eating.
With health being in the forefront of personal issues these days, it is not a surprise that you see people eating
salads with their meals more often. Indeed, I have noticed that a ...
Have you been watching TV lately? Or maybe reading magazines and the proliferation of print ads? If you have been paying any attention, you probably would have noticed the prevalence of ads relating to yoghurt and its health benefits. Yet is yoghurt all that they claim it to be?
Perhaps the most
popular brand that sells yoghurt these days is
Dannon. Their main product is Activia, which is part of the DanActive line of yoghurt products. The selling point is the fact that these products contain probiotics. ...
One of the noticeable things that have been happening today is the fact that people have been more
health-conscious. This includes the proper selection of food and resources such as organic food to which most organization producing them have used
affordable search engine optimization practices like the ones by
Los Angeles SEO as a means of drawing the crowd.
Organic eating is the in-thing we have today. People have to eat wisely and be sure that their intakes are indeed healthy for the body. While people may not like the taste of pure organic food ...
