Featured Topics: Digestive Health
Herbal Extracts With Gastroprotective Properties Help Treat Gastroesophageal Reflux
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. A combination of two herbs, Opuntia ficus-indica and Olea europaea along with a sodium alginate/bicarbonate formulation, when consumed for two months, significantly improved gastroesophageal reflux in the 118 participating...
Lifestyle Changes Can Bring a Bowel Back into Balance – Informed Opinion
Written by Patrick B. Massey, MD, PhD. Irritable Bowel Syndrome, along with many other diseases, can be greatly improved with life style changes. You might be surprised to learn that most of our chronic diseases are not the result of bad luck or poor genes. They are...
Prebiotics Improve Symptoms of Lactose Intolerance
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Of the 47 study participants who took galactooligosaccharide (GOS/RP-G28) in daily increments of 1.5 g-15 g for 36 days, followed by 30 days of dairy, 71% had significant improvements in symptoms of lactose intolerance. Lactose...
Peppermint Oil Capsules Benefit Those With Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. After 4 weeks of supplementing with peppermint oil, the 35 participating subjects experienced significant improvements in digestive symptoms that included decreased abdominal pain and discomfort, decreased abdominal bloating and...
An Anti-Inflammatory Diet May Help With Reflux – Informed Opinion
Written by Patrick B. Massey, MD, PH.D. Dr. Massey discusses acid reflux and suggests taking anti-inflammatory dietary supplements along with an anti-inflammatory diet. The pain and tissue damage associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is commonly...
The Importance of Probiotics
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. Learn about the many beneficial ways that probiotics influence our health and well-being. The human intestine is home to nearly 100 trillion microbes.1 These microbes have a relationship with our bodies that begins when we are born and...
Berberine Shown to Improve Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Written by Jessica Patella, ND. Of the 164 study participants, those who supplemented with 400 mg of berberine daily for 8 weeks, saw a significant reduction in diarrhea frequency and abdominal pain as well as a significant improvement in Quality of Life scores. An...
Gut Microbiota in Multiple Sclerosis
Written by Joyce Smith, BS. This study demonstrates that multiple sclerosis is associated with a change in microbial diversity as demonstrated from sequenced fecal samples of 31 participating patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis...
Wild Blueberry Improves Digestive Health
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Wild blueberry supplementation significantly improved levels of Bifidobaceterium longum subspecies infantis by 8.4% in the digestive tracts of the study participants compared to the control group. Our digestive tract is a cornerstone...
Ginger and Cinnamon for Helicobacter-Induced Dyspepsia
Written by Joyce Smith, BS Treatments with ginger/omeprazole and cinnamon/ginger/omeprazole were significantly more effective with higher rates of eradicating H. pylori than the Cinnamon/omeprazole regimen (70% & 80% versus 50%). Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori or...
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