Not exact matches
If you've been suffering from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or another
functional gut disorder and the associated
symptoms of bloating, abdominal distension, excess wind, and unpredictable bowel motility (in other words, constipation and / or diarrhea), then you may have considered trying a low FODMAP diet.
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Evan Brand: Is doing it the — I almost call that like the standard
functional medicine way so now, you know, she doesn't know who to go to for all these new
symptoms that are coming up because she's taking all of these
gut - killing stuff.
For instance, a low FODMAP diet has been demonstrated to reduce
functional gut disorder
symptoms in about 75 % of people, because most people with IBS have FODMAP intolerances.
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I recognize that
functional gut disorders like IBS and IBS - like
symptoms have a big impact on overall health and quality of life.
Dr. Justin Marchegiani: Yeah, I think the biggest separator between most
functional medicine docs is a lot of
functional medicine docs have a really good approach where they're addressing diet and lifestyle and — and hormones and everything, but they're missing the
gut connection and it's so easy because so many of the
symptoms are extra-intestinal which means outside of your typical bloating, gas, diarrhea, constipation, etc..
So, when it comes to health, for most health conditions, especially when there's a few
symptoms that seem disconnected and it's hard to find the relationship between them, naturopathic medicine and, now,
functional medicine and, hopefully soon, conventional medicine, begins to look at
gut health.
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is classified as
functional gut disorder (FGD) characterized by
symptoms of chronic, episodic abdominal pain, altered bowel habits, bloating, sensation of incomplete bowel movement, straining and / or urgency which is not explained by structural abnormalities.
Prior to studying
Functional Nutrition, I never put it together that these
symptoms were indeed a manifestation of my deeper
gut and immune system issues.