What is IBS?

Irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, is a group of symptoms that affect your digestive system. It’s a common but uncomfortable gastrointestinal disorder. People with IBS get excessive gas, abdominal pain and cramps.

IBS can occur anywhere along the six feet of our colon. Which is divided into three distinct sections; the ascending, transverse colon, and the descending colon. The last foot or so of our descending colon is called the sigmoid colon. Most of the symptoms related to IBS seem to occur in the sigmoid colon, but they can occur anywhere inside the colon. See photo below.

Often, people with IBS have normal bowel movements some days and abnormal ones on other days. The type of IBS you have depends on the abnormal bowel movements you experience:

• IBS with constipation, most of your poop is hard and lumpy.

• IBS with diarrhea, most of your poop is loose and watery.

• IBS with mixed bowel habits, you have both hard and lumpy bowel movements and loose and watery movements on the same day.

Most IBS sufferers report a tendency to bounce back and forth between the extremes of constipation and frequent, urgent, loose, irregular bowel movements; with or without occasional, or chronic diarrhea. IBS symptoms can be mild, moderate, severe or extreme. Other symptoms include:

The most common symptoms of IBS are...

• gas

• bloating

• indigestion

• diarrhea

• constipation

• irregular bowel movements

• fatigue

• weight loss

• loss of appetite

• mal-absorption of nutrients

• sinus congestion

• lung congestion

• skin problems like psoriasis and eczema

• skin rashes and disorders

• headache

• joint pain

• mood swings

• anxiety

• depression

• growth failure (especially in children)

• anemia

• weak bones (osteopenia, osteoporosis)

• generalized weakness

IBS Causes

• poor diet in general

• gluten, mostly from processed grain products

• too many processed foods, not enough whole foods

• chronic unintentional dehydration

• broad-spectrum micronutrient deficiencies

• an overgrowth of harmful bacteria and other pathological organisms (dysbiosis)

• eating too many acid-forming foods

• eating too fast

• not chewing enough

• eating too many cold foods

• drinking cold or iced beverages

• too much negative or oxidative stress

The solution for IBS include making changes in the primary causes...

• Willingness to activate the information and recommendations

• Manage your emotions and stress

• Get properly hydrated

• Address micro and macro-nutrient deficiencies

• Eating clean

• Correct Intestinal dysbiosis

• Oxidative Stress

• Restore your “redox potential.”

IBSis preventable, and the solutions are within your control by changing your diet and lifestyle. But no progress will be made until the condition of Intestinal Dysbiosis is effectively addressed and resolved.

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