There are two different types of fibre - soluble and insoluble. Each type of fibre helps your body in different ways (see below)‚ so a normal‚ healthy diet should include both types. However‚ if you have a digestive disorder‚ such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)‚ you may need to modify the type and amount of fibre in your diet in accordance with your symptoms. Your GP or a dietitian will be able to advise you further about this. Soluble fibre Soluble fibre can be digested by your body. It
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Types of therapies Acupuncture- Is a collection of procedures that involve stimulating points of the body. Some of the techniques used are penetrating the skin with small thin needles; this is one of the traditional Chinese methods. According to the traditional Chinese methods‚ stimulating the acupuncture points helps to correct imbalances in the flow. It has also been used to reduce depression‚ anxiety and sleep disturbances. Cranio-sacral therapy- Is an alternative therapy used by occupational
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as pizza‚ chips‚ chicken nuggets or fish fingers with peas or baked beans. My client does not have a varied diet and therefore has a deficiency for a number of vitamins and minerals. My client also suffers from a condition called IBS or Irritable Bowel Syndrome. My client smokes around ten cigarettes a day and drinks on the weekend‚ she regularly drinks a small amount on the weekend but can sometimes drink a large amount. My client has a heart murmur which she does not have to take
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day because the pain has to go away sometime. Fibromyalgia has many symptoms and there is not a known cause for the disease at this time. Keywords: fibromyalgia‚ good days‚ bad days‚ pain‚ fatigue‚ sleep disturbances‚ headaches‚ irritable bowel syndrome‚ anxiety or depression‚ physical appearance For people diagnosed with fibromyalgia‚ according to Moore (2011)‚ on average‚ we feel‚ well‚ average. Average is whatever comes in the middle of a really good day and a really bad one. Or‚ to
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follows: Morbus Crohn’s‚ Granulomatus Enteritis‚ Regional Enteritis‚ or Terminal Ileitis. Attacks from Crohn’s Disease may in fact affect people from as early as their twenties to the late eighties. History: Crohn ’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease of an undetermined cause that afflicts more than five-hundred thousand people in the United States and is not biased in regards to which it strikes. People unlucky enough to get Crohn ’s Disease include the old and young; rich as well as poor;
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How one’s body reacts to change can be called stress. These changes can come from feeling‚ situation‚ and people. For example‚ going to a new school is a change that can cause stress. There are many techniques to dealing with stress. The importance of handling stress is very serious‚ because stress affects the body in not only mentally but sometimes physically. Teen stress can be caused by pressure‚ insecurities‚ bottled up emotions‚ changes and sometimes just life and handling it. Teens deal
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1 We have all had some form of gastrointestinal distress at one time or another; it is not a fun time. Some individuals suffer from gastrointestinal disease. One disease I would like to discuss is spastic colon also known as irritable bowel syndrome‚ which is fairly common. Women are more likely to get spastic colon over men and about 20% of the American adult population has it. The types of food we eat such as spicy foods‚ fatty foods‚ cabbage and beans can irritate the colon
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used as tea and for flavouring ice cream‚ confectionery‚ chewing gum‚ and toothpaste. In 2007‚ Italian investigators reported that 75% of the patients in their study who took peppermint oil capsules for four weeks had a major reduction in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms‚ compared with just 38% of those who took a placebo. Peppermint has promising radioprotective effects for cancer patients undergoing cancer treatment.
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types of foods‚ such as greasy‚ spicy‚ or fatty foods sometimes can cause indigestion or an upset stomach. Upset stomach sometimes can be a sign of underlying medical issues‚ such as gastroesophageal reflux‚ ulcers‚ lactose intolerance‚ irritable bowel syndrome‚ an intestinal infection‚ and some types of cancer. Stomach upset usually is a minor problem in adults‚ but it can be serious for babies and children. Dr Robert Lim said gastroenteritis is commonly know as upset stomach that can be caused
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[Shijia Liu] [Jan-17-2011] Does a Supportive Patient-Therapist Relationship Enhance Clinical Improvement? Kaptchuk (2008)‚ Components of Placebo Effect: Randomised Controlled Trial in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome. (PRO) Argument 1: Kaptchuk (2008) suggested that placebo effects (non-specific effects) include three components: a patient’s response to observation and assessment‚ the patient’s response to the administration of placebo treatment‚ and the patient’s response
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