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Digestive conditions miscellaneous Please click on the links below to read our articles. If you are interested in research findings, click here for links to research reports. Exploring the gut brain super highway. A Guild of Health Writers meeting looking at the increasingly clear links between the microbiota in the gut and the activities of the brain – with Professors Ted Dinan and Tim Spector, Dr Yoram Inspector and functional medicine practitioner, Lucinda Miller. February 2018 Feeding the Sensitive Gut – Professor Nick Read explains how a sensitive gut can rule your life – and how best to manage it. July 2014 Could MSG be your problem too? Although not all doctors recognise MSG (monosodium glutamate) as a cause of digestive/sensitivity problems, Jean Stapleton is quite sure that it is for her. Read her story on the On Eagles' Wings blog. January 2014 Resistant starch. Two pieces investigating resistant starch, especially in the context of weight loss although it appears also to effect blood glucose and HDL cholesterol. Free the Animal April 2013 and Gym Fitness Magazine 2008. Some of my best friends are germs. Long but fascinating article in the NYTimes exploring the microbiome, the microbial populations of the gut, their role in our well-being and what damage we may be doing to them. May 2013 Low-dose naltrexone for inflammatory bowel disease– a personal review. April 2013 Gut Immunity – excellent animation demonstrating the principles of mucosal immunology in both health and disease. Janaury 2013 The FODMAP diet (Fermentable, Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides and Polyols) – introduction to the diet and why it could be helpful with unresolved digestive issues. October 2012 Altered Immunity and The Leaky Gut Syndrome by Dr Zoltan P Rona MD, MSc There is no such thing as a good diet for everyone. Nutrionist Margaret Moss explains why. March 2012 Fecal microbiota transplants effective treatment for C. Difficile and Inflammatory Bowel Disease October 2011 Seven healing lifestyle diets for digestive conditions – good blog pieces covering a range of diets from Wanted: Crohn's End Febuary 2011 Tips for dealing with constipation– an environmenal approach to a common problem – Dr Albert Robbins November 2007 All bunged up and nowhere to go. Micki Rose gives her top tips to get you going if you suffer from chronic constipation. 2009 John Scott's free digestive enzymes - 2009 Antibiotics and the human gut: scientists in the US have completed the most precise survey about the changes antibiotics wreak upon our guts - Latitudes Online 2009 Nucleo Power: nucleotides may be more useful than previously thought for helping with digestive conditions - Alex Gazzola 2009 Leaky Gut Syndrome: What is it and why is it relevant to food allergy and intolerance? Dr Alan Stewart 2009 An Appetite for Worms: an investigation into worms and parasites and their possible therapeutic uses in respiratory and gastrointestinal disease, and in allergy – John Scott 2008 Helicobacter and IBS: diagnosis and treatment options for people suffering from the effects of the helicobacter pylori bacterium – John Scott 2006 Virtual colonoscopy: introducing a virtual, state of the art colonoscopy procedure to replace the old embarrassing, uncomfortable and often painful one – Professor Nick Read 2005 Digestive health: explaining how digestive inadequacies can sometimes be mistaken for food sensitivity – Dr John Briffa 2003 Top of page
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See A pint a day keeps the gallstones away...
An investigation into the relationship between intestinal parasites and different inflammatory bowel disorders. Spring 2015 Intestinal permeability - a new target for disease prevention and therapy. Review summarising the data that are accumulating emphasizing the important role of the intestinal barrier and intestinal permeability for health and disease. Stephan Bischoff and colleagues in BMC Gastroenterology. November 2014 Oral bacteria irritate IBD. July 2014 The earlier children take antibiotics and the more they take, the higher the risk of them developing inflammatory bowel disease. September 2012 Beneficial bacteria, modified to produce the natural anti-inflammatory protein, Elafin - which mysteriously disappears in patients with inflammatory bowel disease - could restore intestinal equilibrium and prevent or even treat Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. October 2012 A leaky gut maybe be the root of some cancers forming elsewhere in the body – Febuary 2012 Specific carbohydrate diet. A pilot study at the University of Massachusetts Medical School shows significant success with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. The abstract for UMMAS here and comment here. Having gastrointestinal disorders can drive, and be driven by, psychological factors Stomach flu may be linked to food allergies Food allergy as a cause of constipation in the first three years of life Frequency of cow’s milk allergy in children with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease The genetics of multiple sclerosis involved in immune system function Synthetic surfactant food additives can cause intestinal barrier dysfunction Patients with bowel disease eager to test faecal therapy Digestive problems in early life may increase risk for depression Protein from probiotic bacteria may alleviate inflammatory bowel disorders Could colostrums help manage exercise and heat-induced – and maybe other – gut disorders? 02/11 Overprescribing of proton pump inhibitors Bisphenol-A (BPA) damages the intestines and may lead to leaky gut syndrome. Pulmonary involvement and allergic disorders in inflammatory bowel disease Bodily odours offer new diagnostic possibilities A pint a day keeps the gallstones away... Non-specific abdominal pain: could air pollution be the culprit? Toilet tube Astronaut diet works wonders for children with inflammatory bowel diseases Japanese herbal medicines benefit patients with gastrointestinal disorders New operation for acid reflux Electro-acupuncture effective against NSAID-induced GI ulceration in a rat Gene variant associated with both autism and gastro-intestinal function Drug may benefit bowel disease patients who have failed infliximab Drug may benefit bowel disease patients who have failed infliximab Vitamin D deficiency common in bowel disease patients Stem cell treatment hope for inflammatory bowel disease patients Gut bacteria could play a significant role in drug treatments Blood tests could make indigestion examinations quicker and easier Swallowed or sprayed steroids effective for children with food pipe disorder Acupuncture may benefit patients with reflux disease Abnormal number of inflammatory cells in the upper intestine could be cause of common abdominal pain Bowel disease patients not at increased risk of dying Sulphites and Ulcerative Colitis Constipation: It could be caused by a food allergy Pre and probiotics and UC
First Published in September 2005
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