How NOT to have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

Irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, affects 10-20% of the population. People struggle with unexplained bloating, abdominal discomfort, and inconvenient and embarrassing bowel urgency, having to empty their bowels unexpectedly. Some also struggle with intermittent constipation, as well. It turns something that should be subconscious, predictable, and serene into a nightmare. The typical medical evaluation involves endoscopy and colonoscopy, since procedures, whether necessary or not, pay gastroenterologists well, performed under the guise of ruling out cancer. When they find nothing or only minor findings, such as mild gastritis or erosions, then the prescriptions begin: acid blocking agents, antidepressants, narcotics for pain, anti spasm agents, etc–none address the cause, none are terribly effective, all have undesirable side effects, many of which people are not told about (e.g., unhealthy changes in bowel flora and increased osteoporosis from acid blockers, weight gain from antidepressants). We see IBS symptoms disappear daily in the majority of people following the Wheat Belly lifestyle of no wheat or grains, even after years of struggle. It is uncommon to not experience improvement or complete relief. Obtaining relief from IBS symptoms therefore starts with wheat and grain elimination. While modern semidwarf wheat is the worst, other grains overlap in many aspects. For example, wheat germ agglutinin that, by itself, exerts a potent bowel toxic effect, can be foun...
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