Irritable Bowels

IBS is NOT Just an Irritable Bowel!

I believe I have mounting evidence from various doctors' clinical
experiences, research studies, ex-sufferers' stories and personal
experimentation, which suggests that an impaired or strained digestive
system is responsible for IBS and not just a "dysfunctional”
or “irritable” bowel. In fact, I believe that an irritable bowel is a
possible symptom of a broader problem – a strained digestive system.

For the IBS sufferer, there’s two potentially, directly-related
problems:

* Incomplete food digestion – maldigestion.

* Unfriendly bacteria overgrowth in the small intestine and imbalance
in the colon – intestinal dysbiosis.

Underlying maldigestion may be low or inadequate stomach acid, mildly
impaired/reduced pancreatic, gall bladder or liver function.

Incompletely digested food can feed and promote unfriendly bacteria
overgrowth/imbalance. Bacteria can ferment undigested carbohydrates to
produce gas (causing bloating) and possibly toxins – which can possibly
cause pain or cramping, and affect the production and degradation of
essential intestinal hormones and neurotransmitters (such as motilin).
Uncontrolled, intestinal-hormone production and decline may be a factor
in bowel spasms, constipation and diarrhoea along with nutrient
deficiency, enzyme insufficiency, dehydration, poor muscle tone,
stress, and others.