Digestive

What Does Heartburn Feel Like? Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
Digestive

What Does Heartburn Feel Like? Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

Brijen J. Shah, MD | July 15, 2024

It goes by many names—heartburn, acid reflux, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and agita—but whatever you call it, it’s just no…

Best Foods for IBS, and Some to Avoid
Digestive

Best Foods for IBS, and Some to Avoid

James A. Duke, PhD | May 18, 2024

IBS is a disease that affects between 10 to 25 percent of adults in the United States. Doctors aren’t sure of the cause but can help control the condition.

Ulcer Friendly Foods and Some to Avoid
Digestive

Ulcer Friendly Foods and Some to Avoid

James A. Duke, PhD | May 5, 2024

Ulcers are sores within the stomach where the protective lining has been eaten away allowing stomach acid to attack the…

Developing a Candida Cleanse Diet
Digestive

Developing a Candida Cleanse Diet

Jacob Teitelbaum, MD | April 18, 2024

Candida albicans, lives happily and unobtrusively in your gut and mouth. It can overgrow its normal limits though infesting your gut and sinuses.

Diet for Gallstones and Kidney Stones
Digestive

Diet for Gallstones and Kidney Stones

James A. Duke, PhD | April 18, 2024

It isn't terribly unusual for the body to form hard deposits in the kidney's and gallbladder. Dietary choices can help prevent their formation.

Home Remedies for Acid Reflux
Digestive

Home Remedies for Acid Reflux

Jacob Teitelbaum, MD | April 10, 2024

In acid reflux stomach acid surges into the esophagus causing pain. Digestive enzymes and other home remedies for acid reflux may help.

Diet for Diverticulitis
Digestive

Diet for Diverticulitis

James A. Duke, PhD | April 9, 2024

A diet for diverticulitis can make a big difference in preventing an attack of this painful and miserable infection of part of the digestive track.

Home Remedies for Hemorrhoids
Digestive

Home Remedies for Hemorrhoids

Joan Wilen and Lydia Wilen | February 18, 2024

Home remedies for hemorrhoids can help hemorrhoids resolve quicker by adjusting diet, and reducing the inflammation.

Natural Remedies for Diarrhea
Digestive

Natural Remedies for Diarrhea

Joan Wilen and Lydia Wilen | February 11, 2024

No one likes talking about diarrhea let alone suffering from it, natural remedies for diarrhea can calm your embarrassment along with your tummy.

Diverticulitis: What It Is…How to Prevent It
Digestive

Diverticulitis: What It Is…How to Prevent It

V. Liana Tsikitis, MD | November 24, 2023

No longer a condition affecting mostly older people in Western countries, diverticulitis now can develop in people of all ages—even…

Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Digestive

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Jamison Starbuck, ND | July 2, 2023

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic condition of the lower gastrointestinal tract. It’s the most common diagnosis made by…

Curcumin Effective for Ulcerative Colitis

Curcumin Effective for Ulcerative Colitis

March 10, 2021

An enhanced form of the herbal remedy curcumin is an effective add-on therapy for mild to moderate ulcerative colitis and leads to sustained remission.

Keep Your Colon Healthy
Digestive

Keep Your Colon Healthy

Robert Bresalier, MD | February 18, 2021

Actor Chadwick Boseman’s death from colorectal cancer and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s early retirement due to ulcerative colitis has many thinking about colon health.

Fecal Transplant Better Than Antibiotics for C. diff Diarrhea
Digestive

Fecal Transplant Better Than Antibiotics for C. diff Diarrhea

October 21, 2020

Antibiotics are often used to treat C. diff infection, but research now shows that fecal transplants are more effective and less costly. Study details…

Finding Natural Relief for SIBO
Natural Healing Secrets for Women

Finding Natural Relief for SIBO

Laurie Steelsmith, ND, LAc | October 3, 2020

Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) can be the root cause of excessive gas and alternating constipation and diarrhea. The diet and more to get your insides healthy.