Irritable bowel syndrome and female hormones
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Irritable bowel syndrome and female hormones

Have you noticed that your gut functions differently depending on where you are in your cycle? That every time you are about to have your period, your gut gets messed up, or your already loose stools become worse? You are not imagining it – female hormones do affect the gut, especially through pain sensitivity, how…

Gut-brain interaction, IBS and stress
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Gut-brain interaction, IBS and stress

Did you know that irritable bowel syndrome is now being classified as a disorder of gut-brain interaction? This is a big deal, because this classification also suggests a way to reverse IBS – by fixing this disordered gut-brain interaction!  But let’s back up a little – what is gut-brain interaction anyway? Well, simply put, our…