Many Americans count things in their diet. It may be calories, fat grams or carbohydrates, for example, but not many are aware of how many grams of fiber they are consuming per day. A balanced, healthy diet can supply daily fiber requirements, but for many Americans it is beneficial to supplement with a product such ...
For over eight years now, I have lived with a medical problem that can be extremely uncomfortable if not monitored with a specific diet. Being the first in my family to be diagnosed with Diverticulosis, I assumed myself to be the least healthy as well as the most carefree when it comes to the pleasures ...
In 1999, I was having a lot of difficulty with my spastic colon and nervous bowel, now known as Irritable Bowel Syndrome. My doctor had me admitted to the hospital for a colonoscopy. First, you have to be cleaned out, and then you have the test. They put you to sleep. You do not fully ...
I recently was diagnosed with “Diverticulitis”. I have never even heard of it before. Suddenly, people I knew said they had it. I was in a lot of pain for a while. I can handle pain well so I didn’t react as fast as I should of. I ended up in Urgent Care and then ...
Your large intestine is a vital organ involved in your digestive system. It has a complex structure which is specifically adapted to be efficient at absorption of water and other nutrients. Lining the entire large intestine is a layer of smooth muscle. This muscle functions to aid in the movement of food as it is ...
My mom tells me there is a time in my life when I ate fruits and vegetables like normal people do. Somewhere around the age of three, I developed a mental block that I am still trying to undo to this day. Not only were fruits and vegetables forever banished from my palate, but many ...
CT scans are one of the best tools for your doctor to pinpoint what is wrong with your insides in a plethora of situations. CT scans, also known as computerized tomography or CAT scans, are quite routine today, but that doesn’t mean they are pleasant. The biggest drawback when undergoing a CT scan is that ...
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Diverticulosis runs in my husbands family. His sister had two feet of her colon removed a few years ago, and my husband suffers from this disease as well. Here are the lifestyle changes that made a difference for our family. What Is It? What is diverticular disease? I had never heard of it until a ...
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