It has been my experience in talking with IBS sufferers that it is quite common to worry about what one should be eating. What often gets overlooked is the contribution to symptoms that may be happening based on eating habits. In other words, it may be quite important to take a look at how you eat. This article contains tips for eating in a way that ensures that your habits are not making your symptoms worse:

• How to Eat with IBS

Yesterday, I introduced you to my article on the relationship between stress and anxiety. As I said in yesterday's blog, it is a subject that many people deal with, but few people talk about. Open conversation is essential in helping to reduce the sense of isolation that is unfortunately so prevalent when it comes to digestive symptoms. Today, I offer you a safe place to openly discuss your struggles with stress-induced diarrhea:

• Does Stress Give You Diarrhea?

Although stress-related diarrhea happens to a lot of people, the very nature of the problem is such that people do not talk about it. This lack of conversation can lead to a lot of unnecessary worry about what is happening. The following article discuss the relationship between stress and anxiety. Learn why it happens, and more importantly, what can be done about it:

• Can Anxiety and Stress Cause Diarrhea?

This little report out of Australia caught my eye. It relays the results of a small study done by a medical research firm commissioned by a company that sells "natural medicines." Keeping in mind that I was not able to access the original study, so I have absolutely no idea how good the study standards were, I found the results to be interesting.

According to the report, 75% of the general practitioners who were surveyed are reluctant to "recommend natural products." In spite of this, 64% of them have recommended a natural product for IBS! Wow! Again, I have no idea how scientific the study was, but those numbers are certainly eye-catching, would you not agree? It definitely speaks to the lack of effective treatment options for IBS. So, if you feel that your doctor has not been much of a help to you, you are not imagining things.

Have your doctors recommended natural medicine products to you? Take my poll!

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_{"Most GPs don't recommend natural medicines" 9NEWS website January 18,2012.}

More from Dr. Bolen, your IBS Guide:

• Herbs and Natural Remedies for IBS
• Medicine Options for IBS
• Over-the-Counter Remedies for IBS
• The Doctor/Patient Relationship in IBS