Freedom from Digestive Distress: Medicine-Free Relief from Heartburn, Gas, Bloating, and Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Softcover

Gitnick, Gary L.; Cooksey, Karen

 
9780812932621: Freedom from Digestive Distress: Medicine-Free Relief from Heartburn, Gas, Bloating, and Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0812932625 ISBN 13: 9780812932621
Verlag: Crown Publications, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

Provides an effective, comprehensive program for preventing, treating, and alleviating common digestive ailments, including heartburn, gas, stomach pain, bloating, and irritable bowel syndrome, through a strategic combination of dietary changes, exercise, stress reduction, and more. Original. 15,000 first printing.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Gary Gitnick, M.D., is professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Digestive Diseases at UCLA School of Medicine, the largest gastroenterology division in the world. A former research associate at the National Institutes of Health, he has authored more than 300 professional publications and written or edited 62 academic books. He lives in Encino, California.

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an I Don't Have to Take Medicine for That?"

If you're one of the millions plagued by such annoying, embarrassing
gastrointestinal conditions as heartburn, gas, bloating, stomach pain, acid reflux, and irritable bowel syndrome, here's a proven program that spells relief -- without the need for expensive medicine.

Gary Gitnick, M.D., one of the country's most renowned gastroenterologists, offers the first comprehensive guide to help you discover which foods hurt and which foods heal; exercise GI distress away; cope with the stress that triggers discomfort; and more. Features include:
How to determine whether medication is really necessary
How to ferret out the dietary culprits causing you distress
How to create a personalized food guide pyramid
The vital connection between exercise and GI health

Complete with a resource section as well as Dr. Gitnick's ten rules to "get your gut out of that rut," Freedom From Dige

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It's Not Just the Foods You Eat

For decades, some of the funniest and most memorable commercials on television have flooded our living rooms with images of uncomfortable-looking people suffering from acid indigestion, heartburn, gas, bloating, diarrhea, and constipation. Catchy tunes like "Pop, pop, fizz, fizz. Oh, what a relief it is!" encouraged us to take drugstore remedies, some of which come in rolls like candy, to "feel better fast." We laughed at pictures of oversized bellies ("What shape is your stomach in?") and overindulging consumers who groaned, "I can't believe I ate the whole thing!" And, today, as a host of newer (prescription and nonprescription) drugs promise us relief, we continue to swallow two big notions that drug advertisers want us to digest: (1) minor digestive disorders automatically warrant taking medicines, and (2) uncomfortable symptoms are an expected part of "living the good life" in our hectic society.

Check your medicine cabinet, briefcase, purse, glove compartment, or pocket. How many of these prescription and nonprescription remedies do you own? When heartburn strikes, is your first impulse to pop a pill or chew a mint instead of thinking about what brought the episode on? How much money are you spending on medicine? How much time has your physician spent teaching you that you may not need to take any medication at all?

I've written this book to show you that common digestive symptoms, such as heartburn (acid indigestion), gas, bloating, diarrhea, constipation, and abdominal pain (stomachaches) can often be relieved through lifestyle changes--and may not require medicines at all. Over the past thirty years, hundreds of patients have come to me with these symptoms, and, time and again, I have seen that people often prefer or expect a prescription for medicine instead of a recommendation that they change their lifestyle. That's because they want a "quick fix" rather than undergo the lengthy and sometimes difficult process of permanently modifying diet, exercise, and other lifestyle habits they are comfortable with. So one of the first things I have to help them change is their attitude about health.



Are Digestive Disorders a Necessary Consequence of Today's Life?

Far too many people accept heartburn, gas, bloating, diarrhea, constipation, and abdominal pain as normal. They chew rolls of mint-flavored antacid tablets, drink thick chalky elixirs to coat their stomachs, or pop the latest indigestion-relieving wonder drugs as appetizers before downing heavy, spicy, or fattening meals and still consider themselves in relatively good health. I'd like to argue that they are mistaken.

Gastrointestinal health--and indeed, one's overall health--is influenced by the dynamic, ever-changing interplay of numerous physical, nutritional, psychological, and social factors. These include eating patterns we learned in childhood, or attitudes about food, dining patterns, food choices, stress and anxiety levels, our workplace environments, and the priority we give to regular exercise in our lives.

In this chapter, we'll take a look at the symptoms and causes of some of the most common types of gastrointestinal disorders, including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) that consistently send millions of Americans to the doctor and drugstore. (Note: Gastroesophageal reflux disease is often just referred to as heartburn, because heartburn is the disease's most common symptom. Sometimes the condition is also called "acid indigestion.")

A staggering number of Americans--sixty to seventy million, or one in four--are affected by gastrointestinal diseases. In fact, heartburn, gas, bloating, diarrhea, and constipation are the most common causes for visits to primary care physicians. I'll explain how each of these digestive tract conditions can be influenced by physical, nutritional, psychological, and social factors, and in the following chapters I'll provide practical tips for combating them.

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Verlag
Crown Publications
Erscheinungsdatum
2000
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0812932625
ISBN 13 
9780812932621
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
241
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