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What is this cure for IBS?

My doc prescribed Dycyclomine which does very little for it. Usually I just sit down and rest for an hour or so and the cramps go away. They might come right back or they might not come back for a week or a month or two. It is unpredictable and not seemingly linked to any food. The cramps might result in loose stools or constipation. Mine are usually loose stools but some times not accompanied by anything, just cramps

Diverticulosis is a completely different matter. It is the existence of little balloons extending from inside your sigmoid colon into your abdominal cavity. Hard feces gets trapped in them and causes inflammation. It left alone they can rupture and give you peritonitis, infection in your abdominal cavity.

One study found that seeds and nuts would get trapped in them but this has been disproved my later studies. The only thing to really be avoided is popcorn because the hulls can get stuck in them like fish scales.

The best way to keep any feces from getting stuck in the diverticulii is to keep the feces soft by eating lots of fiber. We were designed to eat more fiber than we do. Modern, highly processed food with not enough fiber is the culprit. When white flour was invented, it created the disease which virtually did not exist before.

Some snake oil mongers show you photos of god awful things that look like roots that came out of somebody s butt. Then they tell you "that is what is caked inside you" The roots are psyllium powder or clay or something similar that somebody ate and it took a "set" like Jello and retained the shape of their intestines. It's a scam.

Your intestines are slick and slimy and nothing can get caked to them. However they can get clogged with digested food that does not contain enough fiber to retain moisture and keep it soft. That can get stuck in the diverticulii, cause them to get infected and cause a flare up of diverticulitis. Read about it here.

Eat lots of fruit, veggies, whole grain products, less sweets and starchy baked goods and you will do fine.

A polyp was removed from my colon but they do not necessarily always turn into cancer. I changed my diet perminantly and I have never had a flare up since. Plus I have lost 60 pounds in the process and my weight is still going down.

IBS continues to be a separate problem for me but not a chronic or debilitating one.