Alternative approach to disease – IBS
By Eye Magazine published 1 September, 2010 No CommentsWhen we go to the doc’s when we have a problem with our bowels, we may be told that we have irritable bowel syndrome and possibly given an anti-spasmodic and told to eat plenty of roughage. Although these can help with the symptoms sometimes, they can actually also sometimes make things worse. So what is going on?
To answer this I think we need to know something about IBS and why it’s happening. Irritable bowel is when our bowels become erratic in their function, as in loose to normal, or bunged up to normal, or worse still, bunged up to loose. Our bowels go into irritation for various reasons, such as we may be a very nervy person, which can result in a nervous bowel, or have a ‘tummy bug’. The most common, however, is because the flora and fauna in our intestines is out of balance. When we are well we should have a healthy balance of approximately 85% friendly resident bacteria to 15% not so friendly fungoids. If that balance is tipped over one way or other our bowel can go into distress. For example, if we eat something that threatens the balance, the body will do what it can to get rid of it, possibly in the form of diarrhoea. Nowadays though, we have an even greater threat in the form of liberally prescribed antibiotics – they kill bacteria, and not just where you have the infection. Coupled with all the sugars we eat, it often upsets that ecological balance in the gut. This now allows the fungoids to flourish and start to actually try break down our gut as well! Like a trodden-on worm, our bowel now wriggles, one moment going into spasm which blocks the regular passage of the bolas of food, and the next moment ejecting it as fast as possible which results in loose bowels. An added give-away of the above can come in the form of thrush, where the fungoids have escaped via the anus and now invade the creases, particularly in the female. Long-term invasion can spread into the bladder and even the kidneys. Too much fibre can irritate the situation even more. Other symptoms can include the likes of fatigue, rashes and even acne, but the telling one is the build-up of cravings for the likes of sweets and sugars, as well as starches like breads, biscuits and pastries, also root veggies such as potatoes. All those starches turn to sugar when we chew them and it is sugars that feed the fungoids.
So what is the answer? The answer is very simple: antibiotics should be given more appropriately, and our cravings should be fettled. Remedying it is not so easy because it does take a fair amount of will-power. Bear in mind that the fungoids need to be reduced back down to their 15%. The easy part is to build up the bacteria levels again by regularly taking some form of pro-biotic, and that does not mean those nice little bottles we get from the supermarkets. I have yet to see one culture in a petrie dish! We can get various pro-biotic supplements from health shops and chemists. Better the smaller ones and more regularly.
The difficult bit is the dietry regimen that is needed to starve the fungoids out, bearing in mind what it is they live off! Yes, usually for a basic case a four-week strict regimen is need to bring them to order, followed by a gradual move back to relatively normal eating over a period of about eight weeks. To be sure that we are doing the right thing we should be checked out by the likes of a Holopathic Practitioner who will assess our specific needs. Those with an extensive bowel problem definitely need their full case taken first.
By Prof. Steve Russell for The Restoratory 10 Dundas Street West, Saltburn. 01287 207787
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