Irritable Bowel Syndrome
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42. Breakfast- If you don’t eat proper breakfast (which breaks the fast initiated by many hours of sleep) or skip it, your body shuts down or slows down your metabolism in order to preserve what fuel reserves it contains. Eating a proper breakfast will avoid bingeing on high calorie foods in the latter part of the day and increase your metabolism considerably. Eating breakfast has been proven to improve concentration, problem solving abilities, mental performance, memory and mood besides general health.
IBS AND STRESS
43. Stress- Your system is very sensitive to stress, and many feel that stress and activities that tax your body in general are particularly harsh on your bowels. Stress reduction training and relaxation techniques like yoga and meditation, regular exercise, deep breathing and adopting right daily routine and 7 to 8 hours of sleep are of great help for IBS and other problems. A good social life with a circle of friends, keeping a pet and gardening hobby can also help beat stress.
44. Laughter- Remember “laughter is the best medicine”. Being happy and laughing genuinely or even artificially helps boost the immune system besides many other health benefits.
45. Massage- Body massage, particularly of the abdomen, can prove beneficial as a whole.
POSITIVE THINKING AND NATURO-FOOD THERAPY
46. Patients of IBS or other problems will highly benefit by adopting a positive thinking attitude. They should get rid of negativity and should not always be mentally occupied by bowel related complaints, which are generally minor in nature but are often magnified. They must also have full faith in the naturo-food therapy and sincerely believe (auto-suggestion) that they are bound to get better following the above-mentioned natural edicts.
47. Naturo-Food Therapy should be a way of life in both health and disease; a way of simple natural living. Its philosophy is based on the fact that we are a product of Nature and that our interests are best served by Nature to play its full part in our life. Nature cure therapy stems from the unique gift of Nature:
That the body can cure itself provided we allow Nature to take its own course without hindering it by the unwise and indiscriminate use of drugs, which always have harmful side-effects.
Santokh Singh Parmar
Naturo-Food Therapist & Lifestyle Consultant
Mobile: +91(0) 9815922330
Websites: www.naturofoodtherapy.org & www.foodtherapy.org
July, 2005
Note: The above information and advice and indicative remedies are not a substitute for the advice, your doctor or naturo-food therapist may give you based on his/her knowledge of yourself.
