Most Severe Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Emotional Distress

If you have IBS then you know that the Irritable Bowel Syndrome symptoms themselves cause emotional distress. This emotional distress then acts as a catalyst for other IBS symptoms to worsen. It is all a vicious circle. Read more

Can Drinking Tequila Treat Irritable Bowel Syndrome?

Well… not really. But the blue agava plant that makes tequila can help. Researchers in Mexico are finding that the same fruit used to make tequila could be helpful in delivering medicine to the colon making better treatment for Irritable Bowel Syndrome possible.

Alot of the drugs used to right now to treat IBS are destroyed by stomach acid and don’t make it to the colon. Tequila compounds, a class of polysaccharides known as fructans, aren’t as affected by the stomach’s acid. Read more