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

The Perfect IBS Diet?

Unfortunately there is no perfect IBS diet out there. In fact, we know that foods do not cause Irritable Bowel Syndrome they only aggravate the symptoms in some sufferers.

But there must be some sort of diet that can be followed! There is. What any IBS patient needs to be aware of is what effect certain foods have on the gut in general. There are foods that are known to cause diarrhea and cramping such as foods high in fat, alcohol, coffee (even decaf), fried foods, caffeine. These should be avoided as much as possible. Read more