Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Diverticulosis: A Self-Help Plan - Paperback

by Shirley Trickett (Author)

Irritable Bowel Syndrome is an extremely common disorder that is diagnosed in 50% of cases by people who have consulted a gastroenterologist. Symptoms vary from constipation to diarrhea, stomach pains, colic, headaches, and backache. Conventional treatment such as drugs and highfiber diets make it worse.

Shirley Trickett offers nondrug treatments for self help, including dietary changes, therapeutic massage, homeopathy, colonic irrigation, aromatherapy, and reflexology.

Key to this new edition are the following new sections:

Aloe Vera, lglutamine, and glucosamine supplements.

How to bring down your cortisol levels to manage anxiety and blood sugar problems.

How to minimize severe weight loss by bringing down allergic reactions, and thereby.

Enabling sufferers to widen their diet.

Author Biography

Shirley Trickett is a former nurse who has worked for many years encouraging the public to take more responsibility for their physical, emotional and spiritual well-being through self-help books. She has also written about panic attacks and depression.