How to Prevent Inflammatory Bowel Disease

In 2002, the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NDDIC) reported 825 deaths per year due to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The NDDIC also reported nearly 6 million ambulatory care visits for inflammatory bowel disease patients per year in 2000. Avoid these statistics and prevent inflammatory bowel disease before you suffer symptoms.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Conduct Research

1. Read "Healthy Digestion the Natural Way: Preventing and Healing Heartburn, Constipation, Gas, Diarrhea, Inflammatory Bowel and Gallbladder Diseases, Ulcers, Irritable Bowel Syndrome and More" by D. Lindsay Berkson. See the Resources section below for a link.

2. Consider combining eastern and western medicine techniques to prevent inflammatory bowel disease. Purchase the book "Natural Stomach Care: Treating and Preventing Digestive Disorders with the Best of Eastern and Western Healing Therapies" by Anil Minocha. See the Resources section below for a link.

3. Browse more than 300 pages of suggestions to prevent inflammatory bowel disease in the book "The Doctor's Guide to Gastrointestinal Health: Preventing and Treating Acid Reflux, Ulcers, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Diverticulitis, Celiac Disease, Colon...Pancreatitis, Cirrhosis, Hernias and More." See the Resources section below for a link.

Make Lifestyle Changes to Prevent Inflammatory Bowel Disease

4. Increase your amount of exercise. Inflammatory bowel disease may be aided by a sedentary or inactive gut, caused by a lack of healthy physical activity.

5. Limit your stress to prevent it from upsetting your digestive system.

6. Eat small, frequent meals rather than large meals a few times daily to put less stress on the colon and rectum.

7. Build up your colon with herbal supplements like slippery elm, marshmallow root and psyllium seeds.

Tips & Warnings

• Understand that there is no proven way to prevent inflammatory bowel disease because the cause is unclear.

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Resources

• Healthy Digestion the Natural Way
• Natural Stomach Care
• Doctor's Guide to Gastrointestinal Health