Many people suffer from problems related to disturbances in the function of the stomach, intestines and colon-

Excessive gas in the bowel is a frequent disturbance, caused by an increased gas production in the bowel content combined with a decreased absorbtion of gas through the intestinal walls.

Swallen stomach or bloating is another frequent problem. This problem is related to more basic imbalances like the mentioned excessive gas production and sluggish intestines that allows content to fill up.

Constipation is a problems related to sluggish intestinal function so that the content builds up and get hard.

Many people experince diarrhhoea because of a too rapid movement of the intestines.

Cramps or feeling of cramps are also frequent. The cramps are often a consequence of uneven stimulation of the intestines and of swelling from excessive content.

Such Functional stomach problems are sometimes caused by diseases that necessitate specific treatment, but are more often caused by bad lifestyle habits. Sometimes persons also react with allergy or otherways react nagatively to certain food types.

In the following you find advices about good lifestyle habits that may prevent, cure or alleviate these symptoms.

The following lifestyle advices will help to prevent many stomac problems and may alleviate or cure problems allready manifest.

- Eat food with high plant fibre content. Fibres from the food stimulate the movement of the intestines, and especially of the colon, and help you avoid a stuffed bowel. Whole unrefined cereals, whole corn bread, vegetables and fruit will often give you the fibre you need.

-If you suffer from lazy stomach or colon, adding some brand to your daily diet can help. You can blend a couple tablespoons of brand together with linen seeds in a glass of water to get the effects of both these remedies at the same time.

-Some herbs or spices can help your intestines to work more efficiently, for example peppermint, buckthorn bark sienna, cayenne or ginger. However, too much of hot spices can irritate your intestines. You can also find natural products in the market that provide you with herbs that can help your intestines work better.

-Drink enough water. A too little water intake will make your stomach content hard and dry, and your intestines will then find difficulties in moving the content along.

-Eat enough, but not too much fat. The right amount of fat in your food will help giving your stomach content the right consistence. Most of the fat you consume should be a mix of fat from sources like olive oil, fish, nuts, sunflowers and almonds.

-If you suffer from hard stool or constipation, taking some days a couple tablespoons of linen seeds a day can help. Suspend the seeds in a glass of water and let it lie in the water a couple of hours before stirring up the content of the glass and drink it.

-Do not eat too much, but neither too little, and eat at regular intervals. Four meals a day is usually optimal for most persons.

-Don't eat in a hurry, and chew your food well before swallowing it.

-Get some physical exercise each day.

-Consume some products containing bacteria helping digestion. A healthy colon contains bacteria that help the end part of the digestion process. Yoghourt or other types of fermented milk will provide your colon with seeds for good bacteria. If you do not tolerate milk, or your colonic microbial content needs special attention, you can use products on the market that give a high supply of good bacteria seeds.

Even though the listed measures should help you get rid of functional stomach problems in some days, the problems will return in some time if you do not change your eating habits permanently and begin exercising on a regular base.

Stomach problems may also originate from hypersensitivity against food types, for example milk or wheat or from diseases that need treatment. If the stomach problems are of new origine, aggraviate or radically change character,  the problem should be medically investigated. Also if simple measures do not clear the problems, a medical investigation should be performed.

However, a medical investigation do not always find out what causes the problems. If so it can be useful to make an investigation of ones own by successively taking out special food types from the diet for some time and experience the effects. Here are some common types of food hypersensivity explained.

Some people suffer from as pecial kind of  hypersensitivity against the protein gluten in wheat and some other cereals, celiac disease. To confirm or disprove this disease, a medical investigation is needed. If celiac disease is confirmed, a strictly controlled diet that avoids all sources of gluten is the only method that can  make all symptoms go away.

Even though celiac disease is not confirmed, hypersenistivity against wheat and cereals of other kinds can still be the cause of the problems. Weat and other types of cereals can cause adverse reactions in the digestive system of many types. It can still be an idea to reduce or stop the intake of wheat and reduce the intake of other cereals to see if this action helps. However, cereals are very valuable food in many respects. Therefore you should not stop eating cereals altogether. Even though this action may cure some stomach problems, it can cause other problems by causing deficiency of many vitamins and fibre. At most you can stopp eating wheat, and reducing the consume of other cereals, but some cereals you should have in your diet.

Many people are hypersenitive against lactose, the kind of sugar found in milk. This is also a kind of hypersensitivity that can be confirmed by medical investigation. To take away all milk products containing lactose from the diet a couple of weeks can also give a good indication. To get symptoms go away for good, consume of milk and milk products containing lactose must be radically reduced or stopped. Cheese do not contain much lactose, and can be a part of the diet by lactose intollerance. Other milk products should be reduced.

However, some people are also intollerant against other constituents of the milk. If there is not any responce by taking away milk and milk products containing lactose, you can try to take away all milk products from the diet a couple of weeks. If this improves the condition, intollerance against some milk component will be probable. A solution to the problem will then be to reduce or take away all milk products from the diet.

Natural products you can find in the market may also  help to reduce or take away stomach problems. Problems caused by bad lifestyle may be so resistant, or they may have caused so great changes in the digestive system, that lifestyle changes alone is not enough to resolve the problems totally, and therefore a help from some natural products can help to restore normal function.

When the stomach problems are caused by hypersensitivity to specific food sources, the total elimination of these sources from the diet may sometimes be practicaly impossible, for example when several food types cause the hypersensitivity reactions.

In these cases, stomach problems can persist.  However also when this is the case, natural products can help to alleviate these problems.

Also when you do not find out what causes the stomach problems, natural products may help to alleviate these.

These products typically contain fibres and herbs that stimulate the intestinal functions, oily or mucous substances that lubricate the intestinal content, seeds for digestive friendly bacteria, or herbs that relax cramping.

• Maintain cholesterol levels that are already within normal range.

• Support a healthy heart.

• Increase natural insulin sensitivity.

• Helps against constipation - especially recommended in the initial stages of the Metabolic Diet.

• Frequent bowel movements.

• Other bowel problems.

• May prevent or help against Gallstones.

The ingredients and their effects:

Psyllium Husk Powder - A bulking and lubricating agent..

Senna - Promotes regular and rhytmic bowel contractions.

Fennel Seed - A carminative herb, high in Vitamin A and C. Also helpful for stomach acid. Fennel helps rid the intestinal tract of mucus.

Peppermint - Tonifying for the gastrointestinal tract. Aids in the process of digestion and increases the flow of bile. Bile is stored in the gallbladder and released as needed for the digestion and breakdown of fats. Bile also transports toxins for elimination via the intestine. Soothes the colon.

Papaya - Provides enzymes helping digest the food.

Rose Hips - Astringent herb affecting the colon by controlling elimination and intestinal leakage. Soothes the colon.

Buckthorn Bark - Supports regular tone and muscular activity to the bowel.

Oregon Grape Root - Skin and colon cleanse. Stimulates the secretion of bile. Soothes the colon.

Celery - Naturally helps control water balance. Aids in the elimination of carbon dioxide from the body. Good source of minerals; magnesium, iron, calcium and potassium

Milk-Free Acidophilus - Provides friendly bacteria that controls harmful bacteria along the lining of the colon. Aids digestion.

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