GUT HEALTH & THE BODY CLOCK Night shift work and IBS: the slow gut damage nobody warned you about Your gut runs on a circadian schedule; night shifts break it. Shift work and IBS now show up together in cohort studies of hundreds of thousands of workers, and the mechanism goes far beyond stress or …
GUT PHYSIOLOGY Is snacking bad for digestion? What your gut does between meals For many people, yes. The problem is not the snack itself but what it interrupts: the gut’s between-meals housekeeping, the neural timing of each meal and the acid that breaks your food down. The average eating pattern has quietly shifted from three …
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Can diabetes cause bowel problems? Yes, diabetes can cause bowel problems through multiple pathways. Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency reduces enzymes, so fat and starch escape digestion, ferment, and drive gas and urgent post-prandial diarrhea. Autonomic nerve damage and bile acids further shift bowel movement patterns, from bloat to pale floating stools <!doctype html> Understand Diabetes–Gut connection …
Can Pseudomonas cause diarrhea? Definitively yes. In the gastrointestinal tract this gram-negative acute pathogen can cause infectious diarrhea and antibiotic-associated diarrhea, often in hospitalized or immunocompromised adults but also in community cases. Elastase and other exoproteins disrupt barrier defenses, and a stool test with culture or PCR confirms the organism <!doctype html> How …
Post-infectious IBS treatment Post-infectious IBS treatment should focus on reversing the biochemical and immune changes that the infection left behind and not only aim to calming pain and normalizing bowel habits. Care can be mainstream or personalized, but both work better when the barrier, immune tone, and neural signaling are considered together. Testing that profiles …
Irritable bowel syndrome and anemia Irritable bowel syndrome and anemia are connected, and IBS increases the risk of iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia. The link comes from reduced intake during flares, blocked absorption from common foods and medicines, and occasional blood loss or overlapping conditions. In practice, IBS does not usually cause anemia outright, …
Is creatine good for autistic people? Yes, creatine can be pivotal for autistic people: When creatine is insufficient, tasks requiring rapid energy, like speech and coordination fail. The creatine system is responsible for the first seconds of energy supply. When creatine deficiencies underlie symptoms, addressing creatine biology changes outcomes. Especially, in early life, creatine buffers ATP in …
Proteus mirabilis in stool: what it means for gastrointestinal health Finding Proteus mirabilis in your stool means this bacteria has moved beyond its usual link with urinary infections and is colonizing your gut. It drives IBS flares with gas, bloating, urgency, and pain. If your symptoms spiked after antibiotics or a stomach bug, this bacteria …
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IBS after antibiotics Antibiotics are the second-most common spark for IBS flares after a stomach bug Each drug leaves a unique fingerprint on your microbiome which is why blanket “gut-healing” tips often fall flat Table of Contents How do antibiotics cause IBS? Large studies show that people who’ve taken several courses have roughly double the …
Hypothyroidism and SIBO The link betwwen thyroid heatlh and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth Hypothyroidism and SIBO: The Gut–Thyroid Link & Treatment Options | Med Case Studies × 💬 Have a question? Use the live chat in the bottom-right to ask me anything in real time. Hypothyroidism and SIBO coexist in over 54% of my cases …
