Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Support Group

mamy of us with ibs dont have enough helpful bacteria here is a website that explains some of the things that can happen if we dont have enough of it. worth the read:
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Overview
Most people have been conditioned to think of bacteria as harmful, but the reality is that we live in symbiosis with beneficial intestinal bacteria. The average person has about four pounds of bacteria in his body. The majority of this bacteria reside in the digestive tract. We'd die without the right intestinal bacteria, and unfortunately I believe this actually happens more often than most people realize. Many holistic doctors believe that imbalances in intestinal bacteria are a major factor in many of the chronic disorders that we have today. I think they are right.

As I have been doing research for this web site by reviewing medical studies and participating in email list groups for various disorders, I've come to see some patterns and common threads that most likely relate to intestinal bacteria. I've noted that there are certain conditions that appear both frequently in a variety of disorders, and frequently in connection with each other, regardless of the disorder. A common thread in many disorders, whatever they are called, seems to be:

# Allergies
# Asthma
# Attention deficit disorder
# Low body weight
# Fibromyalgia
# Low magnesium levels
# Vitamin B6 deficiencies
# Low blood pressure
# Mitral valve prolapse
# Migraines


The medical studies abound with interesting associations researchers have noticed:

* bleeding tendencies and scoliosis
* bleeding tendencies and mitral valve prolapse
* mitral valve prolapse and migraines
* salicylates and attention deficit disorder
* salicylates and allergies
* bacterial infections and vitamin K deficiencies
* vitamin K deficiencies and irritable bowel syndrome
* vitamin K deficiencies and bleeding problems
* aspirin sensitivity and allergies
* bacterial infections and migraines
* magnesium deficiency and MVP
* and many more