Real relief from IBS (No drugs required!)

This just in…

Patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) were able to alleviate their symptoms by doing this one thing.

And get this…

It OUTPERFORMED pharmacological treatment.

Here’s everything you need to know.

Impressive symptom reduction

In a clinical trial, researchers recently found that following a low-carb or FODMAP diet helps IBS patients better than drugs.

(The FODMAP diet is low in fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols. These are short-chain carbs [sugars] that the body has difficulty absorbing.)

The study included adults with moderate to severe IBS. In other words, the severity of their symptoms equated to 175 points or more on the IBS Severity Scoring System (IBS-SSS) scale.

Participants were randomly assigned to a low-FODMAP diet, a low-carb diet/high-protein and fat diet, or medical treatment for four weeks.

Then, after six months of follow-up—and compared to baseline—here’s the breakdown of participants who experienced a 50- to 99-point reduction in symptoms:

• 76 percent in the low-FODMAP group
• 71 percent in the low-carb group
• 58 percent in the medical treatment group

Furthermore, a stricter score reduction of 100 points or greater was observed in:

• 61 percent of the low-FODMAP group
• 58 percent in the low-carb group
• 39 percent in the medical treatment group

Pretty impressive, huh?

Of course, as in any study, some participants dropped out. But in this instance, the only participants who dropped out due to side effects were those in the medical intervention group. Do you see the irony?

We have a relatively easy diet plan to follow… no serious side effects reported… and major symptom reduction in just four weeks.

Can someone please explain to me WHY drugs are still being used for IBS?

Oh, that’s right—because a dietary intervention equates to zero monetary gain for Big Pharma.

Read between the lines

Folks, this “revelation” isn’t a surprise.

I’ve been treating those with IBS for decades. And I’ve always known dietary choices to be the biggest culprit.

Of course, scientists like to look for an underlying cause for any disease—which I can understand and appreciate. But far too often, the medical community poo poos dietary interventions.

Not to mention, they want all angles covered and all questions answered before even entertaining the power of a lifestyle prescription.

(If only they were that careful in the world of Big Pharma.)

We can only hope that results like these—where researchers literally explain how dietary choices outperformed drugs—helps dispel that line of thinking.

At the end of the day, the patient will either improve or not by adjusting their diet. But there’s no harm in trying. The same simply cannot be said for medications.

And don’t even get me started on the bias against low-carb dieting. The medical community just can’t seem to stand this way of eating, despite its clear health-promoting benefits.

If you suffer from IBS, consider changing your diet. Ask your physician about the low-FODMAP diet, or adopt a high-fat, low-carb diet—which is something I always recommend. (Learn more about it in my books, The Hamptons Diet and The A-List Diet).

Source:       

“Low-FODMAP, Low-Carb Diets May Beat Medical Treatment for IBS.” Medscape, 05/21/2024. (medscape.com/viewarticle/low-fodmap-low-carb-diets-may-beat-medical-treatment-ibs-2024a10009kb)