Comments on: Always listen to your body!

By: Gina

Gina — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 20:15:17 +0000

Sigh. I have found that coffee is triggering for me. I love coffee and like to have a cup or three in the morning. I have tried switching to tea but find it is sooooo watery and not at all satisfying as a replacement for coffee. I drink peppermint and lemon ginger tea throughout the day and like it but even black tea doesn’t do it for me in the morning. Is it generally the caffeine that bothers people or the coffee itself? I may try decaf, and would love other suggestions too.

By: sally

sally — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 17:03:04 +0000

In reply to Trish.

Your comment about Tea, that enjoying it makes life worthwhile made me smile, how often I think that about something or other!

Like a bright sunny day with lo humidity or seeing a beautiful tree in the morning, sparkling with dew drops.

Hit the deck in the morning and its gotta be …a great cup of tea!(use to be coffee!)

By: katescarlata

katescarlata — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 15:43:13 +0000

In reply to Marcia Heath.

Yes, Marcia–the vegetable broth from Savory Choice has onion–that is why I left it off the post. It’s unclear the benefit of high dose probiotics in IBS. More is not necessarily better. In my clinical practice–I have found some individuals benefit from probiotics–but the vast majority do not.

By: katescarlata

katescarlata — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 15:40:33 +0000

In reply to Valerie Yasner. Valerie--most semi-sweet chocolate chips are okay. About 2 tablespoons (30 grams) per sitting. Fiber content should be 1g or less of fiber.

By: Valerie Yasner

Valerie Yasner — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 21:50:05 +0000

Can you tell me which chocolate chips you recommend and I believe the portion amount is 2 tablespoons, right? Thanks!

By: Marcia Heath

Marcia Heath — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 19:10:12 +0000

Two things that may be helpful to your readers:
1) My physician researched probiotics that don’t contain prebiotics and found one made by Kaire Labs. Order through Protherainc.com. The probiotic is Ther-Biotic Factor 6. It is very expensive, but is exceptionally high in CFU’s – 100 billion+.
2) I ordered both the chicken and the vegetable broth concentrate from Savory Choice. Unfortunately, the vegetable one is NOT free of onion, although the chicken one is.

By: katescarlata

katescarlata — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 22:38:57 +0000

In reply to Wendy.

Boyajian oils are at Whole foods–super delicious. http://www.boyajianinc.com You can sauté whole garlic in oil over low heat until fragrant–then pull out garlic and use oil immediately too!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 19:38:08 +0000

In reply to katescarlata. Thanks so much. Where do they sell the Boyajian oil? Or if I make it myself, do I heat the oil with the cloves of garlic and then throw the garlic away?

By: katescarlata

katescarlata — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 18:55:32 +0000

In reply to Wendy. Wendy, you might want to make the garlic oil right before you are going to use it. I find some of the commercial garlic oils bother my tummy. Trader Joe's for instance does...but other brands such as Boyajian are fine.

By: katescarlata

katescarlata — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 18:18:08 +0000

In reply to Karen.

Yeah…I hear you Karen, I love my java! Too much is not a good thing–in more ways than one.