QuickTips Index

Try Complementary Treatments
During IBS Awareness month, read a new health tip every day. Today's tip explores complementary therapies.

Avoid Alcohol
During IBS Awareness month, read a new health tip every day. Today's tip is about the possible effects of drinking alcoholic beverages.

Exercise Regularly
During IBS Awareness month, read a new health tip every day. Today's tip examines the benefits of regular exercise.

Practice Stress Reduction
During IBS Awareness month, read a new health tip every day. Today's tip is about how to reduce stress.

Try Heat for Pain Relief
During IBS Awareness month, read a new health tip every day. Today's tip is about using heat for relief of abdominal pain.

Traveling Tips
During IBS Awareness month, read a new health tip every day. Today's tip is about finding restrooms when traveling.

Get Plenty of Rest
During IBS Awareness month, read a new health tip every day. Today's tip is about getting a good night's sleep.

Think Substitutions!
During IBS Awareness month, read a new health tip every day. Today's tip is about substituting IBS-friendly foods in recipes.

Try Peppermint or Chamomile Tea
During IBS Awareness month, read a new health tip every day. Today's tip is about drinking chamomile and peppermint tea to calm IBS symptoms.

Chew, Chew, Chew
During IBS Awareness month, read a new health tip every day. Today's tip is about how the body digests food, and the importance of chewing food properly.

Keep a Food Diary
During IBS Awareness month, read a new health tip every day. Today's tip is about how keeping a journal of the foods you eat can help you track down trigger foods.

Avoid Most Fruit Juices
During IBS Awareness month, read a new health tip every day. Today's tip is about fruit juices--they may not always be good for your digestion.

Avoid Fried Food
During IBS Awareness month, read a new health tip every day. Today's tip is about the health effects of eating fried foods.

Eat Smaller Meals
During IBS Awareness month, read a new health tip every day. Today's tip is that bigger is not always better--when it comes to meals, that is.

Add Soluble Fiber to Your Diet
During IBS Awareness month, read a new health tip every day. Adding soluble fiber to the diet may help with symptoms of IBS.

Avoid Foods That Cause Gas
During IBS Awareness month, read a new health tip every day.

Avoid Dairy Products
During IBS Awareness month, read a new health tip every day. Today's tip is about avoiding dairy products such as milk and ice cream.

Avoid Carbonated Beverages
During IBS Awareness month, read a new health tip every day. Today's tip is about carbonated beverages and how they contribute to gas.

Eat a Low Fat Diet
During IBS Awareness month, read a new health tip every day. Eating a low fat diet may help with the symptoms of IBS.

Try Probiotics After Antibiotics
During IBS Awareness month, read a new health tip every day. Today's tip is about replenishing the good bacteria in the body after taking antibiotics.

Avoid Olestra & Sorbitol
During IBS Awareness month, read a new health tip every day. Today's tip is about olestra and sorbitol, two food additives that may precipitate IBS symptoms.

Avoid Roughage on an Empty Stomach
During IBS Awareness month, read a new health tip every day. Today's tip is about eating salads (roughage) at the beginning of a meal--is it a bad idea?

Avoid Coffee
During IBS Awareness month, read a new health tip every day.

Try a Fiber Supplement
During IBS Awareness month, read a new health tip every day. Today's tip is about adding fiber to the diet with supplements.