The Great Physician's Rx for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
By Jordan Rubin and Joseph Brasco
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An estimated thirty million adults and children in this country—ten percent of the population—are plagued by Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or IBS. IBS is not a disease but a painful, life-altering, functional digestive disorder in which the muscular contractions of the digestive tract become irregular and uncoordinated. Certain foods and beverages, as well as anxiety and stress, can trigger symptoms. The nature of those symptoms—like cramps, flatulence, constipation, and diarrhea—are not easy to talk about with others, taking an emotional toll on those afflicted with them. IBS also accounts for $25 billion in direct and indirect costs each year. Enough is enough.
In The Great Physician’s Rx for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, New York Times–bestselling author Jordan Rubin, along with Joseph Brasco, MD, shows readers how to apply the Seven Keys to Health and Wellness and naturally fight this painful and debilitating disease. This foundational book provides you the tools you need to live a long, healthy, and abundant life. If you desire to live life to the fullest, then The Great Physician’s Rx for Irritable Bowel Syndrome is for you.
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The Great Physician's Rx for Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Jordan Rubin
Every effort has been made to make this book as accurate as possible. The purpose of this book is to educate. It is a review of scientific evidence that is presented for information purposes. No individual should use the information in this book for self-diagnosis, treatment, or justification in accepting or declining any medical therapy for any health problems or diseases. No individual is discouraged from seeking professional medical advice and treatment, and this book is not supplying medical advice.
Any application of the information herein is at the reader’s own discretion and risk. Therefore, any individual with a specific health problem or who is taking medications must first seek advice from his personal physician or health-care provider before starting a health and wellness program. The author and Thomas Nelson Publishers, Inc., shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to loss, damage, or injury caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the information contained in this book. We assume no responsibility for errors, inaccuracies, omissions, or any inconsistency herein.
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Copyright © 2006 by Jordan Rubin
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rubin, Jordan.
The Great Physician’s Rx for Irritable Bowel Syndrome / Jordan Rubin, with Joseph Brasco.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-7852-1416-X (hardcover)
1. Irritable colon—Prevention—Popular works. 2. Irritable colon—diet therapy—Popular works. 3. Irritable colon—Religious Aspects—Christianity. I. Brasco, Joseph. II. Title.
RC862.R83 2006
616.3'42—dc22
2006013991
Printed in the United States of America
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CONTENTS
Introduction: An Embarrassing Health Problem
Key #1: Eat to Live
Key #2: Supplement Your Diet with Whole Food Nutritionals, Living Nutrients, and Superfoods
Key #3: Practice Advanced Hygiene
Key #4: Condition Your Body with Exercise and Body Therapies
Key #5: Reduce Toxins in Your Environment
Key #6: Avoid Deadly Emotions
Key #7: Live a Life of Prayer and Purpose
The Great Physician’s Rx for IBS Battle Plan
Notes
About the Authors
INTRODUCTION
An Embarrassing Health Problem
I’ve met some remarkable women over the years—including the love of my life, my wife, Nicki—but there’s another Nicole who ranks right up there.
Nicole Yorkey was born in Basel, Switzerland, the eldest child of Hans and Thea Schmied. Her father was an engineer for one of the largest power-producing firms in Switzerland—an intelligent man who oversaw the construction of huge dam projects high in the Alps as well as Switzerland’s first nuclear power plant. Her mother grew up in an apartment atop the family restaurant, where she and her six brothers and sisters were expected to pitch in from dawn until late at night: peeling potatoes in the kitchen, washing dishes and flatware, and waiting on customers.
Nicole’s mother tongue was Swiss-German, a guttural language related to German but one that Germans in Berlin or Munich can’t comprehend. Beginning in the first grade, Nicole and her classmates were taught the basics of high
German, since this was the language used in Swiss newspapers, books, government offices, and official correspondence. The Swiss converse with each other in Swiss-German but write to each other in German. (I hope that’s not too confusing.)
By the time Nicole reached high school, she was taking three more language classes: French, Italian, and English. In v Switzerland, the more languages you spoke, the better job you landed, and her parents encouraged her—even expected her—to do well in school. Her English teacher, however, wasn’t encouraging at all, telling her on one occasion that she would never learn the language of the Anglo-Saxons. Still, she persevered, and her English improved when she traveled to London at age nineteen to live for six months with a family as an au pair.
Nicole’s schoolbook Italian was very good, but her French was near perfect because the family owned a chalet in Villars, an Alpine ski resort town situated in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Every weekend and winter holiday, she carved turns with her French-speaking friends from the time the lifts opened at nine in the morning to the last run at five o’clock. This Swiss Miss could really ski the bumps, and after she passed her Swiss certification test, she could teach anywhere in the world.
Armed with five different languages and her prized Swiss certification, Nicole turned her eyes toward America. Teaching a ski season in the States, she reasoned, would perfect her English and allow her to get an excellent job back in Switzerland. She wrote several dozen ski-school directors in the United States, including Max Good, who headed the ski school at Mammoth Mountain, a resort in California’s Eastern Sierra. Max was also Swiss, and every year he brought over a half dozen Swiss ski instructors to round out his ski school and have instructors on hand who could teach European visitors in French, German, or Italian.
I’ll let Nicole pick up her story here:
I met Mike Yorkey at the end of the season, just weeks before I was going to leave California and return home. As fate would have it, we fell in love and got married a year later.
This happened twenty-seven years ago, and since then, we’ve raised two children, Andrea and Patrick. I love cooking for the family, and I taught my children that enjoying food is an important part of Swiss culture. As for myself, I love eating various Swiss cheeses: Gruyere, Appenzeller, and Emmentaler, the latter being Switzerland’s oldest and most important cheese because of its distinct nutty-sweet, mellow flavor. Emmentaler is the cheese with holes in it; here in the States, it’s sold as Swiss cheese.
I also love mushrooms, mocha yogurts, cashews, and dried fruit.
The problem is that those foods don’t like me. For years, I suffered terrible stomach pains whenever I ate these delicious items. Stress from tight finances or trying to do too many things at once were also enough to launch an attack on my digestive system. One time Mike had to run me to the emergency room because the abdominal pains felt like someone was stabbing me with a knife. Following another painful episode, I made an appointment with a gastroenterologist, who listened to my symptoms and ordered an upper and lower GI test for me. I didn’t know what these English phrases meant, but I soon found out. For the lower GI, the doctor gave me so many drugs that the experience was bearable, but I can’t say that having a nurse and doctor stick a tube with