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Eric, back on the Naturopath. Now you are going, thanks for coming back. Can irritable bowel
syndrome and conditions like IC, interstitial cystitis, can they be controlled by diet?
Well, what I did when I was practicing, if a patient came with IBS or IC conditions like that,
I would certainly put the spotlight on what they were eating. So first thing I would look
at the patient. I look at their history, their background. If they've got IBS or IC, I'd say
okay, well, let's look what you're like when you were a child. Do you have any childhood disease?
Allergies? Were you put on any antibiotics, any medications? And I need to know the background
of that person, particularly in terms of the medical treatments, what have they had
before they came to my doorstep? And not in all cases, but I can say easily in the vast majority
of cases, there were medications taken on and off multiple times, multiple rounds of antibiotics.
All types of drugs were taken and they were deemed to be no good, or the patient
developed a condition after taking the drugs for some other condition, which is very common.
They may start off with arthritis, but they end up with a bowel problem. They could have a headache,
but they end up with a bladder problem. So I see the drugs a bit like this. Let's say this
is a balloon. Now, if I squeeze a balloon here, it's going to come out there. I squeeze a balloon
there. It's going to pop out there. So when you push a drug into a body, it's going to suppress
a symptom. But guess what? The symptom's got to come out somewhere else. That's right. And that's
why when you slap skin creams all over psoriatic, especially strong ones, they get organ problems.
When you treat organs, they get skin problems. All you're doing is you're kicking the can down the
road to someone else's doorstep so they can kick the can further. Remember I've always called IBS
a garbage can diagnosis, right? Kicking the can, putting people in the can.
It's the same with IC. There's causes. The two key things I look at with the interstitial cystitis,
the bladder issue. I look at the person's psychology, all right? And oftentimes if it's
a female, they've had it for a long time. They're going to be anxious as hell. They're going to be
upset, angry, irritated. So all these emotions can also predict certain types of nutritional
behaviors or pathways that that person will take. Okay. There could be addiction going on there. So
compulsions, addictions, there could be eating disorders going on there. There could be
relationship problems, sexual problems, all these things need to be fleshed out. All right? They
all need to be fleshed out. But diet, yes, but remember, most people on these YouTube channels,
if they're talking about IBS or IC, it's all focused towards one thing, what you eat, but it's
never usually focused towards the relationship of the person has with somebody else. Okay?
Is somebody pissing them off? If they've got a bladder problem, think about. It
could be true. I've seen it. I've seen it. I've seen strong emotions underpinning bladder
problems. All right? Especially if it started through some pharmaceutical means or other means.
The diet, what needs to be determined is, are there any foods irritating the bladder? Are there
any foods or beverages irritating the bowel or the bladder? If you've got irritable bowel syndrome,
what's irritating the bladder? If you've got a bladder problem, what's irritating the bladder
or the bowel? Determine that through either allergy testing or elimination and challenge
diet. So sometimes pulling out food from that person can make a big difference to the bladder.
I've seen that with ladies, with chocolates and various other foods and drinks. When we
pulled them right back or stop them, there was a significant improvement in the bladder.
So you can certainly do this at home yourself. So diet definitely has an effect,
but whether it's curing or curative remains to be seen, unless the underlying
causes etiologies aren't addressed, you'll never really clear up IBS. Because IBS, remember, it
could be a whole bunch of different things. Please watch my videos on IC and IBS, because I'm sure
I've completed several of them. But that's my take on it. Diet. Yes. Make some changes, investigate,
but look at other pathways. All right? Underlying stuff that nobody looks at. Thanks for tuning in.
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