Hey guys, Dr. Axe here, doctor of natural medicine.
In this training video, I'm going to talk to you about IBS natural treatments and the
IBS diet.
And IBS stands for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and I'm going to go through the four steps,
specifically including diet, what foods not to eat, supplements and lifestyle on how you
can heal IBS syndrome.
And I've worked with thousands of patients who have struggled with IBS and laid out natural
treatment plans for them, and I've seen them overcome it.
So I know you can as well, if you're a person or have a family member struggling with this
condition.
So first let's start off talking about what foods you have to stay away from if you have
IBS.
Number one is going to be gluten.
If you are consuming gluten, that inflammatory protein and grain products that can cause
IBS and I recommend for my patients with IBS at the start, for them to stay away from all
grain products, especially wheat products, but all grains to start.
Now, later on about three to nine months into care, sometimes they can add in some sprouted
grains or sourdough grains.
But from the start, that first three months, going completely grain-free is important.
Also staying away from casein or conventional dairy products.
Lactose, the sugar in dairy, in casein, can be problematic.
Now doing kefir on the other hand, can be greatly beneficial or a fermented dairy product,
but regular dairy products, especially milk, can be absolutely destructive for IBS.
Some of the other things you want to be careful of and stay away from with IBS are pretty
obvious, hydrogenated oils.
Those cause intestinal inflammation.
Also, raw foods.
That's right.
Salads, raw fruits and vegetables and raw fruits can really damage the gut if you have
IBS.
So you really only want to be consuming cooked foods.
Also, stay away from cold foods.
Ice water, ice cream, anything that's cold is actually hard on the digestive system.
Then of course, any processed food, refined food, packaged food, get those out of the
diet if you have IBS.
Now, here are the top healing foods for IBS or the IBS diet.
On the IBS diet you want to consume foods that really nourish the colon as well as nourish
the spleen.
The first category is going to be white immune boosting foods.
So again, white foods, think cauliflower, onions and garlic.
Cauliflower steamed is very easy to digest.
Garlic and onions when they're well cooked are great for killing off bad bacteria in
the gut, and also have immune boosting benefits.
The other group of foods is going to be foods that nourish the spleen and that is especially
going to be squashes.
Things like butternut squash, sweet potatoes in some instances, acorn squash, spaghetti
squash, but doing squash is very nourishing to the spleen and to the colon as well.
And then in general doing a lot of bone broth soup.
Bone broth contains amino acids, proline and glycine, which make up collagen which helps
to repair and heal the intestinal lining.
So bone broth should be the number one super food you consume to help heal IBS.
On an IBS diet, the perfect meal is where you get out a Crock Pot, you put in some organic
meat, whether that's beef or chicken.
Then you're going to add in bones, you're going to do the broth itself along with the
organic meat and then also vegetables, things like squash in there, celery and carrots are
great.
Onions are great in there.
But doing a bone broth soup for most of your meals is one of the fastest ways to help you
heal from IBS and a great part of an IBS diet.
Step 3 in healing IBS is taking the right supplements.
I recommend number one, to get a quality probiotic supplement into your diet and the problem
is 90% of most probiotic supplements today are dead by the time you take them.
So take a live probiotic supplement.
They contain several things.
Number one, again good quality probiotics like lactobacillus plantarum, but also soil-based
organisms like bacillus subtilis and have other foods that actually support the growth
of bacteria like medicinal mushrooms and spirulina or chlorella which have cyanobacteria, other
good forms of probiotics.
So again, number one, probiotic supplement in terms of supplements.
Also taking L-glutamine.
L-glutamine is an amino acid that really protects and helps nourish the gut lining.
Also, frankincense or frankincense essential oil helps reduce inflammation and is fantastic
for the gut and the digestive enzymes, taking those with meals.
Digestive enzymes will help you break down your food, so it's easier to digest.
And last but not least when it comes to the IBS diet and natural treatment plan, is you
really want to focus on reducing stress.
I would schedule three things in your day every day to reduce stress.
I would take a long walk out in nature.
I would spend time either reading a spiritual growth book or meditating or in prayer.
And then the third thing I would do is take a detox bath at night.
And that healing or detox bath, you do one cup of Epsom salt and 20 drops of an essential
oil like lavender or chamomile and you soak at night for 20 minutes in the evening, and
I'm telling you, that can really reduce stress.
In the morning, wake up and spend some time in prayer, meditation or reading a spiritual
growth book, maybe go for a walk then.
Right around lunch, go for another walk in nature as well.
And in the evening, wind down by taking a healing and detox bath.
Again, I've worked with thousands of patients with IBS and help them lay out this IBS diet.
I know that it can absolutely help you.
And if you want to learn more about natural treatments for IBS or irritable bowel syndrome,
go and check out my website, DrAxe.com, and you're going to find more great information
on there as well.
Hey guys, this has been Dr. Axe talking about the IBS diet and natural treatments for irritable
bowel syndrome.