Digestive Health

I have a few comments on your gluten response. Its symptoms are continuous diarrhea, cramping abdominal pain, weight loss, and anemia. These are just some of the possible symptoms and are the most common. However, one may not have these and may have others like constipation. I think you should say these are "possible"...

Lately, I have had severe pain in my upper right quadrant, just beneath my ribcage. The pain is "rolling", "cramping", "hard" pain. The onset is almost exactly 2.5 hours after eating a normal meal. For example, a meal of white chicken breast (no skin), baked potato chunks with very little cheese sauce, kale and...

What foods produce acid? I notice milk, ice cream, and red meat bother me and I feel sick for a few weeks after I eat them. I think I need some help. No food actually produces acid in your body. Actually, no food is more acidic than the acid that your stomach produces. However, any food...

My son was recently the victim of a violent crime. He has facial injuries that make it difficult for him to eat. He's getting sick of Ensure, Ovaltine, pudding, mashed potatoes, and creamed soups. He was already underweight (20 years old, 6 feet 130 pounds) and now with not eating enough, he's losing more...

I am allergic to tomatoes and I make a really good pizza. I thought you would be interested in my recipe. I make pizza dough and instead of spreading on tomato sauce, I melt some margarine or butter and spread it over the crust. Then I add whatever toppings I feel like and sprinkle...

I like 2% milk and my doctor told me to switch to skim milk because I'm on a low cholesterol diet, I don't like skim milk. It looks blue and watered down. Isn't 2% milk OK to drink? I have only one glass a day. You should follow your doctor's advice and switch to skim...

My husband has celiac sprue, which is hard for me to cook for. If you have any information on this, I would like to have it. He can't have anything with wheat, oat, rye or barley. Celiac sprue results in a permanent intolerance to gluten, which is the structural protein component of wheat, barley, and...

Have there ever been any studies done on problems with digestion after gallbladder removal? If so, could you direct me to this information? No studies come to mind and I searched a few references as well. Fat and fiber tolerance varies among individuals after gallbladder removal. Food tolerance ranges from the same foods offending to...

I have a condition called diverticulosis. It seems every Spring I get into trouble with it. I've already cut out lettuce, apples, peanuts, and cabbage. What else would you suggest? Well, first of all, you are cutting out the very foods you should be eating. You need a high fiber diet, not a low fiber...

What is bran? You hear so much about fiber and bran lately. My grandmother used to tell us to eat roughage. Why? Does an apple a day really keep the doctor away? Bran is the brown, outer covering of cereal grains such as wheat, rye, oats, barley, corn, and rice. The body does not digest...