BadGut® Story on Microscopic Colitis My name is Marilyn Konstapel and I have a form of inflammatory bowel disease, called microscopic colitis. I’m sharing my story because microscopic colitis (MC) is an underdiagnosed disease, and many patients don’t get the [...]
Microscopic Colitis Microscopic colitis (MC) is a form of inflammatory bowel disease characterized by sudden, chronic watery diarrhea without blood. On average, diarrhea occurs six to nine times a day, but it can be more than ten. For many individuals, [...]
Travellers’ Diarrhea For business or pleasure, to visit friends and family or explore the world, Canadians love to travel. There were 36,006,662 passenger trips going to or coming from overseas destinations (international excluding the US) in Canada during 2023.1 While [...]
The Most Toxic Emotion When we think about painful experiences in life, things like the loss of a loved one, loss of a job, loss of all our possessions through a hurricane, divorce, and ill health may come to mind. [...]
Nutrition and Lifestyle Tips to Help Reduce Bloating and Gas 1. Eat mindfully in a calm and relaxed environment Eating when stressed can hamper digestion and trigger gut symptoms. Consider taking a break from digital devices and practice paying attention [...]
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Nutrition Tips (Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis) Nutrition Recommendations During Remission (Inactive Disease) Aim to eat balanced meals and snacks with a combination of protein, fat, and complex carbohydrates. Check out the plate method in Canada’s [...]
Obesity Update 2022 Obesity groups across the globe have been meeting to develop new guidelines for treating adults living with obesity that have their roots in the hard work done by Obesity Canada in 2020, published in the Canadian Medical [...]
A Cure for Colorectal Cancer on the Horizon? There might be a cure on the horizon for one of the most common cancers in Canada. Colorectal cancer occurs often among adults 50 years of age and older and usually develops [...]
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