Kiwifruit for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2012-07-17

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DESCRIPTION: A kiwi fruit intervention was found to improve bowel function in those suffering from irritable bowel syndrome with constipation. This was accomplished without side-effects such as heart attacks and stroke associated with the primary drug prescribed to treat the condition, tegaserod. I have a few other videos that mention kiwi fruit, including New Cholesterol Fighters (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/new-cholesterol-fighters/) and the Antioxidant Content of 3,139 Foods (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/antioxidant-content-of-3139-foods/), but this is the first of a three-video series on the latest discoveries focusing on them. Tomorrow we'll examine the role this fruit can play in protecting and repairing DNA (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/kiwifruit-and-dna-repair/). The role of fruit, fiber, and antioxidants in general may help explain why people eating plant-based diets have improved laxation. See Bristol Stool Scale (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/bristol-stool-scale/), Bulking Up on Antioxidants (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/bulking-up-on-antioxidants/), Bowels of the Earth (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/bowels-of-the-earth/), Food Mass Transit (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/food-mass-transit/), and Say No to Drugs by Saying Yes to More Plants (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/say-no-to-drugs-by-saying-yes-to-more-plants/).  Remember, bowel movements (http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/bowel-movements/) is only one of the 1,000+ topics covered here on NutritionFacts.org, check out the rest at (http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/).

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