M.D. An exciting report from Nagahama, Japan shows that sprouted wheat may help treat irritable bowel syndrome. Irritable bowel syndrome occurs when a person has terrible gas and cramping caused by hard stool. Eating lots of foods that have had the fiber removed such as bakery products and pastas can cause rock hard stools that cause constipation and block the passage of gas, blowing up the colon and causing cramping pains. Eventually enough gas forms to blow out the stool, followed by a short course of diarrhea and the process repeats.
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Placing them in water allows them to sprout, grow roots and make more short-chain fatty acids. Y Araki, Y Fujiyama, A Andoh, S Koyama, O Kanauchi, T Bamba. The dietary combination of germinated barley foodstuff plus Clostridium butyricum suppresses the dextran sulfate sodium-induced experimental colitis in rats. Transcripts of segments of The Dr. Gabe Mirkin Show are provided as a service to listeners at no charge. Dr. Mirkin's opinions and the references cited are for information only, and are not intended to diagnose or prescribe.