If you’ve ever experienced abdominal cramping due to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Crohn’s disease or any other problems with the intestines, you know that they can be truly incapacitating. How do I know? I was hit yet again this week.
It had been a while since I had such bad cramping. While I  used to usually experience pain of about 7 on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the worst ever, I think this week’s was 9, if not 10. And it just started out of the blue.
But when do you need to see …read more

Living with a condition that can be made worse by the food you eat can make it difficult or frustrating to find foods you like to eat that are also good for you.
Food is often a social thing – we gather around dinner tables with friends, go out to eat at restaurants, and we celebrate life with food and drink. So food isn’t just a nutritious part of life, it’s often a way of life.
So how can people with food-triggered pain manage just like everyone else? It does depend on what the issue is. For example, if you have celiac …read more