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SIBO: A common but overlooked cause of IBS Have you been diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), but still suffer from it despite treatment? You may have Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO). SIBO is a very common cause of IBS. SIBO accounts for over half of IBS cases and up to 84% in one study. [...]
New Year’s Eve is traditionally a big night for drinking. A little bit of alcohol will warm you up and give you a sense of well-being. Too much drinking can cause alcohol poisoning and even death What is too much? One unit of alcohol is the amount your body can process in one hour. Drinking [...]
Dr. Ellis created this blog post to help peope discriminate between their GI symptoms and Ulcerative Colitis: Ulcerative Colitis: Know the Warning Signs Do you suffer from abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea and weight loss? You may have ulcerative colitis (UC), an autoimmune inflammatory bowel disease. While these symptoms can suggest many disorders, including Crohn’s disease [...]
A friend of mine recently emailed me. She wanted to know, “What is the appropriate amount of simple or fruit based sugar for a healthy, active, non-diabetic adult to consume each day?” I answered that it’s best not to eat more than three daily servings of fruit, avoid fruit juice, even fresh-squeezed, avoid processed sugar [...]
Most people have some kind of Gastrointestinal (GI) disorder at various times in their life. GI disorders can be as simple as indigestion from overeating or constipation from lack of fiber or travel, or diarrhea from an antibiotic or from travel due to a parasite or bacterial infection. GI disorders can be more complicated as [...]
Trancription: DH: This is Diane Haugen from the North Seattle Chamber of Commerce. I’m here today with Dr. Moan and Ellis from Dahlia Natural Health Clinic. Welcome! (Dr. Moan and Ellis, in unison) Thank you! DH: People in the Seattle market often use Naturopathic Medicine. People enjoy it, they use it and they benefit from [...]
Who Gets Autoimmune Diseases? The incidence of autoimmune diseases, such as Addison’s, Crohn’s and Grave’s diseases, ulcerative colitis, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis have been doubling every 15 years for the past 75 years. Currently around 24 million people are affected. Women are two to eight times more often affected by autoimmune [...]
