The First Year: IBS

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Here, from an author who has lived with the disorder since childhood, is everything the IBS sufferer needs to know about Irritable Bowel Syndrome in order to control the debilitating condition and restore their sense of health and happiness. First published in the USA, this is a comprehensive and sympathetic approach to managing the first vital year following diagnosis. Its easy-to-use daily/weekly/monthly calendar is not only informative about the disorder itself but also provides a life plan for living successfully with IBS, focused on symptom prevention. Unique in both structure and content, the core issues of daily symptom-control are all here together with lifestyle management, how to deal with travel, work concerns, social events, restaurants, holidays as well as IBS research participation. There are innovative stress-management techniques, ideas for coping with issues around friends and family, detailed dietary guidelines and recipes, Internet and support-group resources, plus personal anecdotes and tips from IBS sufferers themselves and special advice for the parents of children with IBS. This practical and effective patient-expert guide is a shortcut to improved health, happiness and confidence for all IBS sufferers within their first year of diagnosis.

Author Bio

Heather Van Vorous, author of Eating for IBS, is a food writer specialising in healthy gourmet and ethnic recipes, with a special interest in cooking for people with bowel disorders. Her website, www.eatingforibs.com, is the Internet's premier source of IBS dietary information.