Kiwifruit for Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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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 (nutritionfacts....) and the Antioxidant Content of 3,139 Foods (nutritionfacts...., 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 (nutritionfacts..... 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 (nutritionfacts...., Bulking Up on Antioxidants (nutritionfacts...., Bowels of the Earth (nutritionfacts...., Food Mass Transit (nutritionfacts...., and Say No to Drugs by Saying Yes to More Plants (nutritionfacts..... Remember, bowel movements (nutritionfacts....) is only one of the 1,000+ topics covered here on NutritionFacts.org, check out the rest at (nutritionfacts.....
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[@sandycrawford2602]

I have to say … after eating 1/2 to 1 kiwi a day , I stopped having ,apparently , no more diverticulitis episodes. Not to mention trips to the ER with pretty bad abdominal pain. No more antibiotics too . I followed what I heard a research doctor lecturing on you tube that taking a kiwi a day feeds the critters in your bowel and improve your health in that area of the body. Boy he wasn’t kidding. I haven’t seen a doc or call one about my abdomen over 1 yr . And my home fecal test are neg . I’ll be seeing my doc for physical soon and sharing this.

[@jacobcordtz46]

You can't really box IBS in because it's basically the "too hard to define" label doctors place on a conditition that varies in different people. Some people have different levels of IBS, various symptons and different trigger foods too. :)

[@stephaniealvarado8346]

i have this amd i know its 2017 but i want to becareful with what i eat

[@NoCommentChick]

Dr. Greger, In all this excitement over kiwifruit I accidentally an entire Kiwifruit! What should I do? I'm really scared this has never happened before.

[@tnijoo5109]

I wonder if these findings were ever replicated or if any other fruits were compared and have the same effect.

[@triptoheaveandho]

hahaha this will kill ya if ya have IBS=D

[@MichelVoss]

ZESPRI - not Zepri - International Limited is the world’s largest marketer of kiwifruit ;-).

[@triptoheaveandho]

fruit is like a demon in my body. always gives me pain unless its bananas.

[@maiqueashworth]

2 kiwis a day is about 60 a month, not 4 a month 😂😂

[@anupamalok20_16]

What about IBS d

[@vernette39]

I’ll try them.

[@russellcurtin9429]

Orange or green?

[@triptoheaveandho]

hahahahahaha