So hypnotherapy is as effective as a low FODMAP diet for IBS. What does that mean?
I was interested to read this post from Dr Simone Peters from Monash University, which confirmed that gut-directed hypnotherapy is effective in 70 to 80% of people with IBS. Dr … Continue reading
The Placebo Effect: Exploiting the art of healing.
The vespers for the dead began with the phrase, ‘Placebo domino in regione vivorum’ (I shall please the Lord in the land of the living). In the 12th century, these … Continue reading
Complementary Therapies: Methods of Healing
As many people with IBS go to see complementary therapist for their IBS as go to their doctors. Complementary therapies provide what conventional medicine lacks; the time to listen and … Continue reading
It is not always what is so, but what you think is so
As I have commented on many posts in this blog, IBS is a condition that has no clear cause and no specific cure, but is often instigated by a traumatic … Continue reading
The Sensitive Gut 