Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis
Let the doctors of Harvard Medical School show you how to enjoy improved digestion and achieve enhanced colon health.
Live free from the fear of GI pain and enjoy greater and lasting digestive health!
If your digestive system isn鈥檛 as forgiving as it once was, you are not alone. For the majority of adults in the U.S., with age come digestive ailments. including diverticulosis and diverticulitis.
Diverticulosis is defined by small pouches (diverticula) on the walls of the colon. Diverticulitis occurs when a pouch becomes infected, causing abdominal pain, fever, bloating, and even the perforation of the colon.
From page one, you鈥檒l close the book on digestive pain!
This Guide, prepared by Harvard Medical School doctors, shares advances in treating diverticulitis鈥trategies to prevent the future formation of diverticula鈥nd steps to help you enjoy strengthened digestive wellness.
You鈥檒l be briefed on breakthroughs to address complications triggered by diverticulitis. You鈥檒l be alerted to medications linked to a higher risk of diverticulosis. And you鈥檒l learn about the one test you need to consider now.
You鈥檒l put peace-of-mind back on the menu!
Too often digestive problems can bring unease to mealtime and rob you of accustomed pleasures. In this informative guide, you鈥檒l discover foods that will calm your fears鈥攁nd calm your digestive system too!
Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis offers clarity, encouragement, and most important, direction. You will read鈥�
鈥� the best foods to lose the digestion blues! A high-fiber diet, incorporating both soluble and insoluble fiber-rich foods, is the most powerful preventive strategy against diverticular disease. The Guide will tell you which foods are richest in soluble fiber, insoluble fiber鈥攁nd two foods rich in both!
鈥he 鈥漢ere鈥檚-what鈥濃︹漢ere鈥檚-how鈥� answers you need. How much fiber in a serving of peas? A cup of blueberries? The Guide provides the fiber content of 95 foods鈥攆rom bran to beans鈥ruits to nuts. Plus, you鈥檒l get six proven tips for adding fiber to your diet without the burps or bloating.
鈥nd much more! You鈥檒l learn the best choices in fiber supplements 鈥he exercises that stimulate digestive wellness鈥ips for improving regularity鈥� and three more surprising foods that are great for your gut!