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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 616.342 EAN: 9781584795759 ISBN: 1584795751 Label: STC Healthy Living Manufacturer: STC Healthy Living Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: October 01, 2007 Publisher: STC Healthy Living Studio: STC Healthy Living Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: One in five adult Americans suffers from Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Millions seek relief through dietary changes or medications that often prove unsatisfactory and may be accompanied by side effects. It turns out that relief doesnt necessarily come from a bottle of pills or through diet changesit can be achieved by learning behavioral self-management strategies that get to the source of the problem. For over 10 years, Dr. Jeffrey M. Lackner has been helping patients gain control of their symptoms. His researchbacked by grants from the National Institutes of Healthshows that these skills can help, whether their IBS involves diarrhea, constipation, or both. Now Dr. Lackners Controlling IBS the Drug-Free Way offers IBS sufferers the same tools that have helped many patients control their bowel problems. Research shows that the techniques featured in this book can improve IBS patients condition and help them reclaim lives lost to this common gastrointestinal problem. The book offers a step-by-step approach that anyone with IBS can easily follow to reduce symptoms without drugs or professional help. User-friendly worksheets, interactive exercises, self-assessment checklists, and diaries for tracking symptoms and trigger foods are included to help readers master each skill. Also included are up-to-date overviews of medications and dietary strategies that readers can use to maximize symptom control. Average Rating:
 Rating: - The best self managed approach to coping with IBS symptoms that I have ever readWritten by an expert who has taken 20 years of IBS treatment research and condensed it into a book, Dr. Jeffrey Lackner has written a very different type of book for IBS sufferers. The core of the book is a 10-step plan for symptom relief; however, Dr. Lackner's approach is not ordinary. He combines proven techniques for you to develop an understanding of who you are and how your thoughts and behavior attribute to your well being. This isn't a book about psychology and IBS. Dr. Lackner skillfully ... Read More 
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