A Woman's Guide to a Healthy Stomach

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Jacqueline Wolf. A Woman's Guide to a Healthy Stomach

A Woman’s Guide to a Healthy Stomach

Jacqueline L. Wolf, M.D

CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter 1. How Uncouth: Stomach Shame

Chapter 2. Endometriosis and Feminine GI Troubles: Symptoms Every Woman Should Understand

Chapter 3 “Do These Pants Come with an Elastic Waist?” The Truth about Gas, Bloating and Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Chapter 4. When You Know Every Bathroom in Town: Diarrhea

Chapter 5. When You Just Can’t Go: Constipation

Chapter 6. Stinky Burps: Heartburn and Halitosis

Chapter 7. When It’s Really Bad: Time to Get Help

Chapter 8. Nine Months of This? Minimizing Stomach Problems During Pregnancy

Chapter 9. Eating Your Way to Health

Chapter 10. Doctors’ Visits and Medications

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

References

Acknowledgments

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Taking Control of your Digestive Health

My husband, David,

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It’s disgusting to think that I have “germs” inside me. What do these bacteria do?

There are one hundred trillion bacteria in your body. A good number of these are in your digestive tract. Most times they’re working in perfect harmony with the body, helping to fight off bad bacteria and helping to digest your food. They make vitamins, as well as substances to help your body absorb the vitamins you ingest. But sometimes the ratio of good to bad bacteria becomes unbalanced, and symptoms or disease may become obvious. There is likely a healthy flora and it is unlikely to be the same in everyone. Lactobacilli and bifidobacteria are considered to be healthy bacteria.

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