There are at least 100
million patients in the USA and Canada that have recurrent, long-term
gastrointestinal symptoms. More than 80 million people in North America
suffer from irritable bowel syndrome. Abdominal pain, distension with
excess gas, constipation and diarrhea are the four prominent symptoms.
Other digestive disorders are common - heartburn afflicts 44% of Canadians
& Americans; peptic ulcer disease has an incidence of 8% and non-ulcer
dyspepsia afflicts 20-40%.Most members of this large group will
self-medicate and suffer long-term.
Some will emerge from
this large symptomatic group with well defined disease. The rest of the
symptomatic population will remain by default’ suffers of the “irritable
bowel syndrome” Most members of this symptomatic group will have other
dysfunction associated with and probably caused by their digestive
problems. Those who receive the diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome will
often receive inadequate or inappropriate advice and will be prescribed
medication with limited efficacy. Very few long suffering patients will
receive adequate instruction in effective diet revision.
Crohn’s, Celiac
disease and Ulcerative Colitis are three of the more serious diagnoses that imply a long-term
tendency to digestive tract disease. These digestive tract diseases are
immune-mediated, with increased permeability of the
digestive tract, and are associated with a long list of whole body,
immune-mediated diseases. Patients with these conditions are often
symptomatic for many years before the diagnosis is made.
Digestive disorders are common diseases
that often originate in the food supply. Diet revision should be primary
therapy. The gastrointestinal tract is a sensing, reactive device which monitors the material
flowing through it. Symptoms arising from this system provide information about its
dysfunction. Seven basic symptoms alert you to the gastrointestinal
tract's displeasure
with your food choices - nausea, heartburn, vomiting, bloating, pain, constipation and
diarrhea. Over-the-counter medications for digestive
(gastrointestinal) tract symptoms is a multi-billion dollar industry and
people often self-medicate when symptoms are mild or infrequent.
Food input to the digestive tract is the neglected as a source of dysfunction and disease; an
oversight that the Alpha Nutrition Program can correct. We encourage everyone with digestive tract
problems to give diet revision a try.
Alpha ENF
One strategy to solve digestive tract problems is to take a food holiday. You stop all
food input into the unhappy digestive tract and await spontaneous clearing of the problem.
Food can be replaced by an elemental nutrient formula - pure nutrients that are
well-absorbed, require little digestion, and are free of most problems. Alpha ENF supplies complete nutrition while it bypasses the digestive processes
and reduces the input of "wrong stuff" to a minimal level.
