February is the Official Heart Month.
This means treatment for those who have coronary heart disease.
It also means prevention for those at high risk.
Your physician and we, too, say that both treatment and prevention must start with dietary life style changes (link 1 below). Now… Continue Reading
HEART DISEASE AND NUTRITION
Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, and Prebiotics
The Missing Nutrient in Weight Loss
Frank W Jackson MD
Gastroenterologist
Mechanicsburg PA
Our diet and the foods we consume are obviously the most important part of maintaining a healthy weight and preventing and treating type 2 diabetes. Yet, for those of us that struggle, it is by… Continue Reading
Surviving the Food Frenzy Holidays with Prebiotics
The holiday season is now in the immediate past. As usual, we have been confronted with an abundance of delicious foods that have dazzled our eyes and overwhelmed our taste buds. Our New Years resolutions are fresh in our minds. For most of us, weight control and a new look… Continue Reading
FATTY LIVER AND CROSSTALK
This blog is for those who have:
Fatty liver
Type 2 diabetes
Metabolic syndrome
Some other chronic liver disease, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
Crosstalk in medicine means that the colon and its bacterial content are speaking to the liver. And the conversation is anything but… Continue Reading
SHERLOCK HOLMES SOLVING THE MYSTERY OF OBESITY, TYPE 2 DIABETES, GUT BACTERIA AND CHEMICAL EXPOSURES
The holiday season is fast approaching and the last thing anyone wants to think about is his or her weight, obesity or type 2 diabetes. Nevertheless, this would be a good time not only to set goals for the new year but also to actively make plans for those changes… Continue Reading
The Real, Honest Diet for Crohns Patients
By
A Nutritionist Gastroenterologist
Frank W Jackson MD
Every Crohns patient wants to know what to eat, how much, and how often.
The bookstore and the web are filled with diets for the Crohns patient. A certain Carbo diet is in vogue right now and some patients swear… Continue Reading
The Scoop on Poop
The questions are:
What is the cause of the awful smell of flatus?
What causes the smell of stool?
Are they the same?
Can anything be done about these smells?
The answers are:
The foul smell of flatus is almost exclusively due to sulfide gases manufactured within the colon. The
Pink, Pink, Pink. We are Awash in Pink.
From football shoes to bracelets and banners we see pink everywhere as a sign of support for breast cancer. From a family with this cancer in the genes, I am a firm supporter. But the breast cancer support month will come to a close shortly. Like it or not, another… Continue Reading
Crohns Disease, and What You Can Do
Diet, Antibiotics, Emulcifiers, Prebiotics
Crohns Disease is sharply increasing in incidence in the US and in the entire Western developed world. This is a fact that is no longer in doubt. We know that there is a genetic component to the disease but at this time your genes cannot be… Continue Reading
LISTERIA, GUT INFECTIONS AND PREBIOTICS
LISTERIA, GUT INFECTIONS AND PREBIOTICS
Frank W Jackson MD
Now it is the bacteria Listeria coming from contaminated cantaloupes that has caused serious intestinal infection including deaths in 16 people. Several months ago it was various sprouts causing illness and death from a very virulent E coli species.… Continue Reading
