Ladies, Listen Up!

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Eating meat can be a real pain in the behind—literally. A new study from France found that women who consumed the most protein—particularly animal flesh—had nearly three times the risk of being diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). IBD includes ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, and other nasty conditions that cause severe inflammation in the digestive system and often abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and rectal bleeding. Researchers think that meat could contribute to IBD because digesting animal flesh produces hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, and other potentially toxic “end products.”

I have a gut feeling that IBS sufferers—and everyone else—would be better off switching to a diet that’s kind to our digestive systems and to animals!

Written by Lindsay Pollard-Post

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