Paleolithic Nutrition: Twenty-Five Years Later.

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Dr. Gary Pack

The “evolutionary discordance hypothesis” was proposed 25 years ago as the connection between diet and “diseases of civilization.” The title of the article was “Paleolithic Nutrition: A Consideration of Its Nature and Current Implications,” by the same authors. The above theory says that diets have changed greatly since the days of our hunter-gatherer ancestors 10,000 […]

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Diverticular Disease of the Colon.

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Dr. Gary Pack

The symptoms of diverticular disease (DD) include “colicky, unexplained, recurrent, and short-lived but often debilitating abdominal pain and alteration in bowel habit.” The following treatments have some foundation, but, have not been completely verified by placebo-controlled studies: dietary fiber, low absorption antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs (such as mesalazine) and probiotics (friendly bacteria.) Dietary fibers protect us […]

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Conditions: Diverticular disease

Supplements: Dietary fiber, Glucomannan (Amorphophallus konjac), Gums, Pectin, Probiotics, Psyllium (Plantago psyllium)

Foods: Wheat bran

Miscellaneous: Anti-inflammatory, Western diet

Probiotics and Diverticular Disease.

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Dr. Gary Pack

Probiotics are live microorganisms that, when administered in adequate amounts, confer health benefits on the host.” Probiotics are common supplements. It is believed that probiotics can reduce the inflammation of the intestine seen in diverticular disease (DD.) DD of the intestine is very common in Western countries. The symptoms are inflammatory and consist of pain […]

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Conditions: Diarrhea, Diverticular disease, Inflammation

Supplements: Probiotics

Miscellaneous: Microperforation

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