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Culturelle's probiotic pill claims that it is "all natural", supposedly, it puts bacteria into your body that your body would naturally have anyway (whatever that means?) What chemical thing or ingredient is keeping Align from claiming itself as all-natural? Thanks for reading.

All probiotics are not created equal. I have also heard that Dannon's promotion of Activia is mostly hype and that it does not really contain effective probiotics. I cannot recall the source of that information, though.

You are right to be concerned about the time that you have to take out of your day to have testing done. Make sure that the doctor has asked all the right questions in order to make a diagnosis and do the test with the highest probability of giving the right answers. Pain in the abdomen is not like pain that you experience on your skin or in a joint like the wrist. Pain on the skin or in a joint often localizes exactly to the cause of the...

The more I think about my appt today the more in bothers me.? It was a first appt and i was in an out of there in 20 minutes. I started having discomfort/pain in my right side, just below my ribs a about three weeks ago.? I saw my primary care Dr.?last?Thursday?and he poke and prodded where my gallbladder is an it hurt.? He was pretty sure it was gallstones and ordered an upper right quadrant abdominal ultrasound.? I had that last Friday,...

?I sure would feel better.? I have Celiac's so I'm gluten free, I have gastritis-which seems to be flaring right now, gastroparesis-so low fiber, low fat, soft foods when that is a problem.? The thing is I never know how what I eat is going to affect my stomach. I can eat something and feel fine, I can eat the exact same thing some other time and feel miserable. I'm getting tired of worrying about and thinking about food-what I...

Well I am not sure how common this problem is, but it is not a fun condition.? I have it pretty bad, tests show that my lower colon is riddled with those diverticuliti pouches.? I try very hard to control it by diet, because I am scared to death of the surgery. I don't eat nuts or anything spicy, or anything that can get hung up in the little pouches.? I just got over one, but watching my diet dilagently it was my first one in a year.?...

That is the same way I feel, I have IBS. I hate food.

I am 4 1/2 months pregnant and my doctor thinks my gall bladder may be giving me problems. I do have an ultrasound in a couple of weeks to find out for sure. My question is: What in the world do I eat??? I've tried looking online and it lists a lot of stuff to avoid, but I don't know what is safe to eat. Also, since I'm pregnant I want to make sure I'm eating enough nutrients for the baby. Any suggestions?

Maybe I am just lucky, but I am 46 yo and I have only had the following problem for the past year or so (and only a few times - thank heaven.)? Please excuse how graphic my description of my problem is. This morning I had to move my bowels and it just would not?come out.? It was piled up right behind my anal opening.? I could not go about my normal business because, well, I had a pile of poop about to come out.? It took an hour before I could...