Wendy Leung: Is it okay to drink alcohol with IBS?
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IBS Conqueror, and I know how IBS can suck the joy out of food.
I teach my clients how to heal their IBS and redevelop a new love for food, and now I'm
sharing with you too.
The holidays can be really tough for people with digestive issues.
More holiday outings and parties, more festive foods, more festive drinks.
When your friends are all out relaxing over a few pints, it's hard not to want to join
them, but if you're already anxious about managing your embarrassing IBS symptoms in
public, will a glass of wine really calm you down or will it just make your symptoms worse?
Have you quit drinking alcohol because of your IBS?
Let me know by dropping a yes or a no in the comments below.
Last week I talked about the fine line between sweet flavors helping to strengthen your weak
spleen and stomach digestive organs and weakening them further, and today's topic shares a similar
thread.
If you've been tuning into my channel, then you've already learned these important things
from a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective, or TCM for short.
The first is that IBS isn't just a digestive condition, it's a combination of an already
weak gut and mental emotional stress.
The second is that the two main TCM organs involved with IBS are the spleen, or the digestive
organ, and the liver, which is easily affected by stress, what we call liver invading spleen.
What does all this have to do with drinking?
Well, from a Western perspective, you already know that alcohol has an effect on the liver.
Excessive drinking can do major damage, causing fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, and even
worse.
But, we're also told that one drink a day can help with circulation.
If that's true, isn't it a matter of finding a safe balance between the two?
From an Eastern perspective, we share a similar view.
In TCM all foods have different properties and alcohol has a heating quality that can
help to get circulation moving.
If you're stressed, you might think that having a bit of alcohol can help calm and relax your
body enough to open up.
And in fact, some ancient Chinese medicine prescriptions actually called for alcohol
as a medicinal therapy.
However, too much alcohol, or any amount of alcohol for someone with already internal
heat conditions, can aggravate certain emotions like frustration, anger outbursts, and make
your stress even worse.
So, circling back to your IBS, your stress and your anxiety levels are already sky high
and they can't stand to be aggravated, so any amount of alcohol will only worsen those
emotional IBS symptoms.
And, as for the physical IBS symptoms, from a digestion standpoint, alcohol irritates
your digestive tract causing bloating and pain, and it reduces absorption in the small
intestine, meaning that it makes your already weak gut even weaker.
If alcohol is negatively impacting both of the two TCM organs that are responsible for
your IBS, then alcohol and IBS definitely do not mix.
It doesn't matter if it's beer with extra gassy bubbles, or wine, or liquor, the best
way to avoid triggering your IBS attacks is to not have any alcohol at all.
So when you're out with friends and you're celebrating, opt for a hot tea, or even the
hot water.
Even if your friends look at you funny you'll know that you're saving yourself the agony
of a painful IBS flareup that's worse than any hangover they could ever experience.
That said, IBS isn't a forever condition.
If you want to learn more about how to get yours under control and eventually be able
to enjoy a drink or two, make sure that you sign up for my free online class so you can
learn real ways to start tackling your IBS for good.
The link is in the description box below.
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Conquering IBS, where I share even more tips on how to kickstart your IBS journey to health.
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