Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition. This show is brought to you by nutritional weight and wellness.

Before I take a minute to introduce myself and my co-host, I want to pose a question to all of you listeners right off the bat this morning.

Are you one of the millions suffering from a digestion problem?

Or maybe for some of you, it's digestion problems with an S or what if I asked that question

to your neighbor what would they say how would your co-worker answer what if I called up

your mom this morning and asked her if she has digestion problems or what if I asked

your brother or your closest friend?

How about your teenager?

I mean, really, what if I asked just about anyone that question?

Are you suffering from digestion problems?

We know that a lot of people in this country have digestive issues, some more than others.

In fact, digestive problems are the most common

complaint in the doctor's office these days. And the statistics say that more than 10 million people

experience bloating or gas, constipation, or diarrhea, or heartburn, or any combination of those things on a frequent basis.

And maybe you've gone into your doctor with complaints of one or more of these digestive issues.

You may have found, unfortunately, that very often the doctor can't find an underlying reason. And oftentimes when the doctor can't find an underlying reason.

And oftentimes when the doctor can't find an underlying reason for those digestive issues,

he or she will prescribe a medication.

But the medication is to deal with the symptoms.

That's not really what you want, is it?

You want to get to the core of the problem.

That medication often is just a band-aid that deals with the symptoms and not the root cause.

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