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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Your First Week: Learning and Living Every Day | |
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| Day 1 | |
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| Learning: You've Just Been Diagnosed with IBS. Now What? | |
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| For Children with IBS | |
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| Personal story of Ann G. | |
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| Living: Inform Yourself--Know the Enemy | |
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| Day 2 | |
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| Learning: The GI Tract and How it (Should) Work | |
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| Living: Lifetime Lifestyle Management--The Five Key Strategies for Symptom Control | |
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| Day 3 | |
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| Learning: Food--Friend or Foe? | |
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| Living: The Ten Commandments of Eating for IBS | |
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| Personal story of Kit Gorrell | |
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| Day 4 | |
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| Learning: Keep Active to Stay Healthy | |
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| Living: Get Your Exercise | |
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| Personal story of Mindy Helm | |
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| Day 5 | |
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| Learning: Stress--How to Wrestle It into Submission | |
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| For Children with IBS | |
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| Living: Give This a Try--Therapeutic Heat, Meditation, Yoga, and Tai Chi | |
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| Personal story of Analy Alfonso | |
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| Personal story of Monique Spencer | |
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| Day 6 | |
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| Learning: Doctors' Visits and Medical Options | |
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| For Children with IBS | |
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| Living: Trying Prescription Drugs | |
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| Personal story of Melissa D. Godwin | |
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| Day 7 | |
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| Learning: Alternative Therapies and How They Can Help | |
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| Living: Acupuncture and Hypnotherapy | |
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| Personal story of Shawn Eric Case | |
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| First Week Milestone | |
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| Your First Month: Learning and Living Every Week | |
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| Week 2 | |
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| Learning: Eating Enjoyably at Home | |
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| Living: Let's Get Cooking! | |
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| Three-Day Sample Menu with Quick and Easy Recipes for People who Love to Cook | |
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| Wild Mushroom and Thyme Scrambled Eggs on Sourdough Toast | |
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| Maple Oat Bread | |
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| Red Lentil Soup with Cumin-Caraway Toasts | |
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| Asparagus and Lemon Pasta | |
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| Chocolate Cherry Pound Cake | |
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| Cinnamon Peach Oatmeal | |
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| Apple Spice Walnut Bread | |
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| Mexican Mango Shrimp with Rice | |
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| Blueberry Pecan Cake | |
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| Cornmeal Cream Cheese Pancakes with Cranberry-Apricot Syrup | |
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| Roasted Miso Salmon with Rice | |
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| Three-Day Sample Menu for People who Hate to Cook | |
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| Week 3 | |
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| Learning: Eating Safely Away from Home | |
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| Living: At Restaurants, a Friend's House, and Parties | |
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| For Children with IBS | |
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| Week 4 | |
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| Learning: With a Little Help from Your Friends... | |
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| Living: Become a Social Butterfly... or At Least Break Out of Your Cocoon | |
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| First Month Milestone | |
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| Your First Year: Learning From Living Every Month | |
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| Month 2 | |
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| Learning from Living: Dietary Supplements--a Little Something Extra Can Make a Big Difference | |
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| Month 3 | |
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| Learning from Living: Support Yourself--You Are Not Alone | |
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| Personal story of Jeffrey Roberts | |
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| For Children with IBS | |
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| Month 4 | |
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| Learning from Living: Follow Up with Your Doctor | |
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| Month 5 | |
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| Learning from Living: Time for a Holiday--Let's Celebrate! | |
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| Month 6 | |
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| Learning from Living: Re-Evaluate Your Stress Management Strategies and Alternative Therapies | |
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| Half-Year Milestone | |
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| Month 7 | |
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| Learning from Living: Make Your Voice Heard--Why You Should Talk About IBS | |
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| Month 8 | |
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| Learning from Living: Take a Vacation | |
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| Personal story of Diane Feierabend | |
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| Month 9 | |
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| Learning from Living: Take Stock of Your Support System... Especially When You Fall Off the Wagon | |
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| Month 10 | |
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| Learning from Living: Keep Current with IBS Research--But Only If You Want To | |
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| Month 11 | |
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| Learning from Living: Feeling Adventurous...and Hungry? | |
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| Month 12 | |
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| Learning from Living: Review and Reflect | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Index | |