Exercise
Regular exercise benefits health and overall wellness in many, many ways. Different types of exercise, such as yoga, walking and weight lifting, have been shown to alleviate IBD symptoms and even lessen the number of flare ups a patient experiences. However, a patient with IBD should always start an exercise program under doctor supervision to ensure the activity does not aggravate their IBD symptoms.
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Welcome to my Bog Blog. "Bog," by the way, is British slang for toilet and it seems so appropriate for an IBD blog. If you had told me when I was twenty years-old that some day not too far in the future I would be scoping out the nearest toilet wherever I went I would have said you were nuts. But, indeed, this odd habit became part of my…
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