Sunday, June 30, 2013

The test and learn diet

Test and learn!

If you've been diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome but haven't been tested for Celiac disease, you should talk to your physician about ordering the Celiac disease blood tests.

If you have been tested but came up negative for Celiac   you might want to consider a trial of the gluten-free diet anyway. Currently, there are no accepted medical tests to diagnose gluten sensitivity, so the only way to determine if you have it is to remove gluten from your diet and see if your symptoms clear up.


Of course, it's possible to have both IBS and Celiac  isease, and many people with Celiac  isease find they still have intermittent digestive problems. In many cases (but not all), you can trace those digestive problems to gluten cross-contamination. But if you continue to have problems even after eliminating all possible hidden gluten from your diet, you may want to talk with your physician about the best ways to manage your IBS.

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About Sorbeo: We have one simple mission: Help people live healthier, pain-free lives when it comes to digestive health, and our goal is to help people live healthier, pain-free lives when it comes to digestive health. Our community includes people who suffer from a range of ailments including Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Crohn's Disease, Celiac Disease and food issues like gluten sensitivity. We also serve people suffering from Chronic Fatigue, Autoimmune Deficiencies and even Fibromyalgia. Of course, our doors are always open to general health enthusiasts as well. 

If you or a loved one suffers from any of these conditions, or if you’re just curious to learn more about our clinically formulated digestiveenzyme, check out our web site for more information.  

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Understanding digestive health

There’s a growing body of evidence to suggest that gluten plays a role in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). Remember, even if you’ve been tested for Celiac Disease and come up negative, that doesn’t mean that you don’t have a gluten intolerance—it just means you haven’t developed full-blown Celiac. Here at Sorbeo, we’ve had a bunch of customers report positive results by reducing or even eliminating gluten from their diets.

Actually, we’ve had a bunch of folks with a variety of conditions ranging from Celiac to Crohn’s to IBS tell us that one of the most effective methods they’ve experienced is to consistently test for food allergies through a trial and error approach.

That’s right… a trip to the doctor is great, and blood tests are helpful, but sometimes, there’s value in just cutting out certain foods and seeing what happens. We’ve had folks write in to tell us that they were happy to discover (after years of not knowing) that they were allergic to daily food staples like gluten, peanuts, almonds, sesame seeds and milk. (We’ve even had folks swear that despite blood tests saying they were not allergic to certain foods, cutting them out of their diet made a world of difference.)


Here at Sorbeo, we take a pretty broad view of digestive health, and we believe that there is no single answer or magic bullet. Living a healthy life requires lots of little daily decisions. Your doctor can and should be part of the equation, but there’s value in trying to reduce certain foods from your daily intake and seeing what happens.

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About Sorbeo: We have one simple mission: Help people live healthier, pain-free lives when it comes to digestive health, and our goal is to help people live healthier, pain-free lives when it comes to digestive health. Our community includes people who suffer from a range of ailments including Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Crohn's Disease, Celiac Disease and food issues like gluten sensitivity. We also serve people suffering from Chronic Fatigue, Autoimmune Deficiencies and even Fibromyalgia. Of course, our doors are always open to general health enthusiasts as well. 

If you or a loved one suffers from any of these conditions, or if you’re just curious to learn more about our clinically formulated digestiveenzyme, check out our web site for more information.  

Friday, June 28, 2013

What is Crohn's disease?

So let’s say you’ve got chronic abdominal pain, and you have some um…. “difficulties with the restroom”. You’ve got pain, bloating, swelling, it’s hard “to go”, or you go all the time. Well, those are all the symptoms of IBS. But, wait…. Aren’t those the symptoms for Celiac Disease? Yes, again.

Oh, wait, you thought those were the symptoms for Crohn’s Disease?

Well, you are absolutely, positively CORRECT.

Confused yet?

The reality is that Celiac Disease, Crohn’s Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome and quite a few other conditions all have very similar symptoms. To make matter’s worse, while there are tests for Celiac Disease and Crohn’s Disease, there are no tests for IBS.

So what’s a person to do?

Well, despite the confusion above, the answer is pretty simple. The reason the symptoms for these conditions is so similar is that they all have similar root causes—you are consuming something that your body doesn’t like and / or can’t digest.

There’s increasing evidence that gluten is one of the culprits behind these conditions, but let’s face it. Most of the food that is available today is chemically processed, refined and packaged to a point that our ancestors never experienced.

Maybe the reason so many people have so many gut-related problems is that we’ve never had so many processed foods available?


Well, that’s a point that’s beyond this blog (for now), but maybe something we can talk about in the near future.  

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About Sorbeo: We have one simple mission: Help people live healthier, pain-free lives when it comes to digestive health, and our goal is to help people live healthier, pain-free lives when it comes to digestive health. Our community includes people who suffer from a range of ailments including Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Crohn's Disease, Celiac Disease and food issues like gluten sensitivity. We also serve people suffering from Chronic Fatigue, Autoimmune Deficiencies and even Fibromyalgia. Of course, our doors are always open to general health enthusiasts as well. 

If you or a loved one suffers from any of these conditions, or if you’re just curious to learn more about our clinically formulated digestiveenzyme, check out our web site for more information. 

Thursday, June 27, 2013

What is IBS?

So you’ve got this discomfort in your gut. Maybe you’ve visited your doctor, maybe you’ve talked to some close friends. Maybe it’s Celiac Disease or maybe it’s just a Gluten Intolerance. Maybe you’ve eliminated gluten from your diet… maybe that helped, but maybe you still feel some discomfort.

Maybe you’ve got Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). Sexy name for a medical condition, right?

The truth is that anytime doctors put the word “syndrome” after a condition, it’s code for, “we really don’t understand what causes this. It’s not a disease, but it’s an umbrella term for a whole bunch of symptoms.”

That’s the case with IBS. No one is really clear on why or how it is caused, but it’s an umbrella term for a whole bunch of symptoms that relate to pain or discomfort in the digestive tract. Some of the most common symptoms of IBS include:
  • Cramping / abdominal pain
  • Frequent (or infrequent) running to the rest room
  • Diarrhea, constipation or both

In the past, IBS was sometimes referred to as colitis, mucous colitis, spastic colon, nervous colon or spastic bowel. Some folks still use these terms to refer to the condition, but IBS is more commonly used these days because it tends to create less vivid images in the mind.

By some accounts, IBS affects up to 60M or 70M Americans. The sad part is that IBS is a bit of an embarrassing topic. How many folks are there who turn to their friends to discuss the pain or discomfort of using the rest room?


In truth, this is part of why we started Sorbeo’s Digestive Health Blog. Over the next few posts, we’re going to talk a bit more about IBS and how it can sometimes be confused with (or exist side by side with) Celiac Disease. 

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About Sorbeo: We have one simple mission: Help people live healthier, pain-free lives when it comes to digestive health, and our goal is to help people live healthier, pain-free lives when it comes to digestive health. Our community includes people who suffer from a range of ailments including Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Crohn's Disease, Celiac Disease and food issues like gluten sensitivity. We also serve people suffering from Chronic Fatigue, Autoimmune Deficiencies and even Fibromyalgia. Of course, our doors are always open to general health enthusiasts as well. 

If you or a loved one suffers from any of these conditions, or if you’re just curious to learn more about our clinically formulated digestiveenzyme, check out our web site for more information. 

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Celiac disease affects the brain

Did you know that there is a form of Celiac Disease that can affect your brain? I’m not talking about headaches or brain fog, but a real neurological disorder. It’s called Gluten Ataxia, and it’s considered one of the least common forms of Celiac Disease. In cases of Gluten Ataxia, a person’s immune system begins to attack the cerebellum—the part of the brain responsible for motor function. Symptoms of Gluten Ataxia include the following:
  • Deterioration of motor skills
  • Lack of coordination or clumsiness
  • Problems with walking and / or balance
  • Slurred speech

The condition is progressive in nature, meaning that symptoms appear slowly and get increasingly worse. Again, it’s not a common condition, but an ounce of prevention goes a long way, right? 

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About Sorbeo: We have one simple mission: Help people live healthier, pain-free lives when it comes to digestive health, and our goal is to help people live healthier, pain-free lives when it comes to digestive health. Our community includes people who suffer from a range of ailments including Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Crohn's Disease, Celiac Disease and food issues like gluten sensitivity. We also serve people suffering from Chronic Fatigue, Autoimmune Deficiencies and even Fibromyalgia. Of course, our doors are always open to general health enthusiasts as well. 

If you or a loved one suffers from any of these conditions, or if you’re just curious to learn more about our clinically formulated digestiveenzyme, check out our web site for more information. 

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

What is Gluten Intolerance?

In our last blog post, we discussed Gluten Intolerance and how folks who suffer from this ailment can develop Celiac Disease. In this post, we’re going to talk a bit more about the two issues and how they’re related. Let’s start off by talking about different “flavors” of Celiac Disease and non-Celiac conditions that also result from prolonged gluten consumption.

Celiac Disease: Plain old vanilla
When most people talk about Celiac Disease, they’re referring to a condition whereby the body’s own immune system begins to attack itself. These attacks take place in the digestive tract, and most often in the small intestine. As we noted before, Celiac Disease develops when someone who has a hard time breaking down gluten continues to eat it. Over time, gluten builds up in the body and the body interrupts this buildup of foreign matter as something that needs to be attacked and removed. The sad irony is that if the body were able to get rid of gluten in the first place, there would be no need for an immune response. In most cases, the body is no better able to remove gluten, but the person in question experiences a range of symptoms. These can include the following:
  • Abdominal pain and/or heartburn
  • Anemia
  • Bloating
  • Brain fog
  • Depression and/or anxiety
  • Diarrhea and/or constipation
  • Fatigue
  • Joint pain
  • Rashes

Estimates vary, but most doctors believe that Celiac Disease affects anywhere from 1 – 3% of the US population. The science is still evolving here, but it’s important to remember that just because someone suffers from the symptoms above, that doesn’t necessarily mean that she or he has Celiac Disease. Likewise, the absence of these symptoms doesn’t mean that a person is free of Celiac Disease either.


If you’re unsure whether you might suffer from Celiac Disease or whether you have a Gluten Intolerance, you might want to try eliminating wheat, rye and barley (e.g. bread and / or beer) from your diet to see how you feel. That said, you should consult with your physician before starting any course of treatment or making any major changes in your life. 

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About Sorbeo: We have one simple mission: Help people live healthier, pain-free lives when it comes to digestive health, and our goal is to help people live healthier, pain-free lives when it comes to digestive health. Our community includes people who suffer from a range of ailments including Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Crohn's Disease, Celiac Disease and food issues like gluten sensitivity. We also serve people suffering from Chronic Fatigue, Autoimmune Deficiencies and even Fibromyalgia. Of course, our doors are always open to general health enthusiasts as well. 

If you or a loved one suffers from any of these conditions, or if you’re just curious to learn more about our clinically formulated digestiveenzyme, check out our web site for more information. 

Monday, June 24, 2013

Food allergies vs. intolerance

Did you ever meet someone you just didn’t click with? You don’t necessarily dislike the person, you just don’t really feel any spark? We’ve all been there. Now contrast that to someone who really gets under your skin and annoys the heck out of you.

That, my friend, is the difference between an intolerance and an allergy. The latter evokes a response. In our previous post, we talked about how gluten sensitivity is an intolerance—someone with this condition has a hard time breaking down gluten. So let’s now talk a bit about a genuine allergy—wheat allergy.

Celiac Disease is not super common. Depending on which medical research you review, it affects anywhere from 1 – 3% of the US population. Wheat allergies are often lumped into these figures, so there’s not a lot of solid data on how common it is, but it’s probably more rare than Celiac Disease.

That said, people with true allergies to wheat do exist. People allergic to wheat can experience reactions ranging from mild digestive discomfort to a full blown rash and runny nose. Even though wheat allergies are often lumped into the same category as gluten intolerance, it’s important to realize that people allergic to wheat may not have any issue with gluten in and of itself. Symptoms of wheat allergies include the following:
  Diarrhea
  • Hives and/or itchy rashes
  • Itchy, red, watery eyes
  • Nasal congestion
  • Nausea, vomiting and/or abdominal pain

 In severe circumstances, people suffering from wheat allergies can also experience difficulty breathing and / or swelling of the lips and tongue. In the most severe cases, people who consume wheat can go into anaphylactic shock—a potentially life-threatening reaction where people can’t breathe and their hearts flutter. 

Remember, true wheat allergies are really rare, and we’re not sharing this information to scare anyone. We just want to help educate and inform, and we hope we’ve done that. If you are concerned you might have a wheat allergy, you should absolutely visit your doctor for a consultation.

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About Sorbeo: We have one simple mission: Help people live healthier, pain-free lives when it comes to digestive health, and our goal is to help people live healthier, pain-free lives when it comes to digestive health. Our community includes people who suffer from a range of ailments including Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Crohn's Disease, Celiac Disease and food issues like gluten sensitivity. We also serve people suffering from Chronic Fatigue, Autoimmune Deficiencies and even Fibromyalgia. Of course, our doors are always open to general health enthusiasts as well. 

If you or a loved one suffers from any of these conditions, or if you’re just curious to learn more about our clinically formulated digestiveenzyme, check out our web site for more information. 

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Growing epidemic of digestive problems

There’s a growing interest in digestive health, and a lot of folks talking about conditions like Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Crohn’s Disease, Celiac Disease and food allergies like Gluten Insensitivity.

These are all distinct issues, but there’re all somewhat related. The upshot is that there is a lot of confusion and misinformation around digestive health. Sorbeo’s Digestive Health Blog aims to clarify some of the confusion. In this post, we’re going to talk about Gluten Insensitivity.

Gluten comes from the Latin word for “glue”. It’s a protein that’s found in grains like wheat, barley and rye. There’s a lot of buzz today about Gluten Insensitivity; there are even a few tests available help determine whether someone has an allergy or insensitivity to gluten.

The truth is that the technology in this space is moving fast. Not all of these tests are entirely accurate, and there’s still a lot of confusion over whether someone has a “wheat sensitivity” or is “Gluten Intolerant”.

So let’s break this down step by step and start with the difference between an allergy and an sensitivity or intolerance. The difference is one of severity.

A food allergy is what happens when someone has a reaction to consuming a food. Peanut allergies or shellfish allergies are great examples. Depending on the severity of the allergy, someone who consumes peanuts or shellfish can experience anything from a mild rash to difficulty breathing. The defining characteristic of a food allergy is that your body exhibits a reaction after consuming the food in question.

A sensitivity or an intolerance is slightly different. It’s what happens when your body has a hard time breaking down or absorbing the food in question. Most folks who have a gluten-related issue are suffering from a sensitivity. That’s why we say people are “Gluten Intolerant”. Their bodies are not able to tolerate gluten.

But what does that mean?

Put simply, it means that their bodies have a hard time breaking down and absorbing gluten. This can range from short-term discomfort to chronic pain. Sometimes, this can lead to Irritable Bowel Syndrome. (We should stress that no one really understands exactly what causes IBS, and that it can have many sources of causation.)  In other cases, the long-term consumption of gluten can lead to a build-up of stuff the body can’t break down. When this happens, the digestive tract can get damaged, and this is what leads to Celiac Disease.

In one of our next posts, we’ll talk a bit more about gluten intolerance and discuss Celiac Disease.
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About Sorbeo: We have one simple mission: Help people live healthier, pain-free lives when it comes to digestive health, and our goal is to help people live healthier, pain-free lives when it comes to digestive health. Our community includes people who suffer from a range of ailments including Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Crohn's Disease, Celiac Disease and food issues like gluten sensitivity. We also serve people suffering from Chronic Fatigue, Autoimmune Deficiencies and even Fibromyalgia. Of course, our doors are always open to general health enthusiasts as well. 

If you or a loved one suffers from any of these conditions, or if you’re just curious to learn more about our clinically formulated digestiveenzyme, check out our web site for more information. 

Do you have a cast-iron stomach?

Managing a healthy lifestyle is a function of three things: 1) what you know, 2) what you eat, and 3) what you do. Information is the first step, but it amazes me how many people eat foods designed to stay “fresh” on store shelves for months (if not years) and then wonder why their bodies have a hard time digesting these same foods.

Some people are blessed with a cast iron stomach, but not everyone is so lucky. Moreover, awareness about digestive health is a relatively recent trend. The upshot is that people are only now coming to realize the years of damage they’ve inflicted on their bodies.

There are millions of people who suffer from ailments like Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Crohn's Disease, Celiac Disease or food issues like gluten sensitivity who have taken great steps to change their eating behaviors. There are doubtless countless more people who have different ailments (or don’t even know what ailments they have).

Lifestyle modification is an absolute necessary step, and eating better (and getting more active) are the first parts of the equation, but sometimes these steps alone just aren’t enough.

In cases like that, some people turn to digestive enzymes to help get their bodies back on track.

Enzymes fall into a few categories, including food enzymes (found in raw food), metabolic enzymes (mostly found in the pancreas) and digestive enzymes (mostly found in the gut). Enzymes are technically proteins, and they help the body carry out the chemical reactions necessary to break down and ultimately digest food.

Some healthcare professionals believe that sometimes people have damaged metabolic functions and / or that their bodies need help. In cases like these, digestive enzymes can be of real benefit.

Team Sorbeo

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About our blog: We cover a range of topics as they relate to digestive health and related matters. Our goal is to help people live healthier, pain-free lives when it comes to digestive health.

To learn more about our product, click here.

Thursday, June 13, 2013

What’s a digestive enzyme?

What’s a digestive enzyme?

We’ve spent so much time talking about our clinically formulated digestive enzyme, Sorbeo Complete, that we’ve almost forgotten to talk about the value of digestive enzymes in general.
So let’s get on with it! =)

Enzymes fall into a few categories, including food enzymes (found in raw food), metabolic enzymes (mostly found in the pancreas) and digestive enzymes (mostly found in the gut). Enzymes are technically proteins, and they help the body carry out the chemical reactions necessary to break down and ultimately digest food.

List of digestive enzymes
Our bodies are complex machines, and when it comes to digestive enzymes, there are a bunch that our bodies need in order to break down foods and absorb their nutrients. A list of digestive enzymes is provided below:
  • Acid Proteases
  • Amylase
  • Amyloglucosidase
  • Bromelain
  • Cellulase
  • Invertase
  • Lactase
  • Lipase
  • Maltase
  • Maltodextrin
  • Papain
  • Proteases
So why do people need digestive enzymes?
To be honest, the medical community is divided on whether digestive enzymes are necessary in supplement form. Some healthcare professionals believe that people can get all the digestive enzymes they need from proper diet and from their own bodily functions. Other healthcare professionals believe that some people have damaged metabolic functions and / or that their bodies need help.
Clearly, we’re in the business of selling a digestive enzyme, so you can guess which side of the debate we fall on, but we started Sorbeo and launched Sorbeo Complete in order to help people make informed decisions and lead healthier lives—that’s why we want to be honest about the issues above.
When it comes to Sorbeo Complete, we developed our formulary with proper digestive health in mind. A description of Sorbeo’s ingredients can be found here.
For those who don’t want to click the link, we’re also providing an image below.
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About our blog: We cover a range of topics as they relate to digestive health and related matters. Our goal is to help people live healthier, pain-free lives when it comes to digestive health.

To learn more about our product, click here.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Sorbeo Provides a Solution to Help Your Digestive Health

If you have a digestive order, you are not alone. According to the National Institute of Health, between 60 – 80 million people in the United States suffer from chronic digestive issues. Sorbeo is a company that has created a supplement to help provide people with a happier and healthier life.

Sorbeo's digestive pain solution is a scientifically-formulated supplement that is geared toward aiding people with digestive disorders such as Celiac Disease, Crohn's Disease, Gluten Intolerance, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Ulcerative Colitis or other types of digestive ailments.

At Sorbeo, it is our goal to help in the process of digestion by offering a solution that will not only assist in the body's natural process of breaking down and digesting food, but it will also help to protect the body from environmental toxins. Our digestive pain solution even has the ability to nourish the body's healing capabilities.

The supplement we have created at Sorbeo is a proprietary blend Bromelain, Ox Bile, Pancreatin and Papain. This combination allows our supplement to work with your body to break down carbohydrates, fats and proteins.

Our supplement is not a way to get rid of digestive disorders, but it is a way to help. Each time you eat a meal, take one capsule of the Sorbeo digestive pain solution supplement and you will feel its positive effects helping your body. You should not take more than six capsules in one day.

We are confident that our supplement has the ability to help you maintain your health and provide you with a happier lifestyle. For more information on the Sorbeo digestive pain solution, contact us today at 201-347-0517. When you purchase our supplement, we will give you a 30-day money back guarantee.

Digestive Enzymes- IBS, Crohn's, Celiac, GERD and more

We’re pretty excited about our product, Sorbeo Complete. What is Sorbeo Complete? Glad you asked! Sorbeo Complete is a clinically formulated digestive enzyme that assists the body’s own process in digesting food and absorbing nutrients.
So who might need a digestive enzyme like Sorbeo Complete?
Great question. We created our product, we sought to help people who struggle with chronic digestive issues and / or issues relating to absorbing nutrients. This includes people who suffer from the following conditions:
  • Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD)
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
  • Crohn’s Disease
  • Celiac Disease
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  • Food allergies like Gluten Intolerance
  • Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
  • Other conditions like autoimmune deficiencies and fibromyalgia
Now let’s be clear here: Our product is not a magic bullet. There are no secret formulas or cure-alls. We’ve said time and again that we believe proper health is a function of what you know, what you do and what you eat. We believe that our product can provide a benefit to people, but our goal with this blog is to help people make an informed decision as it relates to their health. That includes speaking with your healthcare professional before making any decisions.

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About our blog: We cover a range of topics as they relate to digestive health and related matters. Our goal is to help people live healthier, pain-free lives when it comes to digestive health.

To learn more about our product, click here.

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Collagenous Colitis

Recently, a customer asked us about Collagenous Colitis and whether our digestive enzyme could help. It’s a great question, and one with a response we thought we should share with the community.

First, let’s talk about Collagenous Colitis.
Collagenous Colitis refers to an inflammation of the bowel, specifically affecting the colon. Onset is most prevalent in people over the age of 50, and more common in women than in men. No one is quite sure what causes Collagenous Colitis, but the symptoms aren’t pretty, and to be modest, they revolve largely around chronic diarrhea and constant trips to the bathroom. People suffering from Collagenous Colitis are also known to suffer from abdominal pain and, in some cases, weight loss.

So now let’s talk about treatment for Collagenous Colitis.
Treatments for Collagenous Colitis vary. For some (lucky) people, Collagenous Colitis can disappear without any active treatment—it just goes away on its own. For others, most treatments for Collagenous Colitis are symptomatic; that’s a fancy way of saying that treatments for Collagenous Colitis are more oriented towards helping to reduce pain, rather than “curing” the disease itself.
Common treatments for Collagenous Colitis include the following:
  • Bismuth agents (like Pepto-Mismol)
  • Budesonide (a  glucocorticoid steroid for the treatment of asthma and non-infectious rhinitis)
  • Corticosteroids
  • Immunosuppressants
  • Mesalazine (also referred to as mesalamine or 5-aminosalicylic)
There is some speculation in the medical community that Collagenous Colitis is linked to Celiac Disease, and a large portion of people who suffer from Collagenous Colitis also suffer from an autoimmune disorder of some sort.

Now the big question: Can digestive enzymes help with Collagenous Colitis
That’s the million dollar question, right? Whether digestive enzymes can help with Collagenous Colitis is a bit of a tricky subject. On the one hand, there is not much to suggest that a digestive enzyme can provide direct benefit to the main symptom commonly associated with Collagenous Colitis. On the other hand, as noted earlier, many people who suffer from Collagenous Colitis also suffer from an autoimmune disorder, and there is a lot of evidence that suggests that digestive enzymes can help people who suffer from such disorders.
The final word.

At Sorbeo, we really do believe that digestive health (and all health, for that matter) is a function of what you know, what you do, and how you do it. There are no magic pills. We believe strongly that our clinically formulated digestive enzyme, Sorbeo Complete can play an important role in the daily lives of many people.

If you’re looking for symptomatic relief from the Collagenous Colitis (e.g. if you want to stop diarrhea), then digestive enzymes are probably not going to help very much.

On the other hand, if you also suffer from an autoimmune condition, a digestive issue, or feel chronic fatigue, then you might want to consider a digestive enzyme like Sorbeo Complete.

That said, none of the above should be taken as medical advice, and we strongly recommend that you speak with your healthcare provider before making an informed decision.

Hope all of this helps, and best of luck with anyone suffering from Collagenous Coliits.

Thursday, June 6, 2013

The growing epidemic in digestive health

There’s a growing interest in digestive health, and a lot of folks talking about conditions like Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Crohn’s Disease, Celiac Disease and food allergies like Gluten Insensitivity.

These are all distinct issues, but there’re all somewhat related. The upshot is that there is a lot of confusion and misinformation around digestive health. Sorbeo’s Digestive Health Blog aims to clarify some of the confusion. In this post, we’re going to talk about Gluten Insensitivity. 

Gluten comes from the Latin word for “glue”. It’s a protein that’s found in grains like wheat, barley and rye. There’s a lot of buzz today about Gluten Insensitivity; there are even a few tests available help determine whether someone has an allergy or insensitivity to gluten. 

The truth is that the technology in this space is moving fast. Not all of these tests are entirely accurate, and there’s still a lot of confusion over whether someone has a “wheat sensitivity” or is “Gluten Intolerant”. 

So let’s break this down step by step and start with the difference between an allergy and an sensitivity or intolerance. The difference is one of severity. 

A food allergy is what happens when someone has a reaction to consuming a food. Peanut allergies or shellfish allergies are great examples. Depending on the severity of the allergy, someone who consumes peanuts or shellfish can experience anything from a mild rash to difficulty breathing. The defining characteristic of a food allergy is that your body exhibits a reaction after consuming the food in question. 

A sensitivity or an intolerance is slightly different. It’s what happens when your body has a hard time breaking down or absorbing the food in question. Most folks who have a gluten-related issue are suffering from a sensitivity. That’s why we say people are “Gluten Intolerant”. Their bodies are not able to tolerate gluten. 

But what does that mean? 

Put simply, it means that their bodies have a hard time breaking down and absorbing gluten. This can range from short-term discomfort to chronic pain. Sometimes, this can lead to Irritable Bowel Syndrome. (We should stress that no one really understands exactly what causes IBS, and that it can have many sources of causation.)  In other cases, the long-term consumption of gluten can lead to a build-up of stuff the body can’t break down. When this happens, the digestive tract can get damaged, and this is what leads to Celiac Disease. 

In our next post, we’ll talk a bit more about gluten intolerance and discuss Celiac Disease. 

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Welcome!

Hello world, and welcome to the first entry in Sorbeo’s Digestive Health Blog. We’re a small company with some big ideas about the hidden epidemic of digestive health ailments that affect tens of millions of Americans.

When we started Sorbeo, we began with one simple mission: Help people live healthier, pain-free lives when it comes to digestive health. To that end, we developed Sorbeo Complete, a clinically formulated digestive enzyme.

But we’re more than a health company. We’re more than a supplement manufacturer. We’re a group of people that genuinely wants to help folks live healthier, happier lives.

We think our products can help, but we believe that healthy, pain-free living is the result of lifestyle choices that include:

1. What you eat
2. What you do
3. What you know

Now we can’t make life choices for you, but we can definitely help with the first and last item on that short list. If you’re here, it’s probably because you’ve already decided to modify your diet in order to address some digestive issue. This might include Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Crohn’s Disease, Celiac Disease, a food allergy, such as Gluten Intolerance, or some other chronic digestive issue.

We think our Sorbeo Complete digestive enzyme can help in the “what you eat” department, and we hope that these regular blog updates can help in the “what you know” updates.

The truth is that there’s a lot of hype, confusion and misinformation over digestive health. A lot of people still don’t fully understand the difference between Irritable Bowel Disease and Irritable Bowel Syndrome or the link between Gluten Intolerance and Celiac Disease.

And by the way, if you’re not fully clear on this stuff, that’s 100% fine. That’s why we started this blog.

The guiding premise of this blog is simple:

Even if you never buy any of our products, the information we provide on our site will help you lead a healthier, happier and pain free life when it comes to your digestive health.

In the coming day, weeks, months and (hopefully) years, we’re going to be your digestive health advocate and try our best to share what we know in this space.

We don’t pretend to be the definitive experts in the space, but we’re committed to helping you make informed decisions, and we’re happy to share all we know. Who knows… maybe you can share back and help make us smarter, too.