How can we take these guys seriously when they make statements like this?:
"There is not enough evidence that either food allergy testing or excluding certain foods from the diet is an effective treatment for IBS. Neither can be recommended.
Symptoms: Overall Symptoms
Level of Evidence:
Quality of Supporting Evidence and ACG Graded Recommendations: Patients often believe that certain foods make their IBS symptoms worse. However, there is not enough evidence that either food allergy testing or excluding certain foods from the diet is an effective treatment for IBS. Therefore, neither can be recommended.
ACG Grade
Recommendation: WEAK
Quality of Evidence: LOW OR VERY LOW"
I guess I'll go and get that cheeseburger, then.
If an entire team of trained doctors can't figure out what this community already clearly knows with evidence to back it up, what hope is there these same doctors will be able to find a cure? It's clear from their "suggestions" that the pharmacutical companies are paying the bill, since the only treatments that rate highly are the perscription medications.
I'm over healh care in this country. Obama has a good plan, but those in congress who are in the pockets of the insurance and pharma companies are going to succeed in killing it - you can already see the writing on the wall. I don't know who ever thought at the beginning that allowing companies to make a profit off of denying sick people what they need to get better was a good idea. I just don't see the logic or ethics behind making public health a "for profit" industry.
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Re: American College of Gastroenterology - online IBS tool
