Sing to Ease Irritable Bowel and Bad Breath (Halitosis)

How singing can ease irritable bowel and gargling tea can beat bad breath (Halitosis)

In our pick of top health stories this week, scientists have found that singing may help ease irritable bowel disease, early menopause could increase risk of stroke and compounds in tea could help prevent bad breath.

Singing in a choir may help ease the symptoms of irritable bowel disease.
Sufferers who took singing sessions once a week for a year reported less pain than those who did not, according to a recent Swedish study.

Benefits: Singing in a choir can reduce the pain of irritable bowel syndrome by increasing the levels of feel-good hormone oxytocin.

The researchers believe that singing increases levels of the feel-good hormone oxytocin, which may have a painkilling effect.

Irritable bowel syndrome affects ten to 15 per cent of the population, causing symptoms such as abdominal pain and cramping, bloating and diarrhoea.

It is three times more common in women, there is no cure and treatment includes dietary changes, medication to treat the spasms, and even antidepressants.

Although its cause is unknown, there is evidence that psychological factors, such as stress, play an important role in irritable bowel syndrome.

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Source - Daily Mail - England, UK

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