U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA Consumer magazine
July-August 2001
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The gastrointestinal system functions independently of the rest of the body, and we can digest our food without thinking. Messages between the brain and gut alert us to gastrointestinal malfunction (pain), and conditions such as stress aggravate the IBS symptoms of diarrhea and constipation.

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