Join Dr. Patrick Garrett to discuss current research on IBS and how to reverse it naturally.

1. DR. PATRICK GARRETT, DC, B.SCI, DCCN, DABFM, FAAFM
CONCIERGE NATURAL HEALTHCARE
104 EAST BROADWAY
NEWTON, KANSAS
316-212-5429
DOCTORGARRETT@YAHOO.COM

2. Who is Dr. Garrett?

3. Dr. Patrick Garrett
Chiropractic College / Medical School
12 Years of Functional Lifestyle Practice
Specializing in reversing acute & chronic
conditions naturally
Patients / clients all over the country & world
Clinical focus on reversing diabetes, asthma,
allergies, eczema, psoriasis, migraines and
epigenetic food therapy.
Physician

4. Postgraduate Educator
300 Hour / 2 Year Diplomate Functional Medicine
/ Clinical Nutrition Program in Denver, Colorado
National Speaker
Internal Disorders
Functional Medicine
Applied Nutrition & Clinical Chemistry
Clinical Nutrition
Functional Approaches to Reversing Diseases
National Speaker

5. Lifestyle Medicine Program
Celiac Disease
Lifestyle Medicine – Metabolic Syndrome & Nutrition
Lifestyle Medicine – Stress Management
Lifestyle Medicine – Weight Management
Lifestyle Medicine – Prescribing Exercise
Lifestyle Medicine – Osteoporosis
Lifestyle Medicine – The Biology of Normal Sleep &
Consequences of Insufficient Sleep
Infertility & Endocrinology & More
Postdoctoral Education

6. Lifestyle Medicine Program
Lifestyle Practices for Weight Management & Health Promotion
Models of Behavior Modification
The Pressure System Model of Lifestyle Counseling in Primary Care
Rationale for Lifestyle & Weight Management Counseling
Weight Bias in Clinical Settings: Improving Health Care Delivery for
Obese Patients
Postdoctoral Education

7. Diplomate of the American Board of Functional Medicine
Board Certified in Integrative Medicine
Diplomate of the American College of Clinical Nutrition
Senior Fellow of the American Academy of Functional
Medicine
Diplomates & Certifications

8. Harvard Medical School Postgraduate Association– Member
American Academy of Integrative Medicine – Member
Physicians Committee on Responsible Medicine - Member
American Board of Functional Medicine - Past President
American Academy of Functional Medicine - Chairman of the Board of Directors
Green Med Info – Board Member
Bloodid - Medical Director
Leadership / Membership

9. The IBS Cure

10. What is IBS?
 Type of Irritable Bowel Disease
 Functional disorder with no structural defect
 Characterized by
 Abdominal pain
 Alternating bowel function
 Hypersecretion of colonic mucous
 Dyspeptic symptoms (gas, bloating, nausea)
 Varying degree of anxiety / depression
 Diagnosis of exclusion (NOS)

11. An epidemic of gut inflammation
 The most common GI disorder in general practice
 30-50% of all gastroenterology referrals
 Most IBS suffer without going to the doctor
 15% of the population (4.5 million)
 Affects women 2:1

12. IBS Cure – Medical Option
 There are no medication cures for IBS
 There are no surgical cures for IBS

13. IBS Cure – Medical Option
 Medication Route
 Goal
 Shut down the immune system
 Minimize the side effects of shutting down the immune system
 Multiple drug management and then chemo
Pharmacotherapy
 5-Aminosalicylic acid derivative agents (eg, mesalamine rectal,
mesalamine, sulfasalazine, balsalazide)
 Corticosteroids (eg, prednisone, methylprednisolone, budesonide,
hydrocortisone, prednisolone)
 Immunosuppressive agents (eg, mercaptopurine, methotrexate,
tacrolimus)
 Monoclonal antibodies (eg, infliximab, adalimumab, certolizumab
pegol, natalizumab, vedolizumab)
 Antibiotics (eg, metronidazole, ciprofloxacin)
 Antidiarrheal agents (eg, loperamide, diphenoxylate-atropine)
 Bile acid sequestrants (eg, cholestyramine, colestipol)
 Anticholinergic agents (eg, dicyclomine, hyoscyamine, propantheline)

14. IBS Cure – Medical Option
 Surgical Route
 Goal
 When in doubt, cut it out
 No bowel, no problems
 Prevent infections and complications for the rest of their life
Surgical Options
 Resection of the affected bowel
 Ileocolostomy or proximal loop ileostomy
 Drainage of any septic foci with later definitive resection
 Strictureplasty
 Bypass
 Endoscopic dilatation of symptomatic, accessible strictures

15. What causes IBS?
 Comprised immune system?
 Genetic predisposition?
 Environmental triggers?

16. Rebuilding the immune system
 Eliminate inflammatory foods that impair the immune system
 Sugar
 Corn fed meat – Fish, Beef, Chicken
 Inflammatory oils
 Inflammatory grains
 DAIRY
 Xenoestrogens
 Food sensitivities

17. There is the easy way and there is
the hard way
 Anti-inflammatory foods that impair the immune system
 Eat only naturally occurring sugars
 Meat – Wild caught, free range, grass finished
 Anti-Inflammatory oils
 Wheat free – gluten free but whole grain
 Organic food, natural cleaners, non-toxic cosmetics
 Identify & remove food sensitivities

18. Fat can heal
Fat can kill
Pain
Inflammation
Arrhythmia
Stroke

19. Stop
eating
allergens

20. One
cytokine
causes
several
inflammatory
results

21. Food Sensitivity
Testing for
Histamine
Releasing
Foods

22. Food Sensitivity
Testing for
Histamine
Releasing
Foods

23. IBS is caused – so stop causing it
 40 year male
 20 years of IBS
 8 year old girl
 Severe IBS

24. You are only chronically sick and
dying prematurely from reversible
conditions simply based on what
your current doctor doesn’t know!
Versus

25. QUESTIONS?
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