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Article: Relief for the digestive health market: with consumers now accepting the fact that a healthy digestive system is crucial to overall well-being, the market is alive with new growth opportunities.
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- Nutraceuticals World
- Article date:
- June 1, 2006
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Constipation, indigestion, leaky gut--not subjects easy to talk about, but even less comfortable to actually experience. Digestive health hasn't been on the top of consumers' minds in past years, but this has turned around due to the well-documented studies proving that proper digestive function is a prerequisite for overall good health, especially since it is interlinked with the immune system.
According to the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NDDIC), digestive diseases, including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and ulcers, affect between 60 and 70 million people in the U.S. As a result, the market for digestive health remedies has expanded ...