The Cause of Lower Abdominal Cramping Pain

Check out the best foods for lower abdominal pain or cramping and learn more about what causes it.

0:00 Introduction: What to do for lower abdominal pain
0:13 Typical treatment for lower abdominal pain
1:10 Lower abdominal pain causes
5:15 The best foods for lower abdominal pain relief
7:45 The best vegetable for digestive problems
8:52 Learn more about how to support digestion!

Today we're going to talk about the best and worst foods for lower abdominal pain.

There are many different causes of lower abdominal cramping or pain. But, in my opinion, we can usually trace the problem back to the person's diet and malabsorption.

If a person has a problem with malabsorption, they may also experience bloating, diarrhea, or loose stool. The more inflammation or gut problems you have, the more sensitive you're going to be to certain things like gluten, lactose, fruit, grains, legumes, beans, nuts, and seeds.

A good thing to consume would be a stew with homemade bone broth. The collagen in the stew is great for inflammation in the gut. Adding vegetables to the stew is also fantastic because they will cook down to the point where they shouldn't bother your digestive system.

High-quality saturated animal fats are important to help support the gut. This means the meat you add to your stew should have skin on it and should be fatty.

Lactose-free whole-milk kefir or lactose-free goat milk kefir is also great to help support healthy digestion. To support the colon, you may want to consume probiotic foods. Ghee and fermented vegetables may also be beneficial.

The best vegetable for digestive issues is cabbage. This may be because it contains sulforaphane or certain phytonutrients. Even people who have digestive problems like gastritis or irritable bowel syndrome may find it easier to consume cabbage.

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Dr. Eric Berg received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1988. His use of “doctor” or “Dr.” in relation to himself solely refers to that degree. Dr. Berg is a licensed chiropractor in Virginia, California, and Louisiana, but he no longer practices chiropractic in any state and does not see patients so he can focus on educating people as a full time activity, yet he maintains an active license. This video is for general informational purposes only. It should not be used to self-diagnose and it is not a substitute for a medical exam, cure, treatment, diagnosis, and prescription or recommendation. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Berg and you. You should not make any change in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician and obtaining a medical exam, diagnosis, and recommendation. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

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Thanks for watching! Give these foods for lower abdominal pain a try. I'll see you in the next video.

[fidelcatsro]

Parroting and sharing Dr Bergs notes here:

If a person has a problem with malabsorption, they may also experience bloating, diarrhea, or loose stool. The more inflammation or gut problems you have, the more sensitive you're going to be to certain things like gluten, lactose, fruit, grains, legumes, beans, nuts, and seeds.

A good thing to consume would be a stew with homemade bone broth. The collagen in the stew is great for inflammation in the gut. Adding vegetables to the stew is also fantastic because they will cook down to the point where they shouldn't bother your digestive system.

High-quality saturated animal fats are important to help support the gut. This means the meat you add to your stew should have skin on it and should be fatty.

Lactose-free whole-milk kefir or lactose-free goat milk kefir is also great to help support healthy digestion. To support the colon, you may want to consume probiotic foods. Ghee and fermented vegetables may also be beneficial.

The best vegetable for digestive issues is cabbage. This may be because it contains sulforaphane or certain phytonutrients. Even people who have digestive problems like gastritis or irritable bowel syndrome may find it easier to consume cabbage.

Thank you Dr Berg! 🐱👍🏿

[mekman]

My grandmother used to feed me cabbage with pretty much every meal when I was younger. Thank you!

[alysiayoung]

Dr. Berg, thank you. My family was blessed with an additional 2 years with my Dad (Age 44) before he passed away from cancer. He was an avid watcher of your channel & always preached to our family how much you have helped him. He was able to significantly decrease the amount of prescriptions he had coming out of his heart transplant in 2020. He was extremely grateful to you & I thank you as well.

[madelinemelocriollo]

I've seen plenty of gastroenterologists...they never mentioned my diet. Your information is worth more than what I would get from a million of these modern day gastroenterologists. I am a health professional and thankfully I intuitively felt and knew enough to know that the advice these doctors gave me would only have made me sicker. I was able to cure a terrible condition with just diet changes and kombucha alone .... no prescriptions or over the counter crap. I wanted to feel my body ... I didn't want to numb it. I knew that knowing the symptoms helped guide me to fixing the root cause.... your information is priceless, it has propelled my healing process even further... very grateful for your content. Thank you 😊🙏

[laura]

today on my work i hade an acute lower abdominal cramping pain, it was awful, in the same day i watched your video..God send you in my path, thank you dr. Berg !

[richardstanleymaness]

I have been following you for years. I have ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA and RSD, among other things. For years I have used glucose to treat attacks of the AIP, but thanks to a change of meds for the RSD by a very uneducated but politically motivated replacement primary care doctor I had to have an emergency epidural to relax muscles controlling my diaphragm leaving me with blood o2 of 83. From there I became bed ridden for near a year after an injection in my right hip put me in hospital and have had to learn to walk again. It also pushed a low A1C to 6.7. I started to take KETO seriously and my A1C was 5.1 when I last tested and the Insulin Resistance symptoms are gone, but I am having more frequent AIP attacks as my weight goes down. I was 310lbs when I started the diet change. I am now around 275lbs. The increase in AIP issues seems related to the weight loss.

The RSD is a result of my Perennial nerve in my left leg below the knee being severed and the Sciatic nerve being damaged in the same accident. Accident happened 1991-2 and I will be 71 in April. I am looking for something other than glucose for the AIP. I do know about Hemetin and have a home version that seems to be as effective (rare to raw red juicy meat)

What suggestions do you have?

I am walking with a cane, but I can ride my Harley on a good day now (after being returned to my original RSD medication.

Richard Stanley Maness Sr

[EACHONETEACHONE]

I love when you cover digestion! It’s a topic I feel should be discussed more often. I can remember as an addition to healing my H-PYLORI, it was also Simethicone (Gas X) is megadosing for one week that also saved me. It eliminated my extreme brain fog that the methane gases were causing and helped to remove excess gas from my GI tract so that perastalsis kicked in again.
Taking simethicone was crucial in my healing journey.
I also soaked my beans over night to reduce the lectins which also helped with digestion. They were less fibrous and easy on my stomach making it better for digestion but even more so, consumption for the good bacteria. Cabbage juice (once the bacterial count was low) was also a life saver for me!
Thank you for sharing this info, Dr. Berg! All disease begins and ENDS in the gut.

[Sunlightsam]

My mother was diagnosed to have stage 1 pancreatic cancer (I’m not convinced she had cancer, that’s another story) and I went with her to the GI doc about a year after her surgery. My mother was experiencing sharp abdominal pains. Not ONCE did the doctor mention diet. I brought it up, and she fumbled around and handed us a paper on foods to avoid 🙄, and scheduled my mother for a CAT scan lol

[taananaki]

Thank you Doc Eric since 2 months ago I've known you, my life changed gastric ulcer, reflux gone, abdominal pain gone doing omad and have lost 12, 5kg so far in such a short period of time learning a lot from you life saver you are ♥️🙏

Now 6 months totally I've lost 26kgs

[kristiedaniels]

Mine turned out to be MALS!!!
Took 57 years! Just had surgery! Sooo thankful for a solution and no longer feeling guilt from others that it’s in my head or I just want attention!!!!🎉

[JC-bjpe]

Dr.Berg, I have been following your posts regularly and have learned a lot from you. I especially benefit from the written description. I have been suffering from abdominal cramps for a long time and have recently found what causes it and here would like to share my experience. I thought I could not tolerate fat as it definitely caused me to regurgitate oil and followed by cramps. Turns out it only happened if I eat fat along with carb (be it veggie, nuts ...). If I eat only fat I am OK, no regurgitation, no cramps, no discomfort. Not sure if the carb would "shut off" the bile to digest fat or what, but that's how I avoid cramps.

[C.N.]

Dr. Berg has healing hands, a healing heart, and healing humor! THATS RARE! Thanks Sir 😀

[chalupo]

Thanks doc for everything you are doing, indeed you are helping us so much at least now we have learnt a lot of things from your channel, please keep up with the good work 👍👍

[vincestrange]

We followed all the videos about IBS and intestinal issues, and it turned out to be autoimmune. Colostrum. Many such cases under 50.

[johnosullivan]

Superb video. Cutting all gluten-containing products out of my diet, along with taking a high-strength daily probiotic, has gotten rid of the severe stomach cramps I began having 6 months ago. What's also incredible is that my previous intolerances to fish and flaxseed have all but disappeared.

[letakeokuk]

I made the mistake of dumping too much flax seed meal into my regular morning spinach and berry smoothie, it took a whole week to heal my gut. It felt like what I imagine labor pains to be. 😩

[jimberence]

i'm also sufferings from the abdominal pain (lower) since 8 years ago,
I just noticed that it happened after I took'Risperidone'.
So, I guess some of you knew what are my illness, cause I took'Risperidone' 😊,
Could someone lists up about what is my illness in regards of the abdominal pain?(possibilities) 😊
Thanks in advance

[Irak]

My daughter suffers from vasculitis nephrotic syndrome and Hong Kong Lin purpura. I hope you will make a video about this disease and the appropriate treatment for it, as well as nutritional and sports activities. Thank you very much

[jaiganapatibapa]

Even top surgeons in India doesnt have this kind of knowledge truly a mircale u r

[lorriegallardo]

This is me. I have serious digestive issues and I eat organic and healthy. I'm so happy uou mentioned sheep cheese. I don't eat dairy but when I heard about the amazing benefits (MCT oil) I ran fast to buy it. Thanks for all the info Doc.