 An estimated 10% to 20% of the general population suffers from irritable bowel syndrome, accounting for about 4 million doctor visits a year. What can we do for people? Well, how about a kiwifruit intervention? Kiwifruit improves bowel function in patients with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation, thankfully in English, too. The impact of a four-week kiwifruit intervention on bowel function in patients diagnosed with irritable bowel with constipation. Two kiwis a day for a month in this study funded by, of course, the world's largest marketer of kiwis. I'm surprised they didn't have the meeting. Five a day. But they did find that such a kiwi intervention shortens colon transit time, increases defecation frequency, and improves bowel function. Furthermore, no deleterious effects of kiwifruit consumption on psychological function and where adverse effects were found in these studies. I would hope not. But what they're hinting at, though, is to gasoline. The most frequently prescribed drug for irritable bowel until it was pulled from the market out of concern, it was killing people, increasing risk of heart attack and stroke. So I'd stick with the kiwis.