It might sound counterintuitive, but increasing fiber aids both diarrhea- predominant and constipation-predominant IBS. âFiber has water-holding capacity, so it bulks up the stool,â says Keith Bruninga, MD, a gastroenterologist at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, explaining how it can ease diarrhea.
Definition of RESPIRATION for Kids. 1. : the act or process of breathing: the inhaling of oxygen and the exhaling of carbon dioxide. 2. : the process by which cells use oxygen to break down sugar and obtain energy. the physical and chemical processes (as breathing and diffusion) by which an organism supplies its cells and tissues with the oxygen needed for metabolism and relieves them of the carbon dioxide formed in energy-producing reactions. 3. : cellular respiration.
Forms of Respiration. Respiration can be defined as the process by which an organism takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide, one in which the circulating medium of the organism (e.g., the blood) comes into contact with air or dissolved gases. Either way, this means more or less the same thing as breathing.