Some of us have heard of this, some of us have done it, and some have no idea about it. I did an elimination diet about ten years ago when I just couldn't get my colitis symptoms well enough under control with prescriptions alone. My GI was supportive of me trying the elimination diet, but also dubious that changing my diet would help my symptoms... Read more
There have been a few items in the news lately related to Inflammatory Bowel Disease that I thought prudent to pass along to everyone. Tysabri Update: A few weeks ago I wrote about the multiple sclerosis drug, Tysabri, being approved for use in severe Crohn's disease cases (Tysabri Approved for Crohn's). However, last week, a new... Read more
I've noticed that within the IBD community there are those who think food and diet has no bearing on IBD symptoms and then there are those who think that food and diet changes can help to improve symptoms. From my personal experience I fall into the latter category. About ten years ago, when my IBD symptoms were at their worst I embarked on an... Read more
Call me a skeptic, or a cynic if you prefer, but when it comes to health care reform I'm not deciding who I'll give my vote to based on campaign promises. Promises come easy, especially to politicians who have no on-the-job experience trying to get 100 Senators and 435 Members of Congress to overcome the resistance from 50,000 registered... Read more
There is a lot of information out there on the Internet these days and some of it is good and some of it is well, not too correct. I thought this week we might look at some of the myths, or misinformation that's out there about IBD. IBD and IBS are the same thing. Nope, they're not. Some of the symptoms are similar and even some of the... Read more
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