FOOD - good, bad, how do we keep track?
There was some news this week that has made me wonder about the food we're told to eat, then told could be bad for us. I'm talking about the fish, Tilapia. The news is that the farm-raised fish we've all be snarfing down these past years is, apparently, very high in Omega-6 essential fatty acids... Read more
Today's a good day to write an IBD blog, ‘cause my gut has simply let loose for no apparent reasons. I woke with mild to moderate abdominal cramps and a couple of hours later the diarrhea started. It's on days like this that I am truly thankfully I was able to learn years ago how to live with IBD rather than as IBD. What I mean by that... Read more
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... 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
Of all the questions people email me with, "What can I eat?" is near the top of the list. And, unfortunately, there is no easy answer I can give. But I can relate my own experience of how I learned what I can and can't eat. Even though there is a school of thought that diet doesn't affect those of us with IBD I hear from... Read more
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