Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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posted 11/14/2009, comments (0)

From IBD to Metastatic Cancer ...

It is difficult to say exactly when this saga began. About six years ago I simply began to feel run down and generally weak with very few specific symptoms. The simplest activities left me totally exhausted.After literally years of numerous doctor visits with a multitude of different physicians, I developed a GI bleed and was subsequently... Read more Chevron

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Elizabeth Roberts

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posted 11/10/2009, comments (0)

Dinner Ideas for IBD & IBS

I get a lot of people asking me what foods are *safe* to eat for people who have gut issues. This is a hard, if not, impossible, question to answer because neither IBD nor IBS seems to affect any two people the same way. There are many IBD and IBSers who find that what they eat has no affect on their symptoms at all. My father falls into this... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/03/2009, comments (0)

Question of the Week!

One of our experts, Elizabeth Roberts, just wrote a sharepost on how to successfully complete an Elimination Diet to discern any food allergies or sensitivities you may have. Have you ever tried an Elimination Diet? And if so, did it work?

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posted 11/02/2009, comments (0)

Skin Cancer and IBD Medications

According to a recent study of 26,403 Crohn's disease patients and 26,974 patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) some of the medications used to treat IBD can increase the incidence of non-melanoma skin cancers. The use of immunosuppressive drugs and biologic agents were both studied and both increased the risk of skin cancer developing... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/29/2009, comments (4)

What is an Elimination Diet?

An Elimination diet (ED) can be very beneficial to people who are have gastrointestinal (GI) problems. Elimination diets are helpful whether or not you have a firm diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), or a possible food allergy, like Celiac disease. The main purpose of an Elimination diet is to... Read more Chevron

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