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    Elizabeth Roberts

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    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 moreChevron
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    Some Say We Created Our Illness

    I live in Boulder, Colorado, one of the most health-centric places in the world. So when I got sick with ulcerative colitis in 2000, I felt like some kind of failure. I was a wife, a mom, and in the middle of my main earning years. It was a terrible time to be sick. I spent a lot of time thinking, "What did I do to create this?"   In... Read moreChevron
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    Green Tea and IBD

    Drinking green tea is not a new past time. In fact, individuals have enjoyed drinking green tea for over 5,000 years. However, in the past several years, green tea is increasingly being studied as an agent with the potential to reduce inflammation, especially in the gastrointestinal tract.   Green tea is made from the dried leaves of... Read moreChevron
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    H.R. 7078 - Nothing's Happening!

    With the recent/upcoming changes in power in our House of Representatives, I suppose we should expect things to fall through the cracks.  This is to encourage everyone to crank up the interest again in the bill introduced last September to increase awareness of autoimmunity.  H.R. 7078 is showing NO activity since early in... Read moreChevron
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    FDA issues "stern" safety warnings on Salix brand Visicol and OsmoPrep bowel cleansers

    According to Associated Press business writer Matthew Perrone:   Federal health officials said today, that they will add the sternest safety warnings available to drugs used before colonoscopies, following reports of kidney damage in several patients. The Food and Drug Administration said it has received more than 20 reports of a serious... Read moreChevron
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