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    Am I Crazy?

    I don’t really understand why you think that you may be crazy. Is it because you want to travel to Seattle while in a flare? I don’t see why not. You’re a grown up.
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    Why Don't GI Doctors Take The Role Of Diet Seriously?

    Thinking aloud here but maybe success can be attributed to the very low residue diet rather than lack of anti nutrients? I find it hard to believe that our bodies have not adapted to the plant toxins that were traditionally eaten by our ancestors. It may be harder for most of us to adapt to...
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    Remicade anti-TNF therapy has not yielded expected declines in hospitalisation and intestinal resection rates in inflammatory bowel diseases

    Brilliant! Thanks again! 🙂
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    Remicade anti-TNF therapy has not yielded expected declines in hospitalisation and intestinal resection rates in inflammatory bowel diseases

    Thank you for all the material in non technical English Crohns2357. It’s very helpful.
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    Remicade anti-TNF therapy has not yielded expected declines in hospitalisation and intestinal resection rates in inflammatory bowel diseases

    Thank you so much for your detailed response.
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    Remicade anti-TNF therapy has not yielded expected declines in hospitalisation and intestinal resection rates in inflammatory bowel diseases

    This is such a great thread, if a little confusing to us non-scientists. Are you saying that Crohn’s is a state where the immune system is too weak to clear intestinal contents that have entered the lining of the intestines? A secondary response by the immune system causes inflammation. The...
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    Why Don't GI Doctors Take The Role Of Diet Seriously?

    I agree with you that there does seem to be an element of psychological manipulation in the way treatments are foisted on you. They get you while you’re still in shock, scare you with possibilities of what might go wrong, minimize the side effects of their therapies and pressure you to act...
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    Why Don't GI Doctors Take The Role Of Diet Seriously?

    Your diet is similar to mine, you used gooseberry powder, I used turmeric. You used slippery elm, I used Boswelia. The pre and pro biotics, smoothies, cutting out grains, processed food, dairy etc. I too felt that drugs should be the last option after I had exhausted everything else. I have no...
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    Why Don't GI Doctors Take The Role Of Diet Seriously?

    So Carnivore diet is just meat only? No vegetables, no grains, no dairy, no eggs? That’s a dogs life ! 🥴 Just joking....But hey ..you gotta do what you gotta do...
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    Why Don't GI Doctors Take The Role Of Diet Seriously?

    Interesting to hear your experience. I too felt that I was being rushed into making choices that I was not ready to make. As I said, I was given two weeks to choose between two biologics and return to the hospital. They even fixed my return appointment before I left. I think the two weeks were...
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    Why Don't GI Doctors Take The Role Of Diet Seriously?

    I don’t want to get into a straw man argument here. No one would ever say that dietary changes ALONE can put Crohn’s into remission for EVERYONE. That would be untrue – and an irresponsible thing to say. The point I am trying to make, is that I had to fight my doctors to just postpone drug...
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    Why Don't GI Doctors Take The Role Of Diet Seriously?

    I wanted to add a note just in case anyone is reading any of this and they find it helpful. I am not a doctor and what worked for me may or may not work for you. However, I will try and explain what I did and why. When I was first diagnosed I was given two weeks to choose between 2 biologics...
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    Why Don't GI Doctors Take The Role Of Diet Seriously?

    Restore4 gut health sounds like an interesting product. I am going to file that information in case I need it some time :) During the worst of my flare up I was not able to have anything other than black tea...not even a squeeze of lemon with my tea. Everything else would violently swish...
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    Why Don't GI Doctors Take The Role Of Diet Seriously?

    I agree with you that diet can do the heavy lifting. I wish so very much that there was more research in this area. Right now it is all hit and miss and we figure things out as we go along. The University of Massachusetts school of nutrition ( I think) has IBD anti inflammatory diet...
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    Why Don't GI Doctors Take The Role Of Diet Seriously?

    I tried a bunch of things all at the same time so I am not sure what was effective and what was not or whether it was a combination. So below is how I started off No grains No dairy No alcohol No sugar No cooking fats or salad oils other than butter, ghee, virgin olive oil or coconut oil I...
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