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Recent content by zzx2847

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    Sorbitol, Xylitol, Mannitol

    Hello everyone, I thought I would share this bit of info as it has helped me tremendously. A bit of back story. I have Crohn's and am a former smoker. I had been using nicotine gum and vaping instead of smoking for the past 10 years. Within the last two years I went fully to nicotine gum...
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    Donate your computer idle time to Microbiome/Crohns/UC research

    Hi all, Just wanted to share this link (unfortunately I can't post the direct link yet but). This program World Community Grid lets you donate your idle computer CPU cycles to research protein folding for different causes. One of their sub projects is to research the microbiome/ various gut...
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    Starting Remicade

    Hello all, Just joined the forum and thought I would share my story, hopefully it won't bore anyone too much =). Back in 2009 I was diagnosed with Indeterminate colitis, and put on Prednisone and Asacol, shortly after I started taking a probiotic called VSL, which between that and possibly...
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