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  1. RogerDoger

    I lost my kidneys...

    I was reading CBC.CA, came across this article, Kidney failures up 57% over 10 years http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/16/organ-transplants.html and this was one of the comments: "JEDIMASTER wrote:Posted 2010/03/16 at 9:29 PM ET Three comments: 1. For the good fellow who is traveling...
  2. RogerDoger

    Chaga (birch tree mushroom)

    So I was doing some reading and came across an ancient native and Russian folk remedy called Chaga, a fungus which grows on white birch trees. Since many modern drugs are derived from discoveries of chemicals in plants and fungi and then synthesized, could there be something to it? We've...
  3. RogerDoger

    Nova Scotia Blueberries

    Here's a report from the Mercman. I take everything (ahem) 'Doctor' Mercola says with a grain of salt because he's always trying to separate me from my money. Nova Scotia is a big producer of wild blueberries, but watch out, if they aren't organic they may have lots of crap in them...
  4. RogerDoger

    Irritated Eyes?

    Lately my eyes are becoming irritated, and not just when I look in the mirror. I've read that eye problems can be a result of Crohns. Is it a common comorbidity? They always seem puffy and itchy all the time. Maybe it's just age, I dunno.
  5. RogerDoger

    Vitamin D supplements could fight Crohn's disease

    "Montreal, January 27, 2010 – A new study has found that Vitamin D, readily available in supplements or cod liver oil, can counter the effects of Crohn's disease. John White, an endocrinologist at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, led a team of scientists from McGill...
  6. RogerDoger

    Miso

    Miso. Good. Isn't it? I eat it every day now. "Aids digestion: Only the very heartiest micro-organisms are able to survive the rigors of several years' fermentation in the presence of salt. Thus they and their enzymes are well suited to continue their work in the large and small intestines...
  7. RogerDoger

    Suspecting Crohns

    Hello, I've been having problems for a couple of years now, and I'm finally suspecting Crohns. It started the day after a Leonard Cohen concert; I was getting pain in my lower right abdomen. I thought, that's it, last night's bottles of wine finally did in my liver. Got an ultrasound; fatty...
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