"Beat Crohn's disease naturally" Article

[Fog Ducker]

Just saw this article, has some good info in it, I have been doing most of the things listed and seen great results!

http://www.naturalnews.com/032341_Crohns_disease_prevention.html

 

[Will]

Thanks for the link. Read it with interest but found it hard to understand.

 

[Lydia]

I love homemade sauerkraut. Mmmm.

 

[shamrock15]

Very interesting read. Just curious about how this fits into other diets (low fibre), and what you use to replace the grains component of a diet? With no grains, no veg, it would leave me as a genuine carnivore!

 

[aliciars]

Thanks for the link. Read it with interest but found it hard to understand.

Me too. However there is a new holisitic wellness center in my area that I'm starting to get interested in. I need someone to hold my hand through some of this stuff - really confusing.

 

[itsMeFred]

Very interesting read. Just curious about how this fits into other diets (low fibre), and what you use to replace the grains component of a diet? With no grains, no veg, it would leave me as a genuine carnivore!

"Replace" grains? You just dump them. Get more fruits, veggies, meats and fats...
Frankly, for as much as we know about the effects of grains on the healthy human system, the fact that so many people with autoimmune diseases still include them in their diets puzzles me.

BTW, if anyone wants more in-depth information on diet and its effects on our biochemistry, including those of us with IBDs, I would highly recommend both The Paleo Solution and Life Without Bread.

 

[Cookie]

An interesting read. There are a lot of "factual" claims made in this article that I haven't seen before...just wondering where the references are? Not that I am doubting the message. I know that I do better when I avoid any kind of processed food and have been contemplating going gluten free. I am just questioning the reliability of his claim that there is a definite link between Crohn's and anti-yeast antibodies. Has anyone seen documented evidence of this before?

 

[itsMeFred]

Google Scholar is always the best place to start looking.

 

[handle]

It's great that certain people find relief from not eating grains. I can't eat fruit or vege, and my safe foods are definitely simple and complex starches.
I think people need to be careful jumping to conclusions about grains. The mechanisms of inflammation are not necessarily as simple as presented by the cold data. Yes, Crohns people showed a reaction to the stimuli, that doesn't mean it causes flare ups, or that the pathway is that direct. I think you could put pretty much any food through a Crohnie and get an odd reaction.
The diet in that article (cabbage, sauerkraut, kimchi) would finish me!
all the best.

 

[Cookie]

Thanks for the link Erin. Some interesting reading for sure. This is a little more along the lines of the info I would be looking for. Here's the data, draw your own conclusions. I was a little put off by the tone of the other article...insisting that if all Crohnies quit eating gluten, etc that we would all be fine, without anything to back the claim. That's an awful big conclusion to jump to. While I did not thoroughly read all of the articles in your link, the general theme seemed to be that there is statistical data that links Crohn's patients with an increased sensitivity to yeast. None of those studies claimed to conclude that if we stopped eating gluten, we would all be just dandy.

And I do appreciate the information. I think it's very important that we all figure out what works best for us. And I also appreciate the amount and variety of valuable information that is shared through this site.

 

[Crohns08]

I think from my understanding of the article that this diet is more of a maintenance diet, not something that you eat while flaring. I do agree that crohn's is very different for each individual seeing as how the article said that eggs typically effect people with crohn's and for me it happens to be a safe food.

I do think that they are on to something with yeast though.

 

[itsMeFred]

Yeah, I think the "Beat Crohn's" might be a bit misleading. You can't really beat it, afterall. For that matter, it also says, "full recovery" which might be a bit misleading, also. Aiming for a really long remission might be a better way of putting it.

From one of the studies that showed up in the search I posted:
Lymphocyte Proliferation Response to Baker’s Yeast in Crohn’s Disease

These results are consistent with previous findings that showed increased titers of IgG and IgA antibodies to baker’s yeast in patients with Crohn’s disease as compared to healthy controls. They confirm the suspicion that baker’s yeast itself or a related antigen play a role in Crohn’s disease

So far as gluten, that's another search. Read the information that shows up when you search Crohn's or colitis and gluten.
We KNOW gluten is inflammatory for a lot of people. We KNOW there is a strong connection between celiac disease and Crohn's. We KNOW lineoleic acids (most vegetable oils) are inflammatory and so on.

Will eliminating these things from your diet cure you? Probably not.
However, to continue to keep them in one's diet seems counterproductive, to say the least.