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- Surrey,UK
Did anyone in the UK see the Channel 4 programme "Health Freaks" the other night? The one that featured the lady who had "cured" her Crohn's by eating tree bark. Just wondered what you thought. There were certainly some inconsistencies but that could have been as a result of editing.
The bit that really got my hackles up was the 3rd doctor on the panel who said to the lady "You are clearly an empowered individual I think that is what has cured your disease". She actually used the C word - CURED. So this GP clearly thinks that you can CURE Crohn's by being empowered. On that basis a lot of the crohnies on this Forum should already be "cured" as a lot of their comments sound very "empowered". I just feel this is yet another hurdle for those who are trying to raise IBD awareness.
Rant over but a GP, especially one that writes for a national newspaper should know better.
Subsequently I did a bit more research and found a couple of things the programme didn't mention. The results are here - http://www.crohnoid.com/2013/11/cure-for-crohns.html
The bit that really got my hackles up was the 3rd doctor on the panel who said to the lady "You are clearly an empowered individual I think that is what has cured your disease". She actually used the C word - CURED. So this GP clearly thinks that you can CURE Crohn's by being empowered. On that basis a lot of the crohnies on this Forum should already be "cured" as a lot of their comments sound very "empowered". I just feel this is yet another hurdle for those who are trying to raise IBD awareness.
Rant over but a GP, especially one that writes for a national newspaper should know better.
Subsequently I did a bit more research and found a couple of things the programme didn't mention. The results are here - http://www.crohnoid.com/2013/11/cure-for-crohns.html