In a little bit of a panic, not sure what to do...

[BethLynn85]

I was just diagnosed with Crohn's in December. I did really well for the first month or so with eating right and following the low residue diet. But then I started feeling better, and started losing control of my diet. So I have been feeling not so great. I have been taking my medication as prescribed. But I can't stop eating, as if I were on the Prednisone again! I've always had a love/love relationship with food. I love to eat it, it loves to stick to my body. And I have heard a lot about all different diets and things, but I am not sure where to go from here. I have a co-worker who insists that if I do the Paleo diet, I will feel better. (He does not have CD or UC, and I don't have the money for organic everything.) The other thing is I want to lose weight, and I have been trying to do Weight Watchers, but when I can't really eat the healthy foods, I feel starved, or I start to get board with what I can eat. Sorry this is long, but does anyone have any advice? Or has anyone had a similar experience? Thanks for putting up with a newbie!

 

[afidz]

Hello! I don't really know very much about diets and such that people with Crohn's follow, but I am going to move this thread to the diet section, I think you will get some great responses there :hug:

 

[BethLynn85]

Thank you! I'm still learning the site. I appreciate your help!

 

[Beach]

Hi Bethlynn85, welcome to the sight. Hope you find success with a diet for your condition.

The 3 most popular diets IBD suffers try are paleo as your co-worker mentions, SCD, and GAPs. Of the 3 the SCD seems to be the one most followed. Being on a budget, I can say it isn't a terribly expensive diet to try. A few college students are following along.

You can learn details about the diet at this sight:

http://www.crohnsforum.com/showthread.php?t=32036

For support - recipes, questions, others that are following a diet can be seen at this link:

http://www.crohnsforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=288

Good luck!

 

[BethLynn85]

What is GAPs? I'm not seeing that one. Thank you for your help!

 

[Beach]

GAPs was created by Dr. Natacha Campbell-McBride. I have not tried it myself, i have tended to eat paleo, but bought her book recently and plan to read it next week. It appears to be similar to the SCD diet in that followers eat foods rich in probiotics.

Here is an interview of her.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/03/18/mcbride-and-barringer-interview.aspx

 

[hugh]

paleo,gaps and scd are all 90% the same diet.
It seems intimidating to begin with but after a while it is easy.

I do recommend that you try it (one of the above diets) for a while

this link explains the why and how of paleo.
http://www.crohnsforum.com/showthread.php?t=48559