Found this on a health forum. I have no idea how well it works but the avoid foods list looks correct.
Dan Bergman
Dr Richard Gearry, senior lecturer at Otago University's Christchurch School of Medicine, has found a low-carbohydrate diet can quickly ease the suffering of people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
In a study of 100 patients at Box Hill Hospital in Victoria, Australia, Gearry found the diet was effective in more than half of those with IBD – an umbrella term for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
"Doctors have known for a long time that patients know what affects their condition and causes symptoms," he said.
"Dietitians and doctors and scientists looked at this more closely and identified a number of foods that can cause abdominal pain and diarrhea."
The diet involves cutting back on wheat, onions, milk, ice cream, apples, honey and stone fruits. Legumes were also found to cause pain.
"Often they are sugars and carbohydrates that are not absorbed when they pass through the bowel and when they get into the colon they can ferment and produce gas and pain," Gearry said.
The diet could also help those with irritable bowel syndrome.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4255468a7144.html
Dan Bergman
Dr Richard Gearry, senior lecturer at Otago University's Christchurch School of Medicine, has found a low-carbohydrate diet can quickly ease the suffering of people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
In a study of 100 patients at Box Hill Hospital in Victoria, Australia, Gearry found the diet was effective in more than half of those with IBD – an umbrella term for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
"Doctors have known for a long time that patients know what affects their condition and causes symptoms," he said.
"Dietitians and doctors and scientists looked at this more closely and identified a number of foods that can cause abdominal pain and diarrhea."
The diet involves cutting back on wheat, onions, milk, ice cream, apples, honey and stone fruits. Legumes were also found to cause pain.
"Often they are sugars and carbohydrates that are not absorbed when they pass through the bowel and when they get into the colon they can ferment and produce gas and pain," Gearry said.
The diet could also help those with irritable bowel syndrome.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4255468a7144.html