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Has anyone else experienced remission through diet and supplements alone?
My Crohn's was pretty bad at one point with a stricture forming. I tried Imuran- which caused more side effects than anything and Remicade, which I became immune to after a year. At the same time I was exploring natural treatments and found raw goat milk really helped my stomach feel better and lessen symptoms. It helped so much that I got my own dairy goats! I practically lived on nothing but goat milk for a while, especially during flares. I also started fermenting things like kombucha and sauerkraut and raw milk keifer. I had occasional flare ups, but still steadily showing improvement. I also cut out foods that made me feel sick, like coffee, chocolate, cow dairy, bread (gluten), refined sugar, spicy foods and raw vegetables. I started on some strong probiotics and turmeric and after a year I was in remission!
during the last year of my Crohn's symptoms, I experienced some non-bowel symptoms, like arthritis, complex migraines, panic attacks, heart palpitations and some skin inflammation. I started Turmeric supplements as well as vitamin D and Magnesium. after that, those symptoms went away too. It's been 3 years now since I had any bowel symptoms and over a year of having any non-bowel symptoms.
I slowly added things back into my diet as I could handle them. I can now enjoy coffee, chocolate and pretty much everything. (although I try and maintain a healthy diet!) I still take daily Turmeric, Probiotics, Magnesium Citrate and a multivitamin with lots of B-vitamins in them. Ill probably take this combination of supplements for life.
Anyone else have success though natural means?
My Crohn's was pretty bad at one point with a stricture forming. I tried Imuran- which caused more side effects than anything and Remicade, which I became immune to after a year. At the same time I was exploring natural treatments and found raw goat milk really helped my stomach feel better and lessen symptoms. It helped so much that I got my own dairy goats! I practically lived on nothing but goat milk for a while, especially during flares. I also started fermenting things like kombucha and sauerkraut and raw milk keifer. I had occasional flare ups, but still steadily showing improvement. I also cut out foods that made me feel sick, like coffee, chocolate, cow dairy, bread (gluten), refined sugar, spicy foods and raw vegetables. I started on some strong probiotics and turmeric and after a year I was in remission!
during the last year of my Crohn's symptoms, I experienced some non-bowel symptoms, like arthritis, complex migraines, panic attacks, heart palpitations and some skin inflammation. I started Turmeric supplements as well as vitamin D and Magnesium. after that, those symptoms went away too. It's been 3 years now since I had any bowel symptoms and over a year of having any non-bowel symptoms.
I slowly added things back into my diet as I could handle them. I can now enjoy coffee, chocolate and pretty much everything. (although I try and maintain a healthy diet!) I still take daily Turmeric, Probiotics, Magnesium Citrate and a multivitamin with lots of B-vitamins in them. Ill probably take this combination of supplements for life.
Anyone else have success though natural means?
