Hi, I have been interested in certain foods that may help with crohns and such like! Things like turmeric, oily fish and green tea have a couple of benefits. Firstly they are all known to naturally reduce swelling and inflammation and also are thought to reduce tnf alpha levels within the body. These are linked to your immune system thus creating the crohns/ uc problems. If you can reduce the chance of your body attacking itself then it has to be a good thing. At present most docs will dismiss these as being not proven at this stage, they also say though that it can't hurt to try. As for doses, cooking with turmeric is easy and should be used as and when as a general spice, there are loads of indian foods that contain turmeric and most are real easy to cook! 3 cups of green tea a day is said to be the amount needed to make a bodily change and as much oily fish as you can cram in. I use the supplements as they are easier to take but am extremely partial to mackerel. I think it helped me internally and I'm sure it aided in my weight gain too. Some say though that farmed salmon, although an oily fish may actually act in reverse and can cause inflammation due to food they eat and chemicals etc. I don't know about this or how true it is! I truly believe we are what we eat so get on the net and check out inflammation reducing foods, there's a whole bunch waiting to be eaten! Good luck
