Crohn's Clear

We found the Crohn's Complete Elemental Shake to be helpful last September when my son had a small flare. He drank it and nothing else for nearly 10 days, as I recall. After that, he slowly re-introduced solid food. It worked, and he says it "feels better in his stomach" than using something like Boost or Ensure. The capsule contains circumin (turmeric) and other natural anti-inflammatory herbs. Who knows if it helps. We've used it on and off as you have. Many folks here use turmeric, though.

The Crohn's Complete flaxseed oil product is likely not as effective as using enteric coated fish oil and/or cod liver oil, jmho. We use both of those instead of the flaxseed oil to supply omega 3s to the diet. The typical American diet is naturally higher in omega 6s and 9s (also in flax) so we need to boost the omega 3s for a better ratio. Fish oil has been studied and proven a successful addition to the diet for Crohn's folks.

So to answer your question about the whole line, for me I think the shake is worth it if you need it to calm a flare, but the rest of the supplements can be added much more cheaply by using fish oil and turmeric. Again, jmho....

I hope you feel better real soon!

Thanks for your advice. I find drinking the elemental shake for a few days really does help me the most. I feel there is no strain on my digestive system when I'm replacing my meals with it. I feel relief from bloating and cramps almost immediately. The capsules are ok I guess. I only used the herbal capsules and left the flaxseed oil caps on the side as I tended to take the enteric coated fish oil instead.

I now face the dilemma of not being able to obtain in the capsules in AUstralia as the new company that is selling the product now does not deliver outside the U.S. I can only obtain the elemental shake, which I have already purchased an ample supply of.

I will not be taking the capsules any longer, but have decided to take the shake when I'm experienceing a flare up, with liquid fish oil (preffered to caps), liquid Vitamin B, and slippery elm. I am also starting the SCD diet again.

If you wanted to, it wouldn't hurt to try the one month supply of the program to see how well it works for you.

:)

It looks like Crohn's clear is available in the US. It used to be sold by a company called bioneutrix on the website www.crohnsclear.com. Now this website is not available, because it looks like another company is marketing the product. After lots of searching I found the new website is www.crohnsclear.biz. But as i said, this new company does not deliver outside the US whereas the Bioneutrix did.