Personally what do YOU think causes your Crohn's Disease?

Kate548 said...
Livingwell249- I did laugh, but thank you for your serious comments! Tell me what bugs do you think all the trouble is from? On the web I've read various ideas, but what do you think?
Thanks Moobydoo and pb4 for the tips on what to use for the body! I did have a friend give me some coconut oil this past Christmas so I think I will start trying that out to see how good it is. I use Olive Oil cooking wise and even used it on my hair at times, but I never thought you could rub it on yourself. I wonder what Baby Oil is made from, does anybody know?

There is an intergrated doctor who in the past was a surgeon and pathologist who talks extensivly about nthe good vs bad bugs. To simplify it he says that the bad bugs (bacteria, yeast,mold) feed on sugars and don't like oxygen. The by-products of these organisms is what is toxic to us and cause intestinal inflamation. The good guys (probiotics) feed off oxygen and help protect our intestines from the bad guys.Diet and supplements to kill the bad guys and replensish the gut with good guys is how he treats his patients. It makes sense. To be honest it's the only thing that makes sense that i heard of regarding IBDs. An overactive immune system that attacks our own self and has been evolving for a few billion years does not make sense.  

Roni said...
livingwell, I just read the exact opposite, that oxygen is bad for probiotics and many thrive in low oxygen, according to this phd MD and this science article:

www.boogordoctor.com/2011/03/when-considering-probiotics-consider-this/
www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/probiotics/

In fact, the second one says that bacteria like e-coli feed off oxygen. I'm assuming you got this backwards, yes?

Interesting articles. Very cool. I need to watch the video and read his website again to clarify but I think the Doctor I mentioned might have been talking about yeasts /mold hating oxygen.

Roni said...
I'm a little concerned about the probiotics I just bought. I bought a year's supply and now I'm concerned how long the open ones will last. I wonder if I should put them in the freezer....

Wow..Are they in pill form or powder? I buy the renewlife brand which the vitamin shop has refridgerated.

I don't know if any of you have ran across this . . . My daughter told me about this a few years ago after she became vegan and started looking into food more closely.  So for a while I thought oh I drank alot of milk growing up so the milk I drank gave me CD .. Anyway you can click on the link below and make your own conclusions.  Just more "food" for thought. 

Milk and dairy products cause Crohn's disease, mucous and irritable bowel syndrome -- interview with Robert Cohen

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/002684.html#ixzz1toiAAYAf