My GI and "new" IBD Theory

My GI is as mainstream as you can get. During my visit last week he mentioned how there is new research on how IBDs are caused by a bacterial inbalance in our intestines. Interesting and thank God I've been treating my gut that way for the past 13 years :)

I think a lot of the problem is there are billion of diff bacteria who to say which ones and or combo of ones may work best

 

Nicecupoftea would you like the link to my doctors addess?

Maybe these links can help..

http://scdlifestyle.com/about-the-scd-diet/

http://www.scdrecipe.com/blog/archive/2010/04/29/research-gut-bacteria-and-ibd/

http://www.majidali.com/Bowel-AlteredStatesofBowelEcology.htm

There are also thousands of people online who could attest to it. I could also send you my labwork if you like.

 

Whilst Majid Ali is considered a guru by some, many consider him a quack.
Perhaps the worst of his offenses is his arbitrary over-simplification of gut bacteria into two groups; LAPs and TAPs. (Lactic acid producers and Toxin producers.) This is an absurd delineation. As an example, it is utter nonsense to suggest that Bacteroides, the most predominant resident bacteria in the human gut, should be thought of as toxic. They are mutualistic inhabitants playing a fundamental role in digestion, and in the exclusion of pathogens. A very minor few species are opportunistic pathogens.

I really like people who think outside the box, as long as they are not purposefully blurring fact and opinion.

The idea that gut bacteria, and their balance, are involved in Crohns is not a new idea at all.

I was sent to a gastro doctor when a trip to my regular doc for constipation turned into a positive ASCA igg test. Gastro said I have no real symtoms of chrons. Colonoscpy and pill cam are completely negative. Doctor said I might have a bacterial overgroth and gave me an antibiotic which comeplety vanashed all my symptoms..however 7 months later symptoms like slight constipation are starting to come back as well as an increase of pimples on my face which I know is related to my gut 100%. When my bowel habits are normal acne is gone and as soon as I get constipated I break out.. My gastro is convinced I do not have chrons and the asca test does not mean a thing..however I can't get over every study showing asca to be 95% specific for chrons..anybody with any insight would be greatly appreciated.- Thanks

I dunno about ASCA igg alone, but the 95% specificity only applies to the combination of ASCA igg and iga antibodies. To be honest, it does not much sound like you have Crohn's to me, J123 dude.

J, well, I didn't say that those people are necessarily healthy - just that they don't have Crohn's.

A positive ASCA IgG by itself can be found in celiac disease, behcet's disease, other forms of colitis besides crohn's, and sometimes, yes, in healthy people too.

Also, the definition of "positive" is somewhat arbitrary. What levels exactly? Studies I've seen define a range from 0 to xx as being negative, from xx to yy as being marginal, and from yy to above being positive.

Asca igg 37.2 Asca iga 19.2 greater that 25 =positive can anyone shed some light on these results

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"Whilst Majid Ali is considered a guru by some, many consider him a quack.ling - re your comment."

Wow!!! I just signed up to comment on your post. Having lived in NYC 33 years, went through decades of chemical exposures post building fire (illegal) and ending up nearly dead (paralytic, internal bleeding and breaking down), I (when I recovered enough to do so as at the time was totally dysfunctional) found Dr. Majid Ali. I had been doing Gerson Therapy and wanted to find an MD who thought along the same lines. BTW my mother was in traditional medicine and since I was young instinctively turned to holistic treatments (avoiding open heart surgery at the age of 18). As well I am highly educated in both biochemistry, health fields, and arts chemistry and other areas). I rarely if ever turn to pharmaceuticals (think Bayer aspirin Bayer pesticides).

This doctor is a brilliant researcher, gives freely of his time - rants against AMA (formed by Rockefella way back when, as he and a consortium owned chemical companies and wanted to snuff out plant based treatments). There is great effort even now to do so, and many states do not have a "medical freedom act". When NY did I was able to do the I.V.'s of H2O2 (which I had researched and requested). As well his castor oil packs was from my suggestion (Gerson, Cayce) and he did great additional research and provides this information free to anyone.

I submit that those who "consider" him a quack - want a "quick cure" when decades of physiological abuse can not be "healed" (returned to soundness) overnight as Allopathic medicine would have you believe.

The body is a "self healing" mechanism. Our soils (air, water polluted) are damaged foods are lacking in nutrients, people eat packaged, canned "dead" foods.

Your household products, personal products, Perfumes, cleaners, on and on are laden with highly toxic enzyme killing chemicals - get the Osha book on products and MSDS (material safety data sheet). Here in American even perfumes are made from left over petrolium sludge ie oil by products and sold to the "fragrance" industry.

As well, when I was found in a semi coma at my last job and could no longer work (after trying to heal in smoke laden toxic environments) he did not charge me for his fees (only lab)... he is a highly spiritual humane Doctor.

Back in 2004-2005, my first dr when diagnosed put me on long stents of flagyl an other antibiotics with flagyl as a treatment. When off of it for three to four months, my symptoms would return..He left and went to Hopkins..The GI after that would try to treat me with antispasmodics, sulfa drugs, anticholergenics, and antiacids all which I reacted to or did not help..He fired me or I fired him for noncompliance. The.The next Dr which had rheumatoid arthritis himself went with antibiotic therapy with predisone..I then went to an auto immune specialist and have seen been treated by a personal physician. I was then left on lower doses of predisone till today..The level of treatment comes with their own philosophy on this dd.