Introduction & Question on Diet

Hey Luke

I have found great success with managing Crohn's with diet, that is the good news. The bad news is that no one diet is good for everyone. ANd even if you select a diet it will very likley have to be modified for you.

I had the same question as you and I started out be doing a bunch of research. The time of doing research is really worth it. Changing your diet is a big commitment. I read about Makers, FodMap, Gap, LowRes, SCD, Live WIthout Bread, Nourashing Traditions, Paleo and more. Each of these diets clam that if you follow their diet you will heal. This would not be so tough on folks like us if they were all similar, but many of them contradict each other 100%. One says if you eat white bread you will be sick for weeks. The next one says eating white bread is healthy. Given you will find contradicting facts/opinions here is my recommendation.

Do real research. This is well worth your time. I started online then I bought the book. Find a diet that makes sense to you. Do the diet 100% and keep a diary to figure out if the diet needs tweaking. Commit to the diet for a finaite period of time and do not stray during that time. After the commitment time look back on your diary and see if you have improved and if the diet is working for you. If not, try the next diet that makes sense to you.

Take all diet recommendations for what they are. That is 1) offered with good intentions and 2) someone ele's experince that may or may not have any relevance to you

I was lucky, the first diet worked for me, but what works for me is not too relevant due to the above comments.

Good luck and I hope you find what works for you

its a total hit or miss with every person. im on a normal diet (no pasta, dairy products (i cheat sometimes) though or any processed crap). and i take probiotics, l-glutamine, aloe vera gel and my vitamins. seems to work fine for me :)

i too am going to try to SCD diet as of Oct 1st (i pretty much follow it but must eliminate all grains and potato. oh well).

good luck! i found dieticians to be useless because they havent studied nutrition based on pathology. if you can, go see a naturopathic doctor because they're trained on just that.

all natural tinctures or capsules take a few months to work. again, a naturopath dr would know exactly what the best thing to take in balance with your medication. rather than spending tons of $$ trying stuff from a store.

There are many diets you can use, but as Dave said, diet is very individual. What works for me might not work for you. I personally follow a modified low residue diet all the time. I find this diet works best for "me". You are better off trying to figure out what works well for you. Good luck to you!

I do SCD. I am still learning but have learned more than I knew when I started 18 months ago. If I can help let me know. Post here or my email is listed.

Us Crohnies have to stick together

Dave

hahaha. you will soon learn the hard way :P

At my worst, it would burn all the way through with bad diarrhea..I will drink wine on special occasions but it still will give me diarrhea sometimes..I have been told to stick to wines and stay away from anything with malt because it irritates the gut..
Cindy