Well I was finally told what the cure for both Colitis and Crohns is. I was checking out the label on a can of soup at my local Sprouts store north of Dallas when a lady interrupted me and asked what I was checking. I told her I was on a gluten free diet and was checking the ingredients. She asked me why I was looking at a can of prepared soup. I told her that I had Colitis and have found that eating gluten free foods makes me feel better. She then told me that all I have to do is eat two coconut macaroons a day and it would cure my Colitis. I said, “Oh really?” She added that I should also stop buying prepared foods and make my food the old fashioned way and that it was buying these prepared foods that led me to having Colitis in the first place and the macaroons are the only thing to cure me. By this time I had some grinning sympathetic listeners around me. I told her actually I am doing very well because I am on Remicade and Asacol and eating such a good gluten free diet. She told me I should quit my Remicade, buy a big pot and lots of vegetables and make my own food. Remicade, in her opinion was a scam perpetrated by drug companies because they want to make money and all I needed was to stop buying prepared food.
I explained that I work all day and am close to 61 years old and I think I am doing a pretty good job of looking after myself. She loudly protested that I am just lazy and should be cooking big pots of vegetables and eating two macaroons a day.
So I quietly slipped away, can’t believe I said, “Thanks for your ideas” and went into another isle to buy more prepared foods!
Just wanted to share the cure for Colitis with y’all!