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Posted 4/25/2013 9:57 PM (GMT 0)
This well intentioned but almost completely wrong article is part of what fuels public mis-information about IBD:
www.azfamily.com/news/health/Diet-can-ease-symptoms-of-Crohns-disease-and-colitis-204720121.html

They'd have you believe that the foods we eat cause our disease and we are either too stupid or stubborn to stop eating them....
Posted 4/25/2013 10:16 PM (GMT 0)
I read:
And while we don't know what causes them, we do know that genetic and environmental components are at the root of these autoimmune diseases.
and
Although food cannot cure or prevent IBD, certain foods can “trigger” symptoms.

I don't mean to be disagreeable but I didn't think the article was that bad.
I've read that Crohn's responds more to diet mod. than UC so it could help some people.
Posted 4/25/2013 10:57 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, imagardener2, but avoiding high fibre foods etc, is not good advice because IBD is so individual and the overall gist of this article seems to imply that a change of diet is all one needs to fix it all. Many on this forum could have a lengthy discussion on the merits and pitfalls of diet changes.
As has been said a million times about IBD, what works for one may not work for another and I know many have tried diet changes to no avail.
As it's been said " a little bit of knowledge is more dangerous none at all"
True dat
Posted 4/25/2013 11:04 PM (GMT 0)
Well I often wonder how long some people really give diet changes to see any difference will occur...it's not easy to do and can be hard to stick with, and I wouldn't be surprised at all if many don't stick with it long enough to see if it has a positive impact, but rather jump on the idea that it didn't work for them when they honestly only maybe tried it for a few days. Just the same as people trying naturals, so many times I've read they tried for a week or few days and no improvements so they gave up...that's what may be a bigger part of the problem.

It can take yrs for the system to recover, especially if for the most part, people haven't been eating well for most of their life.
Posted 4/25/2013 11:11 PM (GMT 0)
ya, i read the same article ima did -

beat - please post the correct link to the article you read-
Posted 4/25/2013 11:35 PM (GMT 0)
Diet does ease some symptoms. We all have 'trigger foods' that we avoid.
Posted 4/26/2013 12:35 AM (GMT 0)
I was with her until she recommended the BRAT diet (bananas, rice, applesauce, and turkey). If sugar makes your symptoms worse, then I can see this not being a good. I wish they couched it as "a good place to start would be the BRAT diet."
Posted 4/26/2013 12:37 AM (GMT 0)
I think it can be a problem when people get the idea that everyone with IBD can get healed with food. People probably think we are a bunch of slobs who can't control ourselves. At the same time, it didn't say food "cures", it just says it helps to ease symptoms. I know food did not ease my symptoms but I don't think the article stated it works in every single case. I eat really healthy and I don't think I am off-the-hook forever from UC because I eat this way.
Posted 4/26/2013 12:46 AM (GMT 0)
"We all have 'trigger foods' that we avoid."

Not in my case. What I eat, or don't eat has had no effect in worsening or helping my UC.
Posted 4/26/2013 12:50 AM (GMT 0)

Joylu said...
"We all have 'trigger foods' that we avoid."

Not in my case. What I eat, or don't eat has had no effect in worsening or helping my UC.

I'm not talking about diet and UC, I'm talking about functional symptoms. There's nothing you'd avoid before, say, a job interview?

Healthy people would probably not load up on beans and hard boiled eggs.
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