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Posted 5/21/2011 2:20 PM (GMT 0)
http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20462893_2,00.html

Cookbook link : http://www.colitiscookbook.com/

The twin study - only 6%!! - to me, confirms that this is not a genetic disease but something that has happened to cause this. What? Who for sure knows hey.
Posted 5/21/2011 4:27 PM (GMT 0)
I am always seeing different statistics. I wonder what is true...

Interesting read though.
Posted 5/21/2011 6:08 PM (GMT 0)
I clicked through every single risk factor and...I am an outlier (meaning very little correlation with the factors presented). The only one that fits me is #1 that I live in the U.S.

The only other one that could be a possible is #8 high protein diet. Although I was not a meat-eater I did consume a lot of milk products which are animal protein. There are studies that show a positive correlation between high animal protein diet and many diseases including cancer, MS, heart disease, etc.
Posted 5/21/2011 7:08 PM (GMT 0)
There are no negative side effects from a long term high protein diet. Don't blame the protein. If you batter your burger in high fat cheese, butter etc.. .it's not the meat causing the problems. The study most cite against it involved 17(!!) men, that's not a valid study as anyone who has ever taken statistics will know. AND, if you read on in that study it actually states "he study looked only at short-term shifts in certain compounds that are byproducts of metabolism, and not actual disease risk. So it does not show whether high-protein diets really raise the risk of any colon diseases"

LOL
Posted 5/21/2011 8:23 PM (GMT 0)
After having just been diagnosed with UP, I'm still trying to wrap my head around what could have caused this in me. I'm very healthy. I've been a vegetarian for more than 20 years of my life, I eat very healthy, very little fast food, I exercise regularly and I don't smoke. But...I have a class A personality and I have fallen prey to stress. I have a lot going on in my life right now and I think the culmination of a bunch of huge stress factors was ultimately the cause of me getting sick. Therefore, I think its crucial for someone like myself to find ways to cope with stress in order to prevent subsequent flares. That's what I'm working on right now. Trying to figure out ways to lower my stress level and react better when faced with major obstacles. I think many people underestimate how much stress affects our bodies and our health.
Posted 5/22/2011 2:20 AM (GMT 0)
These aren't mutually exclusive factors. There are correlations among them, especially in regard to where you live. For example, where you live and what foods you eat are correlated.

For me, it was antibiotic abuse, which wasn't even listed.
Posted 5/23/2011 3:18 AM (GMT 0)

imagardener2 said...
 There are studies that show a positive correlation between high animal protein diet and many diseases including cancer, MS, heart disease, etc.

 

 

There are also studies linking vitamin D deficeincy to each of these diseases...???

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