Crohn's Disease & Ulcerative Colitis Support Group
Crohn's disease is a systemic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) of unknown cause, that results in chronic inflammation of the intestinal tract. It can affect the entire gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, and can also cause complications outside of the gastrointestinal tract. There is no known medical or surgical cure for Crohn's disease, but there are many medical...
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Trash It Now Foods. (BPSP-D)
Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food."
These were the words of Hippocrates, the "Father of Medicine," in 400 B.C.
Your health, and the health of those you care about, will be well worth it!
Sugar is the best place to start.
Robs the body of enzymes, minerals and vitamins, especially B-vitamins. Symptoms of B-vitamin.
Weakening the immune system and is a source of fuel for feeding cancer and tumors.
Trash It Now: Sugar that big bag and all those little packets of artificial sweeteners.
Any thing with words like (sucrose, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, maltodextrin).
Commercial brands of cookies, candy, pop, ice cream, pastry, cakes and pies.
Replace Sugar with:, Raw Honey or Molasses, 100% APPLESAUCE (no add sugar).
"other" sugar--white flour.
White flour breaks down just like sugar in the body.
The process of turning whole WHEAT into white flour, the B-vitamins as well as vitamin E, calcium, zinc, copper, manganese, potassium and fiber are removed.
Wheat is also a major trigger for disorders like celiac and Crohn's disease.
Wheat it is a major contributing factor to malabsorption, nausea, diarrhea, irritability.
Trash It Now: Anything in your kitchen made with enriched wheat flour (Processed whole grain ).
Commercial breads, crackers, pasta, bagels and pancake mixes.
white rice and all other processed grains such as corn bread mixes, instant oatmeal, and all processed grain cereals.
During the extrusion processing of whole grain flakes and puffed cereals, high temperatures and intense pressure destroy nutrients, cause fragile oils to become rancid. Processed whole grain ingredients like high fructose corn syrup and partially hydrogenated oil. is very difficult to digest.
98 percent of the wheat consumed in this country is refined wheat flour,
Good quality whole grain (unprocessed) breads, crackers, pasta, bagels Look for bread that is made from whole grains, even better organic, sprouted whole grains.
Better yet Go Go Go Gluten-Free, Is No Trans Fats, wheat (including kamut and spelt), barley, rye, and triticale, as well as the use of gluten as a food additive in the form of a flavoring, stabilizing or thickening agent.
Look for food items marked Gluten-Free, No Trans Fats, No Wheat.
Then best Safe Gluten-Free Foods will show ingredients of Almond, Rice, and Corn Meal Flour (if you can find it Sugar Free).
Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils:
Vegetable oils in processed foods have been hydrogenated, a process that rearranges the fatty acid molecules and creates trans fatty acids.
Trans Fats are difficult to digest, implicated as a cause of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity and sterility.
Trash It Now: Packaged food that contains sugar and white flour, also contains hydrogenated oil.
Hydrogenated oils are found in almost all processed foods.
Replace Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils: With Virgin Coconut Oil, Olive oil, or Flax-seed oil.
Olive oil is a rich source of antioxidants, relieves the pain and inflammation of arthritis, normalizes blood fats and cholesterol, stimulates strong gallbladder contractions, and is known for increasing longevity.
Coconut oil is a rich source of medium-chain saturated fatty acids, especially lauric acid, which has strong antifungal and antimicrobial properties. Coconut oil is extremely heat stable and can be used in baking, frying, sauteing.
Milk. Once the milk is exposed to heat through pasteurization, enzymes and beneficial bacteria are destroyed, and the availability of nutrients like B-vitamins, vitamin C, calcium, and fat-soluble vitamins A, D, and E is greatly diminished. Consumption of commercial milk has been linked to many health conditions, such as allergies, asthma, atherosclerosis, diabetes, chronic infections (especially upper respiratory and ear infections), obesity, osteoporosis and prostate, ovarian, breast and colon cancer.
Trash It Now: Milk Clean out your fridge and get rid of commercial milk and all other commercial dairy products, such as yogurt, sour cream, and cottage cheese.
Replace Milk: With organic dairy products, Fat-Free marked No unnecessary hormones, antibiotics, and pesticides in dairy.
Stock up on raw Hard cheese and good quality organic Fat-Free or 1% dairy products milk yogurt and cottage cheese.
Try Rice Milk or Soy Products.
Caffeine addiction is a serious problem!
Caffeine stimulates the adrenal glands, leading to adrenal exhaustion and symptoms like fatigue, lack of physical endurance and stamina, impaired ability to deal with stress, depressed immune system, allergic reactions, weight gain, low blood pressure, dizziness and lightheaded or blacking out when standing up.
Besides creating major hormonal imbalances in the body, caffeine also impairs calcium absorption.
Trash It Now: All caffeinated coffee and tea and soft drinks.
Replace Caffeine: Start drinking healthier beverages and theres nothing better than water! Not drinking enough water can lead to symptoms like: dizziness, feeling lightheaded, nausea, stomach ache, muscle cramping, confusion, headache, and fatigue. Ideally, we should all drink our body weight in ounces of water each day
The cleanest water available is filtered through reverse osmosis (R/O).
Try adding some fresh squeezed lemon or lime juice, or try adding a few drops of essential oils (cinnamon, tangerine, peppermint, etc.). You can also spice up your water with many varieties of naturally "un"caffeinated herbal teas.
Salt that you find in table salt and most processed foods is sodium chloride. Salt in this form has been processed (removes vital minerals from the salt).
Table salt also contains additives, anti caking agents, and even sugar. Excess salt consumption is associated with high blood pressure, fluid retention, heart and kidney disease.
Trash It Now: Yes that salt shaker and toss out all other packaged or processed foods with a high sodium content.
Replace Salt: With Celtic Sea Salt, high quality salt contains over 80 balanced minerals from the sea. Celtic sea salt is essential for maintaining proper fluid balance and utilization in the body. It also normalizes blood pressure, enhances digestion, and nourishes the adrenal glands.
This is how I "crohnsrules" Lives by Contentious Learning !
Trash It Now or Live with the Pain, Now you have the Facts, Its All In You`r Hands !!!
Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food."
These were the words of Hippocrates, the "Father of Medicine," in 400 B.C.
Your health, and the health of those you care about, will be well worth it!
Sugar is the best place to start.
Robs the body of enzymes, minerals and vitamins, especially B-vitamins. Symptoms of B-vitamin.
Weakening the immune system and is a source of fuel for feeding cancer and tumors.
Trash It Now: Sugar that big bag and all those little packets of artificial sweeteners.
Any thing with words like (sucrose, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, maltodextrin).
Commercial brands of cookies, candy, pop, ice cream, pastry, cakes and pies.
Replace Sugar with:, Raw Honey or Molasses, 100% APPLESAUCE (no add sugar).
"other" sugar--white flour.
White flour breaks down just like sugar in the body.
The process of turning whole WHEAT into white flour, the B-vitamins as well as vitamin E, calcium, zinc, copper, manganese, potassium and fiber are removed.
Wheat is also a major trigger for disorders like celiac and Crohn's disease.
Wheat it is a major contributing factor to malabsorption, nausea, diarrhea, irritability.
Trash It Now: Anything in your kitchen made with enriched wheat flour (Processed whole grain ).
Commercial breads, crackers, pasta, bagels and pancake mixes.
white rice and all other processed grains such as corn bread mixes, instant oatmeal, and all processed grain cereals.
During the extrusion processing of whole grain flakes and puffed cereals, high temperatures and intense pressure destroy nutrients, cause fragile oils to become rancid. Processed whole grain ingredients like high fructose corn syrup and partially hydrogenated oil. is very difficult to digest.
98 percent of the wheat consumed in this country is refined wheat flour,
Good quality whole grain (unprocessed) breads, crackers, pasta, bagels Look for bread that is made from whole grains, even better organic, sprouted whole grains.
Better yet Go Go Go Gluten-Free, Is No Trans Fats, wheat (including kamut and spelt), barley, rye, and triticale, as well as the use of gluten as a food additive in the form of a flavoring, stabilizing or thickening agent.
Look for food items marked Gluten-Free, No Trans Fats, No Wheat.
Then best Safe Gluten-Free Foods will show ingredients of Almond, Rice, and Corn Meal Flour (if you can find it Sugar Free).
Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils:
Vegetable oils in processed foods have been hydrogenated, a process that rearranges the fatty acid molecules and creates trans fatty acids.
Trans Fats are difficult to digest, implicated as a cause of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity and sterility.
Trash It Now: Packaged food that contains sugar and white flour, also contains hydrogenated oil.
Hydrogenated oils are found in almost all processed foods.
Replace Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils: With Virgin Coconut Oil, Olive oil, or Flax-seed oil.
Olive oil is a rich source of antioxidants, relieves the pain and inflammation of arthritis, normalizes blood fats and cholesterol, stimulates strong gallbladder contractions, and is known for increasing longevity.
Coconut oil is a rich source of medium-chain saturated fatty acids, especially lauric acid, which has strong antifungal and antimicrobial properties. Coconut oil is extremely heat stable and can be used in baking, frying, sauteing.
Milk. Once the milk is exposed to heat through pasteurization, enzymes and beneficial bacteria are destroyed, and the availability of nutrients like B-vitamins, vitamin C, calcium, and fat-soluble vitamins A, D, and E is greatly diminished. Consumption of commercial milk has been linked to many health conditions, such as allergies, asthma, atherosclerosis, diabetes, chronic infections (especially upper respiratory and ear infections), obesity, osteoporosis and prostate, ovarian, breast and colon cancer.
Trash It Now: Milk Clean out your fridge and get rid of commercial milk and all other commercial dairy products, such as yogurt, sour cream, and cottage cheese.
Replace Milk: With organic dairy products, Fat-Free marked No unnecessary hormones, antibiotics, and pesticides in dairy.
Stock up on raw Hard cheese and good quality organic Fat-Free or 1% dairy products milk yogurt and cottage cheese.
Try Rice Milk or Soy Products.
Caffeine addiction is a serious problem!
Caffeine stimulates the adrenal glands, leading to adrenal exhaustion and symptoms like fatigue, lack of physical endurance and stamina, impaired ability to deal with stress, depressed immune system, allergic reactions, weight gain, low blood pressure, dizziness and lightheaded or blacking out when standing up.
Besides creating major hormonal imbalances in the body, caffeine also impairs calcium absorption.
Trash It Now: All caffeinated coffee and tea and soft drinks.
Replace Caffeine: Start drinking healthier beverages and theres nothing better than water! Not drinking enough water can lead to symptoms like: dizziness, feeling lightheaded, nausea, stomach ache, muscle cramping, confusion, headache, and fatigue. Ideally, we should all drink our body weight in ounces of water each day
The cleanest water available is filtered through reverse osmosis (R/O).
Try adding some fresh squeezed lemon or lime juice, or try adding a few drops of essential oils (cinnamon, tangerine, peppermint, etc.). You can also spice up your water with many varieties of naturally "un"caffeinated herbal teas.
Salt that you find in table salt and most processed foods is sodium chloride. Salt in this form has been processed (removes vital minerals from the salt).
Table salt also contains additives, anti caking agents, and even sugar. Excess salt consumption is associated with high blood pressure, fluid retention, heart and kidney disease.
Trash It Now: Yes that salt shaker and toss out all other packaged or processed foods with a high sodium content.
Replace Salt: With Celtic Sea Salt, high quality salt contains over 80 balanced minerals from the sea. Celtic sea salt is essential for maintaining proper fluid balance and utilization in the body. It also normalizes blood pressure, enhances digestion, and nourishes the adrenal glands.
This is how I "crohnsrules" Lives by Contentious Learning !
Trash It Now or Live with the Pain, Now you have the Facts, Its All In You`r Hands !!!
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Thanks for all the extra info.
I'm still figuring out what works best for me, and trying to reintroduce things. I just ate cashew nuts the last couple of days with no problems!! Yay!! (I did chew them very, very thoroughly though :D )