http://colitis-aid.com Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:47:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://colitis-aid.com/commentary/the-scdiet#comment-21 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:15:53 +0000 http://colitis-aid.com/commentary/the-scdiet#comment-21 [...] As you have seen in my previous writings I am a big fan of the SCD diet.  There is another newer diet out their that has helped a lot of IBD sufferers as well as Autistic children called the Body Ecology Diet (BED) by Donna Gates. The Body Ecology Diet and book, shows you how to restore and maintain the important “inner ecology” your body (I am totally on board with this). [...] […] As you have seen in my previous writings I am a big fan of the SCD diet.  There is another newer diet out their that has helped a lot of IBD sufferers as well as Autistic children called the Body Ecology Diet (BED) by Donna Gates. The Body Ecology Diet and book, shows you how to restore and maintain the important “inner ecology” your body (I am totally on board with this). […]

]]> http://colitis-aid.com/commentary/the-scdiet#comment-14 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:25:35 +0000 http://colitis-aid.com/commentary/the-scdiet#comment-14 [...] Fiber can be a valuable tool in battling IBD diseases like Ulcerative Colitis and Crohns that I use along with probiotics and the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD). Psyllium seed husks, also known as ispaghula or simply as psyllium, are portions of the seeds of the plant Plantago psyllium or Psyllium seed husks expand and become mucilaginous when wet and are soluble in water, but they are indigestible in human beings. Soluable fiber is a great regulator for the digestive system and though often used for constipation is a great tool for controlling Diarrhea. Psyllium is a good diarrhea treatment because it absorbs excess fluid in diarrhea within the small intestines and normalizes bowl eliminations.  Psyllium can make stools more solid and correct the symptoms of non-infectious diarrhea.  Introduce psyllium slowly as it can cause a lot of gas and even inflame an already irritated digestive track. [...] […] Fiber can be a valuable tool in battling IBD diseases like Ulcerative Colitis and Crohns that I use along with probiotics and the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD). Psyllium seed husks, also known as ispaghula or simply as psyllium, are portions of the seeds of the plant Plantago psyllium or Psyllium seed husks expand and become mucilaginous when wet and are soluble in water, but they are indigestible in human beings. Soluable fiber is a great regulator for the digestive system and though often used for constipation is a great tool for controlling Diarrhea. Psyllium is a good diarrhea treatment because it absorbs excess fluid in diarrhea within the small intestines and normalizes bowl eliminations.  Psyllium can make stools more solid and correct the symptoms of non-infectious diarrhea.  Introduce psyllium slowly as it can cause a lot of gas and even inflame an already irritated digestive track. […]

]]> http://colitis-aid.com/medical-news/corticosteroids-ibd-medication#comment-13 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:52:11 +0000 http://colitis-aid.com/medical-news/corticosteroids-ibd-medication#comment-13 [...] Ok so moving on from diagnosis to treatment.  Without getting into all the specific treatments, which again you can find here.  In summary your doctor is likely going to start you with a Aminosalicylates and probably a Corticosteroids and possibly even an Immunomodulators   As far as an aminosalicylate goes the one I strongly endorse from personal experience and testimonials from others is Sulfasalazine (Azulfidine®), the first aminosalicylate to be widely used for IBD.  Unfortunately the patent expired on this drug years ago, and guess what? There is less money to be made! So the pharmacuetical companies have developed new drugs based on Sulfasalazine that are supposed to be better and so that is what they push to your doctor. In this case in my opinion newer is not better.  If you are in a flare I believe Sulfasalazine along with SCD diet will pull you out of it.  Sulfasalazine is a strong medication and I think 4 a day is enough for most though your doctor will probaby try to get you taking 8.  I think many of the side effects attributed to Sulfasalazine are directly related to the high doses and the lack of any ramp up (i.e. zero to eight from day one). [...] […] Ok so moving on from diagnosis to treatment.  Without getting into all the specific treatments, which again you can find here.  In summary your doctor is likely going to start you with a Aminosalicylates and probably a Corticosteroids and possibly even an Immunomodulators   As far as an aminosalicylate goes the one I strongly endorse from personal experience and testimonials from others is Sulfasalazine (Azulfidine®), the first aminosalicylate to be widely used for IBD.  Unfortunately the patent expired on this drug years ago, and guess what? There is less money to be made! So the pharmacuetical companies have developed new drugs based on Sulfasalazine that are supposed to be better and so that is what they push to your doctor. In this case in my opinion newer is not better.  If you are in a flare I believe Sulfasalazine along with SCD diet will pull you out of it.  Sulfasalazine is a strong medication and I think 4 a day is enough for most though your doctor will probaby try to get you taking 8.  I think many of the side effects attributed to Sulfasalazine are directly related to the high doses and the lack of any ramp up (i.e. zero to eight from day one). […]

]]> http://colitis-aid.com/medical-news/aminosalicylates-ibd-medications#comment-12 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:51:42 +0000 http://colitis-aid.com/medical-news/aminosalicylates-ibd-medications#comment-12 [...] Ok so moving on from diagnosis to treatment.  Without getting into all the specific treatments, which again you can find here.  In summary your doctor is likely going to start you with a Aminosalicylates and probably a Corticosteroids and possibly even an Immunomodulators   As far as an aminosalicylate goes the one I strongly endorse from personal experience and testimonials from others is Sulfasalazine (Azulfidine®), the first aminosalicylate to be widely used for IBD.  Unfortunately the patent expired on this drug years ago, and guess what? There is less money to be made! So the pharmacuetical companies have developed new drugs based on Sulfasalazine that are supposed to be better and so that is what they push to your doctor. In this case in my opinion newer is not better.  If you are in a flare I believe Sulfasalazine along with SCD diet will pull you out of it.  Sulfasalazine is a strong medication and I think 4 a day is enough for most though your doctor will probaby try to get you taking 8.  I think many of the side effects attributed to Sulfasalazine are directly related to the high doses and the lack of any ramp up (i.e. zero to eight from day one). [...] […] Ok so moving on from diagnosis to treatment.  Without getting into all the specific treatments, which again you can find here.  In summary your doctor is likely going to start you with a Aminosalicylates and probably a Corticosteroids and possibly even an Immunomodulators   As far as an aminosalicylate goes the one I strongly endorse from personal experience and testimonials from others is Sulfasalazine (Azulfidine®), the first aminosalicylate to be widely used for IBD.  Unfortunately the patent expired on this drug years ago, and guess what? There is less money to be made! So the pharmacuetical companies have developed new drugs based on Sulfasalazine that are supposed to be better and so that is what they push to your doctor. In this case in my opinion newer is not better.  If you are in a flare I believe Sulfasalazine along with SCD diet will pull you out of it.  Sulfasalazine is a strong medication and I think 4 a day is enough for most though your doctor will probaby try to get you taking 8.  I think many of the side effects attributed to Sulfasalazine are directly related to the high doses and the lack of any ramp up (i.e. zero to eight from day one). […]

]]> http://colitis-aid.com/medical-news/immunomodulators-ibd-medication-treatment#comment-11 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:23:51 +0000 http://colitis-aid.com/medical-news/immunomodulators-ibd-medication-treatment#comment-11 [...] Immunomodulators [...] […] Immunomodulators […]

]]> http://colitis-aid.com/medical-news/aminosalicylates-ibd-medications#comment-9 Sun, 02 Sep 2007 23:00:23 +0000 http://colitis-aid.com/medical-news/aminosalicylates-ibd-medications#comment-9 [...] Aminosalicylates [...] […] Aminosalicylates […]

]]> http://colitis-aid.com/medical-news/corticosteroids-ibd-medication#comment-8 Sun, 02 Sep 2007 22:07:04 +0000 http://colitis-aid.com/medical-news/corticosteroids-ibd-medication#comment-8 [...] Corticosteroids [...] […] Corticosteroids […]

]]> http://colitis-aid.com/commentary/treatment-options-the-basics#comment-2 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:20:04 +0000 http://colitis-aid.com/commentary/treatment-options-the-basics#comment-2 Nice summary of SCD! Australian author Sandra Ramacher has just published a brand new 256 page SCD cookbook called Healing Foods - Cooking for Celiacs, Colitis, Crohn's and IBS. For more information on the book, SCD, how the diet works to help heal Colitis, visit www.ccccibs.com Nice summary of SCD! Australian author Sandra Ramacher has just published a brand new 256 page SCD cookbook called Healing Foods - Cooking for Celiacs, Colitis, Crohn’s and IBS. For more information on the book, SCD, how the diet works to help heal Colitis, visit www.ccccibs.com

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