IBD and Diet

January 25, 2017

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Nathan Waters - Total Health Performance

In my world it has been known for a very long time that your diet can help you recover from pretty much all diseases including inflammatory bowel disease. Sadly, some medical experts tell their clients that diet has nothing to do with this disease. I have no idea how they come to this conclusion but it is what clients are hearing. So they go on eating foods that are problematic to them and just hope that somehow they will be cured by the drugs the doctor prescribes.

If you adjust your nutrition then the drugs they prescribe would more than likely work better anyway. Not looking after your nutrition while doing additional therapies would be like trying to use a bucket to bail water out of a sinking boat. No matter how good a job you do with the bucket, there is still water entering the boat. You have to fix the hole in the boat for a long term solution. You can’t just rely solely on one approach. It is multifaceted and many factors need to be addressed. Nutrition is the foundation.

Some of the foods we suggest removing from the diet are processed foods and sugar, wheat, grains, dairy, and eggs as these foods tend to be a problem for a lot of people. Obviously it is very individual but this seems to be a decent starting point.

You can suppress symptoms but you have to address the underlying cause.

For more information and a review of a study that demonstrated patients with inflammatory bowel disease could reach remission with diet alone, please see the link below:

http://blog.designsforhealth.com/si-42214/new-study-demonstrates-patients-with-inflammatory-bowel-disease-can-reach-remission-with-diet-alone

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PROBLEM #8 YOU'RE TOO HEALTHY

March 30, 2017

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Gemma Smith

I know it doesn’t sound like a bad thing but just stick with me here…

So you’ve gone gluten free, you’re paleo, you have completely eliminated dairy and all other forms of processed foods. You’re all good then, right? Not necessarily.

You can’t eat ‘paleo’ or ‘clean’ chocolate cake everyday, you wouldn’t eat regular chocolate cake, so what’s the difference? Sure the ingredients are better, but the affect they have on blood sugar levels is way too similar.

All over social media I've been seeing these posts and pictures about healthy smoothies, cakes, slices, breads, etc. They all have a pretty good looking list of ingredeints, but all together there’s a problem.

Look at a chocolate milkshake for example, you have your regular one such as Oak with the artificial sweeteners, dairy, colors and preservatives, and then you have your homemade ‘clean’ version with dates, honey, cacao, oats, bananas, etc.

Both look different from an ingredient perspective, but if you break it down you’re still consuming way too much sugar, the carbohydrate content is through the roof and your blood sugar spikes ridiculously high.

If I had to have one then of course I’d choose the homemade version, but it would definitely not be an everyday thing.

The same rules apply for ‘health’ foods – just because it’s organic or all natural or sugar free doesn’t mean it’s healthy.

Soy is supposedly a health food with all of these benefits, but did you know that your hairy arms and irregular periods are caused by eating and drinking soy products?

When it comes to weight loss and health, just keep it as simple as you can. Good quality sources of protein and fats topped with plenty or green leafy veggies and a touch of your ‘clean’ treats.

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