Friend has Crohns

[LisaC]

Hi Again!

A friend of mine has crohns, he has had it since he was in his early 20's and is not 40. He had surgery for it years ago, now tries to maintain but has flare ups.

His crohns is up higher, it is not lower like most people. He eats healthy, drinks protein shakes when he is having a flare up and has to take steroids when it gets bad.

The other day, he got so sick he vomited so voilently it bruised under his eye. He said he thought some waste came up with it, it doesn't move past this one spot in the upper digestive area.

He is having a problem right now, still hasn't had a bowel movement. He is taking slippery elm and that seems to have helped the air that gets trapped. It is the air that causes him pain.

Do you have any suggestions I can pass along to him on what he can do to get things under control, have a bowel movement and maintain some form of balance?

Thank you for your help, Shelley!!

Lisa

[shelley]

Crohn's is difficult to offer suggestions second-hand without actually speaking to the person and finding out what they've done, exact symptoms, etc. A lot of times they call it Crohn's when technically it's not, and there are TWO kinds of Crohn's attacks: those with mucus, and those without. Both are handled in different ways.

Sometimes it's actually parasites/bacterial infection, sometimes it's a genetic predisposition to mis-manage sulfur or other skin-crucial nutrients. Or even celiac disease, or allergies. Is he avoiding sulfur-rich foods?

However, if his problem is in the small intestine, then the first thing I would try if I were him is bovine colostrum, kefir, activated charcoal, and just a couple doses of bentonite clay.

He should also take a look at the following deficiencies:
Low calcium, low iron (he can test for this), low flavonoids, low carotenoids.

He can test for iron, but the rest he has to analyze his diet and see.

He should follow dietary guidelines for crohn's without fail. Smart guidelines include a very bland diet and a very processed and refined one, oddly enough. In other words, he has to avoid whole-grain products of all kinds, including corn, popcorn, fiber-rich foods, skins of fruit nuts, seeds, raw veggies, greens and particularly beans. It's much worse than the candida diet, actually. He should juice and make broths instead, enjoy some very refined junk foods like Top Ramen, lecithin, and supplement synthetic refined pills, not NYF.

Hope that helps!

[LisaC]

Hi Shelley,

I will pass this along to him. He does follow a very bland diet but there maybe a few things he could add or delete.

I wasn't sure if any supplements would help with the inflammation when it flares up. He tried the slippery elm, it seemed to help but he had already taken steroids a few days.

Thank you again for your help and knowledge!

Lisa