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More good news... colitis flare is reversing. Significantly less blood, more mucus now. To adhere strictly to the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD), which has always worked for me, I had to give up my chocolate, and I chose to give up coffee for now too. Replaced the chocolate with 6 blueberries, one to two times a day, and the coffee with black tea. Miss both, but it's not been that bad. Mostly feeling relieved...
I'm starting to learn more about Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and the many different types of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD). I'm beginning to explore the SCDLifestyle website and the founder's other website SolvingLeakyGut. I like what I'm reading, also many of their podcasts, so I'm planning to buy all of their e-books. I'll have to save for it first. My budget blown for now. And I need to read what I've bought so far, before adding more reading material.
For now, they're giving me a lot to think about through their free information on their websites.
I've been listening to a lot of lectures this week, mostly at The Diabetes Summit. And I was reminded once again what a "bad boy" gluten is for many of us.
Tom O'Bryan, host of The Gluten Summit in 2012, says that anyone who has an autoimmune disorder likely had celiac or non-celiac gluten sensitivity first, and that the latter can be present for 30 years before it becomes a significant problem. And it's not just that gut that's affected, the brain is too, as well as other parts of the body.
Another thing he said is that FODMAP intolerances, not necessarily non-celiac gluten sensitivity, are often the cause of gastrointestinal problems, which really shocked me, but it makes sense. I've been told repeatedly that 60% of those with non-celiac gluten sensitivity do not experience gastrointestinal symptoms when exposed to gluten. I'm one of those 60%. This is both good and bad. While I don't become ill following an unintentional exposure to gluten, I also have no way of knowing when it happens. Dr. O'Bryan said that all it takes is an amount of gluten one-eight the size of our thumbnail to reactivate the immune system's attack on our body, and that it continues for three to six months. This is one of the ways people get type 1 diabetes.
He also reported on a 2012 report from the UK in which a young boy was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. The parents did some research and asked the doctor if removing gluten from their son's diet could reverse the diabetes. The clinic also treated children who don't tolerate gluten, and we're just starting a study, so added him to the study, put the boy on insulin, and helped the family remove gluten from the boy's diet. Incredibly, the doctors were able to stop the treatment with insulin within, I think, 6 weeks. The boy has continued on his gluten-free diet and has not required insulin for two years now.
The other thing I'm learning is that IBS and IBD is like diabetes. Medication helps only so much. Diet is the best way to manage it over time. But there's multiple contributors to these conditions - (including SIBO, gluten, FODMAPS, etc.) - so it takes a lot of trial and error to figure out what the problems are and then how to best address them. The guys on the SCDLifestyle website have done a lot of that work for us. It's a good website to explore.
I'm starting to learn more about Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and the many different types of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD). I'm beginning to explore the SCDLifestyle website and the founder's other website SolvingLeakyGut. I like what I'm reading, also many of their podcasts, so I'm planning to buy all of their e-books. I'll have to save for it first. My budget blown for now. And I need to read what I've bought so far, before adding more reading material.
For now, they're giving me a lot to think about through their free information on their websites.
I've been listening to a lot of lectures this week, mostly at The Diabetes Summit. And I was reminded once again what a "bad boy" gluten is for many of us.
Tom O'Bryan, host of The Gluten Summit in 2012, says that anyone who has an autoimmune disorder likely had celiac or non-celiac gluten sensitivity first, and that the latter can be present for 30 years before it becomes a significant problem. And it's not just that gut that's affected, the brain is too, as well as other parts of the body.
Another thing he said is that FODMAP intolerances, not necessarily non-celiac gluten sensitivity, are often the cause of gastrointestinal problems, which really shocked me, but it makes sense. I've been told repeatedly that 60% of those with non-celiac gluten sensitivity do not experience gastrointestinal symptoms when exposed to gluten. I'm one of those 60%. This is both good and bad. While I don't become ill following an unintentional exposure to gluten, I also have no way of knowing when it happens. Dr. O'Bryan said that all it takes is an amount of gluten one-eight the size of our thumbnail to reactivate the immune system's attack on our body, and that it continues for three to six months. This is one of the ways people get type 1 diabetes.
He also reported on a 2012 report from the UK in which a young boy was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. The parents did some research and asked the doctor if removing gluten from their son's diet could reverse the diabetes. The clinic also treated children who don't tolerate gluten, and we're just starting a study, so added him to the study, put the boy on insulin, and helped the family remove gluten from the boy's diet. Incredibly, the doctors were able to stop the treatment with insulin within, I think, 6 weeks. The boy has continued on his gluten-free diet and has not required insulin for two years now.
The other thing I'm learning is that IBS and IBD is like diabetes. Medication helps only so much. Diet is the best way to manage it over time. But there's multiple contributors to these conditions - (including SIBO, gluten, FODMAPS, etc.) - so it takes a lot of trial and error to figure out what the problems are and then how to best address them. The guys on the SCDLifestyle website have done a lot of that work for us. It's a good website to explore.
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