I came across a really interesting blog today as I was surfing and dropping "Entrecards." (Entrecards are a way for bloggers to advertise on each others sites and increase traffic to their blogs)
The blog I found is called Kitchen Table Medicine and is written by Nicole Sundene a Naturopath. It covers all sorts of articles on healing foods.
The one that struck my eye was the page on Anti-Inflammatory Diet. Since Crohn's disease is defines as an Inflammatory Bowel Disease, I was wondering if certain foods might increase cell inflammation and others decrease it. That's basically what this article is about.
I am sure that each Crohnie would have to evaluate these recommendations for themselves, as we all seem to have different foods that help or irritate our systems. But it might be an interesting read. Some of the advice, such as avoiding fatty foods, matched what my doctor has advised to me.
Others, such as eating Wild Alaskan Salmon, just sounded good in general.
I am sure that the advice to eat a cup of blueberries will not work for anyone in the middle of a flare of the disease as they are supposed to avoid seedy berries, but if you are not in a flare, it could be acceptable.
Anyway, I am not recommending anyone follow this site without a lot of talking it over with your doctor, but it seemed worth a look.
The blog I found is called Kitchen Table Medicine and is written by Nicole Sundene a Naturopath. It covers all sorts of articles on healing foods.
The one that struck my eye was the page on Anti-Inflammatory Diet. Since Crohn's disease is defines as an Inflammatory Bowel Disease, I was wondering if certain foods might increase cell inflammation and others decrease it. That's basically what this article is about.
I am sure that each Crohnie would have to evaluate these recommendations for themselves, as we all seem to have different foods that help or irritate our systems. But it might be an interesting read. Some of the advice, such as avoiding fatty foods, matched what my doctor has advised to me.
Others, such as eating Wild Alaskan Salmon, just sounded good in general.
I am sure that the advice to eat a cup of blueberries will not work for anyone in the middle of a flare of the disease as they are supposed to avoid seedy berries, but if you are not in a flare, it could be acceptable.
Anyway, I am not recommending anyone follow this site without a lot of talking it over with your doctor, but it seemed worth a look.
