Is Stress Making Your Inflammatory Bowel Disease Worse?
Is there a link between stress and Inflammatory Bowel Disease? How? Why? What do we do about it? Although stress levels do not cause IBD it certainly impacts the aggression…
Read moreWhat’s the Deal with Probiotics?
WHAT ARE PROBIOTICS? Probiotics are a healthy bacteria that balances our gut flora. Our gut contains trillions of good bacteria and also some bad… ya know, for balance or whatever. Sometimes…
Read moreSlow Cooker Paleo Chicken Soup
Winter is in full swing here in Connecticut and the weather is only getting worse. There’s practically nowhere left to push the snow. Meanwhile temperatures are dropping like girls’ panties to Tom…
Read moreSleep Deprivation’s Effect on Autoimmune Disease
Have you ever noticed a correlation between your sleep patterns and Inflammatory Bowel Disease distress? Usually if I go a few nights of irregular sleep my ulcerative colitis will flare…
Read moreExercise and Ulcerative Colitis
Lately I’ve been told people are surprised to hear I CrossFit with ulcerative colitis. Actually, many friends and acquaintances are shocked I CrossFit regardless of my disease. Haha! If you know me, you know…
Read morePineapple and Digestion
Why did the pineapple go out with the prune? Because he couldn’t find a date! What’s this buzz about pineapple being great for digestion? For starters, it contains about 87%…
Read morePaleo Foods to Avoid with Ulcerative Colitis
Although the paleo diet works wonders for gut health and autoimmune diseases like Ulcerative Colitis, it is not designed specifically for these diseases. Because Crohn’s and Colitis are IBDs (Inflammatory…
Read moreDigestion and gut health
Digestive problems occur when good bacteria is disturbed in your intestines. If the good bacteria cannot function properly then how will your guts? It won’t. And that’s called constipation and…
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