Begins in fits and starts. After two weeks of creeping symptoms I start blending my food. Lentil soup for lunch all of week 3. Definitely brought on by work stress. Thursday of week 3 is a low point, 6 BMS and a bad headache, I went home from work early that day. Same day IContinue reading “Flare #5”
Tag Archives: Diet
Amazing detox cleanse!
Just kidding, this is the bowel prep from my latest colonoscopy! Tricked you! If you came here for some diet culture bull, I suggest you try to reframe your thinking around food, shift your relationship with food and your body from one of guilt and shame to one of pleasure and enjoyment, and learn aContinue reading “Amazing detox cleanse!”
Huel Made Me Hurl
One time I tried to find a cheaper medical meal replacement. I tried Huel. I couldn’t swallow it because my gag reflex was immediately triggered by it’s texture.
IBD and Disordered Eating
https://www.cghjournal.org/article/S1542-3565(21)00864-8/fulltext Yelencich et al. (2022) Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Prevalent Among Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease TL,DR; people with active Crohn’s and UC should be screened for ARFID, a type of disordered eating that has to do with restricting certain foods or food groups. My take: the experience of IBD and the lack ofContinue reading “IBD and Disordered Eating”
One year, 9 month update
I am now able to eat a wide variety of foods, and am not limited to a vegan diet. My diet now is a semi-vegetarian diet, with cheese and egg, and occasional meat. I started eating chicken since I can’t tolerate tofu, and found that it provided satiety and energy my body appreciated. I addedContinue reading “One year, 9 month update”
Vegan Quiche
I have experimented with a bunch of different vegan quiche recipes. This one does not include tofu and is made with whole foods ingredients. It is savory and has a light texture. Ingredients: pie crust of your choice (1 1/2 cups flour, 4 Tablespoons coconut oil, 4 Tablespoons vegan butter, 4 Tablespoons ice water), chillContinue reading “Vegan Quiche”
From Irritable #3
I read medical studies
when I’m feeling symptomy and trying to keep my hopes up that I’m staving off permanent damage to my colon. 2020 seems to have been a good year for medical studies on diet and Crohn’s disease, although of course it wasn’t a good year for literally anything else in the entire world, other than introvertsContinue reading “I read medical studies”
Functional Medicine
On Friday I met with a new doctor. He is a functional medicine doctor at the institute for functional medicine at Cleveland clinic. We had about an hour long meeting, and by the end I was signed up for 40 blood and stool tests and a handful of supplements to help even out some ofContinue reading “Functional Medicine”
Green Smoothie Recipe
1/2 cup raw cashew 3T hemp seeds Juice of 1 lemon 4 oz basil 2 oz parsley 4-8 oz spinach A little water to get it going in the blender Jk green smoothies are gross this is a recipe for pesto
Eating Vegan with Crohn's Disease 