To approximate food like Modulen or Kate Farms medical meal replacement shakes, I made this smoothie. I drink two of these a day currently, in addition to 3-4 Kate farms shakes. The Kate farms micronutrient profile hits all essential vitamins and minerals at 3-4 shakes a day. My last meal of the day is yogurtContinue reading “Reverse Engineered EEN Smoothie”
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Flare #5
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”
Blended breakfast
I’ve had some creeping Crohn’s symptoms so trying to stave them off with blended foods. The aim is gut rest and nutrition for healing. Blended breakfast: Blend until smooth. Basically it’s a hearty oatmeal breakfast with no chewing or gut effort. Also super yummy! This is based on an almond date lhassi I had inContinue reading “Blended breakfast”
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”
Diet for Remission Update
I have reached the 6th week of my Crohn’s disease exclusion diet. Half of my daily calories are from enteral nutrition (Kate Farms chocolate flavor nutrition shake). Half of my calories are from fruits and vegetables, mostly smoothies, soups, and the occasional salad. I actually guess I haven’t been following the diet, per se, becauseContinue reading “Diet for Remission Update”
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
Healing Crohn’s Disease with Diet
Riding the Flare & Dietary Interventions for Crohn’s Disease
I’m about 3 weeks into this flare. Had a great talk with my primary care doctor where we discussed my long term health goals and I shared with her my research on treating Crohn’s with diet. She is incredibly supportive and promptly ordered a bunch of tests to assess my micronutrient levels and try toContinue reading “Riding the Flare & Dietary Interventions for Crohn’s Disease”
Eating Vegan with Crohn's Disease 