A Good Food Guide
Good food is essential to people who suffer from Bowel Diseases such as Colitis and Crohn's. Over the past few years since I started eating Organic vegetables, fruit and nuts, I've seen a vast improvement in my health. The nutrients that need to be absorbed in to our bodies to help us gain strength and well being is essential to our health.
Good food can be bought from most supermarkets, farmers markets and local market shops. You can even buy organic food online and have it delivered to your door! Always try and find fresh organic produce and items that don't contain any wheat or gluten. Foods with grains can cause a lot of problems and wheat seems to be bad for quite a few sufferer's, but always check with your doctor before you embark on a new diet regime.
If you're eating convenience foods, take away's and processed foods I suggest stopping the bad habit straight away and begin by feeding your body with good, wholesome foods. I'm sure you will see an improvement once you begin nurturing your body with nice food. It can be difficult to cut out sugary foods like chocolate or biscuits, but it really is better in the long run. If you can grab a handful of nuts and fruits, your intestines will be so much happier for it. As I said before though, please ask a doctor for advice before you cut out certain foods or try different foods, as some people also suffer from nut allergies.
Maybe you could try a new diet, such as The Specific Carboydrate Diet™ which helps heal your body from within, by eating nutritious foods.
The Specific Carboydrate Diet is a diet regime compiled by a lady in America who nurtured her daughter back to health when she was gravely ill with Colitis, it has been a great guide for many other sufferer's and continues to heal new patients everyday. Some of the following food guidelines are recommended when you're starting the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD™).
- No grains (i.e. rice, wheat, corn, oats, etc.)
- No processed foods
- No starchy vegetables (i.e. potatoes, yams, etc.)
- No canned vegetables of any kind
- No flour
- No sugar or sweeteners - other than honey
- No milk products except for homemade yogurt fermented for 24 hours, prepared according to the instructions in the book (Breaking the Vicious Cycle by Elaine Gottschall)
The Specific Carbohydrate Diet™ has helped many thousands of people with various forms of bowel disease and other ailments vastly improving their quality of life. In many cases people consider themselves cured. It is a diet intended mainly for Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, celiac disease, diverticulitis, cystic fibrosis and chronic diarrhea. It is a very healthy, balanced and safe diet that has health benefits for everyone. The foods that are allowed on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet™ are based on the chemical structure of the foods.
I have been on this diet for just over 19 months and it's helped me in so many ways, I highly recommend trying wholesome foods in your diet and healing yourself from within.
