Last week my GP gave me my test results from my stool/urine/blood tests. The results weren't good, as expected. I didn't expect him to announce that he was certain it was Crohn's, though. I couldn't believe it, since I had no pain. Since then, I've had a little pain, and I'm hoping it will stay little while I wait for my appointment to get a colonoscopy. As soon as I came back home I started reading online. I was already watching Dr. Michael Greger's videos on nutritionfacts.org, but I decided to go look at the ones specifically for IBD and Crohn's. What I learned is that certain people manage to put their disease into remission thanks to a plant-based diet (though not exclusively plants). I am starting this blog to track what I do and what I eat so that it can help me (and perhaps others) in the process of healing from this rather awful disease. Right now, I have adopted the diet from the most successful study on diet and Crohn's so far . I a...
