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Articles by Dr. Albert Snow on IBS, Colitis, Crohn’s, and Constipation
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If you suffer from Crohn’s Disease, you should have some accurate information about it.
Crohn’s Disease is not a disease. It is a manmade inflammatory bowel condition.
A Crohn’s Disease diagnosis just means that there is more damage to the colon than IBS, Colitis, or UC.
Scopes and blood work tell you nothing valuable about your bowel condition. The only thing that has any value is your symptoms.
If you have Crohn’s Disease you likely do not need surgery unless you have waited too long for the proper care.
There are effective treatments for inflammatory bowel conditions. They just happen to be natural vs chemical.
The only treatment needed is one that rebuilds the bowel tissue. This treatment uses the natural, organic, raw materials that the flesh of the bowel is made of. The colon is not made of Prednisone.
The only dietary restrictions are to temporarily eat a low fiber diet of no raw fruit, no raw vegetables, no nuts, seeds, or corn. We don’t need to drag roughage over an already inflamed colon.
Crohn’s is a manmade condition from the prior use of synthetic antibiotics taken for some other health issue that destroyed the mucosal lining of the colon.
Crohn’s disease symptoms are incessant diarrhea, blood, mucus, undigested food in the stool, and inflammation.
Polyps in our colon are our friend. They are there to protect us. The conditions that bring them about are unnatural but they are natural and we can thank nature for them.
Our colon is supposed to be protected by the mucosal lining. When we have antibiotics they kill off this lining and we no longer have anything protecting the tender skin that makes up the colon wall. It is just skin that is no different than the skin on the palm of your hand. This allows the harsh stomach acids and passing food to make direct contact with it. This irritates the tissue and over time will cause damage.
To prevent or minimize this the body will create polyps which are nothing more than extra layers of skin to protect this tissue. A good analogy is if we are shoveling a hole. If we take our gloves off and keep digging we will eventually develop blisters. If we keep digging we will eventually develop calluses on our hands. A polyp is a callus. If we don’t get calluses in our colon what we get is colitis. If we don’t get the proper care (putting the gloves back on) which is replacing the mucosal lining we will get a colon full of calluses / polyps. At that point the polyps will no longer be our friend. We will loose the function of our bowel and if left unattended we will be a higher risk for colon cancer.
How do you prevent all of this? By putting our gloves back on and keeping them on.
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