Author: Health Solutions
Tips for traveling with intestinal problems. If you’ve ever traveled long distances with IBD, you know that it’s certainly no walk in the park! For me personally, eating on the go is the most stressful and frustrating part of traveling, as it can be difficult to find options that won’t trigger an outbreak of illness. And you know that added stress isn’t good for our symptoms either! Jini has written about this topic before, but I recently went on a road trip and decided to document all aspects of it – the preparation, the trip, and the preventive measures I…
NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) such as aspirin and ibuprofen cause thousands of hospitalizations and deaths due to gastrointestinal bleeding each year. Fortunately, there are very effective natural pain relievers that have no harmful side effects. Learn about an effective pain-relieving herb used for centuries by Chinese, Indians and Native Americans, as well as a do-it-yourself acupuncture tapping technique. Finally become pain-free and without harmful side effects. Why you should only use natural painkillers According to an August 2005 report in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, nearly one-third of all hospitalizations and deaths related to gastrointestinal bleeding are due to the…
As parents, we often deal with a child who doesn’t want to go to school, soccer practice, or another activity for which he or she is enrolled. Our knee-jerk reaction is usually to shout “commitment” at him! I think we do a good job teaching our children the value of commitment, perseverance and perseverance. Or an alternative motivation for achieving compliance might be, as I heard one parent say, “Life sucks. Better they figure it out now.” Um… In any case, this can also cause conflict between parents, as they often have different views on how to deal with a…
Join me and Dane Johnson from CrohnsColitisLifestyle to talk about the minerals that used to be present in our soil before industrial agriculture, monoculture, and widespread pesticide use degraded our soil. Modern agriculture has destroyed both our soil quality and microbial life – there should be more living microbes in a handful of soil than all human/animal species on the planet! These living networks or communities of useful life are destroyed by tillage/plowing, chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides. They leave us with nutrient-poor soil; resulting in nutrient-poor vegetables. This is why supplementation is important unless you’re growing your own vegetables…
Nutrition awareness We have many readers who write that they are trying to heal, but practicing nutritional awareness and sticking to the right types of foods is one of their biggest struggles. In most cases, all the right supplements and protocols are implemented, but their diet is not good for the gut for a variety of reasons. Jini’s IBD Remission Diet, which combines Absorb Plus shakes and bone/vegetable broths to soothe and heal the gut, is a liquid-only diet – and I can confirm that it can be difficult to stick to! It’s a challenge to eat a completely elemental…