I have recently made a discovery which totally changes the way I handle bowel issues. I am so excited to tell you what I've found so that it can help those of you with previously unexplainable or untreatable bowel problems. First let me begin by telling you my experience.
Bowel problems are a surprisingly common thing. Even more surprising is how difficult they make life and how deadly some bowel diseases can me. I've had first hand experience in that area. Not only does my dad have Crohn's disease (which has almost killed him so many times I've lost count), but I also have bowel problems with no official diagnoses. Luckily its not Crohn's, yet, but it is a little disconcerting to have something wrong with your body and no explanation as to what it really is, why its happening or how to stop it. However, intestinal problems run rampant in my family so its always just been something we deal with. We sit around the table discussing symptoms and research, with our elders telling us what we should and should not eat based on their personal experience, tisking as we of the younger generation ignore them and reach for it anyway. In the end we all just learn by trial and error, without any explanation as to why what you do works.
This became particularly frustrating to me a few years ago when I'd stumbled on to a new group of foods that made me sick. I came upon this discovery when doing the candidas diet to see if some of my problems were being caused by yeast. To make a long story short, I discovered when I ate sweets of any type I felt worse. I attributed this to sugar, because we all know sugar is evil (yes, that was sarcastic). At this time I went to visit a boyfriend and his family for Christmas. To make a long story short I refused lots of sugar that week, and when pressed I told them sugar bothered my intestines. A doctor in the family told me how all starches break down into sugar therefore, I should get sick eating pasta and bread as well. I felt like he was mocking me because I couldn't give him a clear explanation as to why what I was doing worked, and that irked me. Because of this experience I was determined to find an answer.
Check back tomorrow to find the answer!
Bowel problems are a surprisingly common thing. Even more surprising is how difficult they make life and how deadly some bowel diseases can me. I've had first hand experience in that area. Not only does my dad have Crohn's disease (which has almost killed him so many times I've lost count), but I also have bowel problems with no official diagnoses. Luckily its not Crohn's, yet, but it is a little disconcerting to have something wrong with your body and no explanation as to what it really is, why its happening or how to stop it. However, intestinal problems run rampant in my family so its always just been something we deal with. We sit around the table discussing symptoms and research, with our elders telling us what we should and should not eat based on their personal experience, tisking as we of the younger generation ignore them and reach for it anyway. In the end we all just learn by trial and error, without any explanation as to why what you do works.
This became particularly frustrating to me a few years ago when I'd stumbled on to a new group of foods that made me sick. I came upon this discovery when doing the candidas diet to see if some of my problems were being caused by yeast. To make a long story short, I discovered when I ate sweets of any type I felt worse. I attributed this to sugar, because we all know sugar is evil (yes, that was sarcastic). At this time I went to visit a boyfriend and his family for Christmas. To make a long story short I refused lots of sugar that week, and when pressed I told them sugar bothered my intestines. A doctor in the family told me how all starches break down into sugar therefore, I should get sick eating pasta and bread as well. I felt like he was mocking me because I couldn't give him a clear explanation as to why what I was doing worked, and that irked me. Because of this experience I was determined to find an answer.
Check back tomorrow to find the answer!