by Brenda Watson | Jan 18, 2017 | Children, Crohn's, Diet, The Skinny Gut Diet, Ulcerative Colitis, Uncategorized
For those of you who may have been following me for some time, I’m sure you’re aware that I’ve written many times about the relationship of food to your overall health. The truth is, your diet heals. I’ve even written very specifically relating diet choices to Crohn’s...
by Brenda Watson | Oct 18, 2013 | Adults, Crohn's, Digestive Health, General, Probiotics & Gut Flora, Ulcerative Colitis
The rate of bowel disease—most notably ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease—is increasing in different areas around the world, emerging as a global disease. Researchers are looking for clues about what causes these diseases so that one day they might be prevented....
by lsmith | Nov 14, 2012 | General
Childhood inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has doubled over the last ten years. That statistic alone clues us in to the fact that environmental factor(s), at least in part, lead to the development of IBD. Genetic defects only account for one-half of IBD cases, so the...
by Brenda Watson | Mar 30, 2012 | General
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), most notably including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, is a serious digestive condition for which we are only beginning to understand the underlying causes. Dysbiosis, or an imbalance of the gut microbes, is one relatively...
by Brenda Watson | Dec 26, 2011 | General
Inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, is characterized by inflammation of the intestines, and is most notably represented as Crohn’s disease, which usually affects the small intestine, but may affect other areas of the digestive tract, and ulcerative colitis, which...