Crohns Disease Only --- Gluten Free Bread
Wife has UC, later rediagnosed as UC + Crohns. Been through all the medications, now on the last ditch medication (asacol quit working, now on humira) before intestine surgery begins. Medication wor...
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I am one of those folks that believe food is medicine (or poison) and do not believe the fluke thing. I have been gluten free for 3 years but don't mess with bread because anything less than an artisan loaf would be a big disappointment so I cannot help you there.
Before she event thinks about surgery or major meds, keeping gluten out of her diet 100% is a good start. AND it is in everything as you probably already figured out. It also takes MONTHS to clear your body and MONTHS for your body to heal from it...it is not quick. For her sake give it time and make it 100%. There may be other things that are also giving her problems (and they can be all sorts of non gi symptoms) like the big ones including dairy, processed foods (which are probably already removed due to gluten issues) soy...to name a few.
An integrated functional medicine practitioner may be the way to go BUT her diet will be majorly "adjusted" and that is not easy for most people but we are what we eat. Today's flour is not the flour of our parents or grandparents due to hybridization, etc.
One thing that is on my list to eventually try is Einkorn (kind of an ancient wild wheat) but I am personally not messing with that until years down the road.
Best of luck and I sincerely think that surgery/hd meds should be the last resort.
Before she event thinks about surgery or major meds, keeping gluten out of her diet 100% is a good start. AND it is in everything as you probably already figured out. It also takes MONTHS to clear your body and MONTHS for your body to heal from it...it is not quick. For her sake give it time and make it 100%. There may be other things that are also giving her problems (and they can be all sorts of non gi symptoms) like the big ones including dairy, processed foods (which are probably already removed due to gluten issues) soy...to name a few.
An integrated functional medicine practitioner may be the way to go BUT her diet will be majorly "adjusted" and that is not easy for most people but we are what we eat. Today's flour is not the flour of our parents or grandparents due to hybridization, etc.
One thing that is on my list to eventually try is Einkorn (kind of an ancient wild wheat) but I am personally not messing with that until years down the road.
Best of luck and I sincerely think that surgery/hd meds should be the last resort.
