My wife has pretty much cured her Crohn's naturally, so much so that she has come off all her medication that included humira. After 2 year of flare up and the maximum doses of all medication that wasn't working, she started taking 14% Sativa CBD paste, twice a day, within 3 weeks the flare up was gone! We've come to learn 'juicing' (extracting the fibre) with the right vegetables also helps, also an anti-inflammatory diet like KETO also has huge benefits. She is now off all her meds and hasn't shown any Crohn's symptoms for over 2 years. CBD and diet is the key.
Juicing is very exciting but I need to get something straight. You take the fiber out because it's hard for Crohn's system to break it down and what you're left with is nutrients and I suppose some of the good bacteria that was on the vegetables. Did I get that straight?
I've just been diagnosed with chrons and have been super confused about which foods are right and wrong for my body. This was a really helpful video, thank you! You're awesome!
More recent research suggests that it's not the gluten in wheat/grains that's causing all the gut issues these days, instead, it's the glyphosate that's wrecking our microbiomes. I've also heard stories that when people go to countries like Italy that have banned glyphosate and they eat bread & other grains there, they digestion stays just fine, but if they come back to the US & eat grains, all their digestive issues start back up.
Please make vid on probiotics and please go into details about them. Those details make all the difference especially from someone like yourself. Thank you in advance.
Yes, this is a great idea! Thank you. Give me some time to research, as it's quite a big topic :) It may become a few videos in order to have better details on different sub topics.
I kinda of agree and disagree with you. Bad things for me- Sugar, processed food, cheese, dairy ( except yoghurt, butter), wheat, egg yolk, fatty foods and soy.Ironically am okay with sprouted grains. Many people with Crohns have diarrhea or constriction. I actually have continuous abdominal pain and severe fatigue. Also these food sometime cause severe constipation for me. Good food -lentil, legumes, cooked vegetables, egg white, beans, tomato in small quantity. I like cruciferous vegetable and they also help in controlling my blood sugar and cholesterol. I am prediabetic. Stomach soothing food: Yoghurt, banana, lentil soup.
What about juicing the fruits with the peels. That way you can get the microorganisms and nutrients from the fruits but not have to deal with the peel.
Just watched your 10 best and now watched 10 worst. From trial and error I have learned the truth of what you are saying. My bad list includes (because I have narrowing of my lumen in one or more places) whole grains like brown rice, barely, etc. Funny thing is that lentils are one of my stables. I eat them for breakfast nearly everyday. Also on my bad list: Almonds, walnuts, and beets. I like beets but they are too dense--and denseness is the key bad part of any food for me.
Thank you William! Yes, I think lentils are one that varies from person to person, probably having to do with the microbiome. It is interesting though, that many of these foods are in common. I hope you continue in good health :)
thanks for this video, great info, especially theory behind it and your personal findings. lentils are the worst for me. any advice on chocolate, for example unsweetened baking chocolate? it makes me feel so good, but scd book says to avoid, i could not find reason. (maybe because the book assumes chocolate means 'milk chocolate' which is very toxic.
I'll need to do more research, but it is because of certain chemicals in the beans. I could find some info here: pecanbread.com/p/tanya/chocolate.html In terms of the carbohydrate content, they are ok. I've also read that chocolate is high in various anti nutrients and those can be an issue for people with autoimmune diseases, but to be honest I'm not sure enough about the chemicals to know the exact reason. Some people do choose to include it anyways.
I was recently diagnosed with Crohn’s disease last month. I am on week 4 of a polymeric (liquid only) diet. Has anyone else had to do this? I have 2 weeks left of no food and I’m really struggling. I’m interested in hearing from others who have had to go through this. Thanks :)
I hope someone comes along that has more insight.. I never went on liquid diet. You are really strong to be doing that. I hope you feel better soon and find what works for you in the long term.
I’m currently taking Azathioprine after being on prednisone, I’m just wondering is there any better medication with less side effects.. furthermore the use of THC oils has helped remedy all my crohns flare ups
I get really bad facial flushing when I eat certain foods. Definitely think I have an inflammation problem because I often feel really hot as well. Really need to get an allergy test but this was helpful. Thanks.
Yes, definitely a good idea to get an allergy test! Sometimes you are sensitive to foods even if you aren't allergic too, so I think a food journal can also be really helpful. Hope you get to the bottom of things soon :)
@@HackYourHealth not sure they'll be anything left to eat! I think I have an over active immune response, central heating is another trigger for my face. Winter time is truly awful for me.
Very informative video:). My husband has Colities and recently he lost a lot of weight. Now he feels better and he is trying to gain the weight back. Any suggestions please? It will help us a lot. Thank you!
Thank you! I'm glad your husband is feeling better. In my case, it took about one year of healing, and then all of a sudden I returned to my normal weight. Of course it's different for everyone. I think it may be because I was not eating as many carbs (though I was still eating them, not doing keto or anything) while healing, and then after one year slowly started to increase them. When I started to introduce more carbs, the weight came back. But I think if I had increased the carbs earlier, before my body had had the time to heal, it may have been an issue for digestion. So I guess my experience was that it was a time of healing first, and after some time, regaining weight. Eating a low carb diet it is often hard to gain weight, so perhaps introducing more easily digestible carbs (like those that are SCD legal is a pretty safe guideline I think) would help with weight gain, as long as it does not impede digestive healing. I don't know if he is even eating low carb but if so, this could be a factor. I hope this is helpful to you. This is my personal experience and opinion, not medical advice.
People, do your own research. Keep in mind this is what happened to work for her. Some of this was okay, but a lot of it disagrees with recent research on diet for Crohn's.
SCD diet did nothing for me unfortunately. I went keto carnivore and even that is not working. I eat 0 sugar and 0 carbs and I still have insulin resistance - prediabetes. I tried everything under the sun and nothing seems to work. Its been 5 years I am dealing with Chrohn so far no solution that I found to be helpfull.
I am sorry to hear that, it must be very disappointing I know it doesn't work for everyone...it seems like 85-90% go into remission and I'm not sure why it isn't everyone. Out of curiosity how long were you on the different diets for, and did you include a lot of probiotics? I am not trying to suggest you did anything wrong because there are so many different factors involved but I'm just asking in case there is helpful information for other people... I've heard there is good success with stool transplant which sounds gross, but there seems to be promising results. I didn't try it myself but for a tough case like yours, it might be worth looking into? Just something I've heard from people I'm not a medical practitioner obviously. Don't give up! I'm sure there will be a way to manage with perseverance
I've another autoimmune disease. I gave up orange juice long time ago but would like to have unsweetened grape fruit juice in the morning w/ my breakfast. Do you recommend? Thank you for this video!
I think for this it would depend on whether you are sensitive to citrus. My suggestion would be to try it, and see how you feel. Grapefruit can also interfere with some medications and supplements so of you are taking any, might be good to check. On the Breaking the Vicious Cycle website they recommend juicing your own grapefruit juice. Also for SCD, they recommend diluting all juice to 50% with water just to minimize the sugar. It's simple to squeeze some grapefruit juice though so my thought would be try it and see how you feel... just my personal opinion only, it's never medical advice :)
I know, it is terrible! But what can we do But face reality? Haha I would recommend reading Breaking the Vicious Cycle if you are interested in SCD diet (or just the molecular reasoning behind which carbohydrates to eat) then you would have an easier time identifying good alternatives There are many almond flour recipes in that book, for example Sourdough is definitely more digestible but may still be too much for a damaged gut. Also I've heard a lot of people and experienced myself that the flour source is important and organic may be more digestible (due to lack of contamination with dessicant).
Almond and coconut flour are ok for many people even when grain flours aren't. Coconut flour is allowed on both the Specific Carbohydrate Diet and the Autoimmune Protocol diet, which are two diets commonly done for Crohn's and autoimmune. Almond flour is allowed on SCD only, because nuts can be irritating for some people as well. However, neither has the issue of having the high starch/sugar content of grains. So I think it's best to try them, and if they work for you then they are good to eat!
I'd suggest trying almond flour.... there are lots of recipes for almond flour on the Specific Carbohydrate diet which is for people with Crohn's etc, so those have been well tolerated by people. I dont have much insight into coconut flour, but I think it is likely fine too. Chickpea flour I personally would be the most cautious with, but it probably has to do with how it is prepared too (if it's possible to ferment/otherwise make it more digestible first). I'd personally suggest starting with almond flour only because it seems to have been well tolerated by people who are healing, and depending on how healed you are etc the others could be good too.
Hello! what could replace grains? sweet potatoes? chestnut? buckwheat, millet and quinoa are they acceptable or at least better than simple sugar? thank's very much for you videos, the tips are simple but essential that's all we need
Thanks, I'm glad it's helpful :) I think there's a good chance that pseudo-grains have similar issues to grains themselves, but you could try and see how it effects you. The way they are prepared can also make a big difference. Sweet potatoes are used on AIP, so I think they are likely good. I'm not very familiar with chestnut. But yes, I think everything is probably better than sugar! I personally used a lot of beets, squash and other roasted vegetables. Spaghetti squash is a good replacement for pasta. My suggestion would be to search recipes for the SCD or AIP, because there are people doing all kinds of creative things without grains for those diets, and see what appeals to you. If you have other questions let me know!
HackYourHealth thank’s ! In fact i really need carbs to not loose Weight And because i do à lot of exercise. So i try to minimize carb’s negatives effects by choosing the good sources (that i suppose aha)
That makes sense :) For sure, you need to do what works for you. The book Breaking the Vicious Cycle is a really great resource for learning more about different kinds of carbohydrates, and how they effect the gut/microbiome. Even if you didn't want to do full SCD, it's an empowering read I think, because it really explains a lot about how different carbs are digested (for example the structure of sugar and starch moecules etc) in a really straightforward way. If you're interested :)
Here is it punishable by a 3 million dollar fine and jail time so it is near impossible to find! However I also have heard many incredible healing stories and believe that if you can get it (and from a trusted source) then it is likely to be very beneficial! Just my personal perspective not medical advice. It's got a lot of beneficial bacterias in it so makes sense that it would help people, also very nutritionally complete
I did make an instagram but I have not been good with adding to it....but I'm starting to finally record videos again! Thank you for your encouragement!
one more question. I always hear that dairy is the worst when it comes to joint symptoms and other allergies. so i'm very reluctant to try the homemade yogurt and kefir. any thoughts on this? Of course i would use organic milk as a starter, but i still wonder if i am hurting my bone health or increasing joint issues.
I really think that there is a huge difference in this regard between fermented and unfermented dairy. In homemade yogurt and kefir (storebought is more risky) the lactose is broken down, and there are bacteria in the yogurt/kefir that help with digestion, and repopulate good gut bacteria. So the main allergen/irritant is gone, and healthy gut bacteria can help with inflammation etc. Organic/grass fed is definitely better, as well as full fat. I'm also still researching right now for an upcoming video on probiotics, but I think one of the reasons fermented milk might be so helpful is because it is more similar to how our gut bacteria is nourished and populated as infants. I think it is absolutely worth trying, and maybe starting with a small amount and working your way up :)
@@HackYourHealth good points! since i left my original comment, i looked into this a bit more. I'll share 2 things of note here. first, there is a spontanious mutation that occured in cows about 2000 years ago that made what is called Casien A1, a protein in that cow's meat and milk, (as I understand it) which attacks a human's pancreas leading to inability to produce insulin (juvenile diabetis) as explained by dr. gundry on the tom bilyeu youtube chanel. But if you can eat dairy from the original casien A2 cows, it is safe, and does not attack pancreas cells. the good Casien A2 is in cheeses from france, italy, switzerland, and sheep, goats and water buffalo. That is becasue these animals do not have the 'muitation'. I understand 'american' cows are the bad ones. but that aside, the second point i wanted to share is this. Cows milk and meat is reported to contain proteins from the foods that those animals eat, so corn- or grain-fed cows will have that in their meat and probably milk too. so those trying to avoid grains are best to avoid milk from these cows to be safe. I wonder if grass fed cows are also fed supplemental grain, which concerns me personally as i am trying to avoid those 'grain' type proteins. (I do not eat cows primarily for this reason). I would assume if a goat ate grain, its meat and milk would also contain the same grain protein which is of concern to celiacs and others with leaky gut. not to blab too much lol, but one more thing. I heard that shalajit can restore leaky gut, as well as boost a weak immne system. If you ever do research on this, I'd love to see your video. I take a Russian form called momiji (may have spelled that wrong.) it's like decayed plant matter which is largely missing, but needed, in modern farm-produced foods. it looks like frozen black molassis and tastes like bitter coffee to me. it somehow provides a lot of missing biochemicals needed to repair the tight junctions. not to mention chickens. even those advertised as organic free reign are full of corn, and mostly cooped up in a barn with 5 minutes a day to go outdoors (according to dr. gundry interview i mentioned above). now i know why a friend of mine raises his own chickens. thanks for your awesome videos. peace, carol
Hi, since iam on PKD 3weeks i have developed white tongue like i have never had before and also eczema on my right hand is getting worse. other than that i sleep better, i have more energy and i have easy bowel movement which is also good, because iam trying to heal from UC. Do you think rendered pork fat/cracklings and some pork meat is to blame for white tongue and spreading eczema ? I have heard pork in the US is toxic, iam ordering organic pork fat from farmer but it wont be shipped untill next week, i cant eat beef fat its terrible. thanks for your thoughts
Hi Dan, I am assuming you mean paleo keto diet? I hadn't heard that abbreviation before :) I had the exact same thing happen to my tongue when I started the SCD, for at least a month if I remember correctly. My tongue went completely white, with yeast and I believe it was a bacteria die off, because it would come back about once a month with reduced strength for the first few months of the diet. Like you, I felt a lot better otherwise. I'm not a doctor so this is just my personal experience. It's not necessarily anything you are doing wrong. Pork fat is likely good to eat in my opinion. Especially pasture raised lard. I'm really happy to hear you have more energy and I'm hoping to eczema also gets better once the first stage of the diet has past. It might be helpful to ask around and see what others have also experienced at the beginning in the bacteria die off phase, because it's normal to have some stranger things in the beginning, at least in my experience! Good luck :)
It's good if you can focus on unprocessed foods, like homemade soups, cooked meats and most cooked vegetables, homemade yogurt.... You can look up SCD or AIP recipes to get a sense of the things that people eat :)
I have Crohn’s and I just found out I have fistula, it’s been super painful and kinda of depressing just need some help what I should do. My doctor keeps recommending the surgery, anyway I can FaceTime you ?
@@eb5627 ,sorry to hear that I have a fistula also have had it for a year this month it can be very painful mine hurts right after I eat especially anything beef.
My wife has pretty much cured her Crohn's naturally, so much so that she has come off all her medication that included humira. After 2 year of flare up and the maximum doses of all medication that wasn't working, she started taking 14% Sativa CBD paste, twice a day, within 3 weeks the flare up was gone! We've come to learn 'juicing' (extracting the fibre) with the right vegetables also helps, also an anti-inflammatory diet like KETO also has huge benefits. She is now off all her meds and hasn't shown any Crohn's symptoms for over 2 years. CBD and diet is the key.
Thank you so much for sharing what worked for your wife! I'm really happy she is feeling better and off her medication :)
Thank you for sharing I have Crohn’s and fistula it’s a horrible trying to figure what works and doesn’t
@@eb5627 u need to get medication to heal the fistula
Nothing can heal a fistula
Juicing is very exciting but I need to get something straight. You take the fiber out because it's hard for Crohn's system to break it down and what you're left with is nutrients and I suppose some of the good bacteria that was on the vegetables.
Did I get that straight?
I've just been diagnosed with chrons and have been super confused about which foods are right and wrong for my body. This was a really helpful video, thank you! You're awesome!
Thank you! I'm glad it was helpful :) all the best
More recent research suggests that it's not the gluten in wheat/grains that's causing all the gut issues these days, instead, it's the glyphosate that's wrecking our microbiomes. I've also heard stories that when people go to countries like Italy that have banned glyphosate and they eat bread & other grains there, they digestion stays just fine, but if they come back to the US & eat grains, all their digestive issues start back up.
1. Sugar.
2. Wheat.
3. Raw cruciferous vegetables.
4. Unfermented dairy. Butter is exception.
5. Processed foods.
6. GMO crops.
7. Lentils.
8. Nightshades.
9. Fruits in large quantity.
10. Avoid food that you cant digest.
Some people do ok with lentils so you can test this one for yourself :)
Please make vid on probiotics and please go into details about them. Those details make all the difference especially from someone like yourself.
Thank you in advance.
Yes, this is a great idea! Thank you.
Give me some time to research, as it's quite a big topic :)
It may become a few videos in order to have better details on different sub topics.
I kinda of agree and disagree with you.
Bad things for me- Sugar, processed food, cheese, dairy ( except yoghurt, butter), wheat, egg yolk, fatty foods and soy.Ironically am okay with sprouted grains. Many people with Crohns have diarrhea or constriction. I actually have continuous abdominal pain and severe fatigue. Also these food sometime cause severe constipation for me.
Good food -lentil, legumes, cooked vegetables, egg white, beans, tomato in small quantity.
I like cruciferous vegetable and they also help in controlling my blood sugar and cholesterol. I am prediabetic.
Stomach soothing food: Yoghurt, banana, lentil soup.
Good video :) my mum has crohn's and she definitely follows the same food patterns too! She avoids alcohol too
Thabk you. Yes, that's another good one. I'm glad she finds similar things useful!
Thank you very informative , I have Crohn’s Disease really bad and your advice has helped greatly . 🙏🏾
Thank you so much! I'm happy that is has been helpful to you too! ❤🙏
Awesome video! Can you make a video on what you usually eat in a day ? That would be so helpful! Thank you :)
Yes, great idea! I'll make one like that :)
Great video, Erica! So much valuable info 😊
Thank you!
Great vid as always Erica! Just started making Kefir and seeing improvements already :)
Thank you!
I'm really glad to hear that, thanks for sharing and that's great news!
thank you, does Kefir cause issues with its high histamine level ?
What about juicing the fruits with the peels. That way you can get the microorganisms and nutrients from the fruits but not have to deal with the peel.
Did you soak the lentils and then pressure cook them? Because I'm told that that does the trick.
Just watched your 10 best and now watched 10 worst. From trial and error I have learned the truth of what you are saying. My bad list includes (because I have narrowing of my lumen in one or more places) whole grains like brown rice, barely, etc. Funny thing is that lentils are one of my stables. I eat them for breakfast nearly everyday. Also on my bad list: Almonds, walnuts, and beets. I like beets but they are too dense--and denseness is the key bad part of any food for me.
Thank you William! Yes, I think lentils are one that varies from person to person, probably having to do with the microbiome. It is interesting though, that many of these foods are in common. I hope you continue in good health :)
Great video! Spot on!
Thank you!
thanks for this video, great info, especially theory behind it and your personal findings. lentils are the worst for me. any advice on chocolate, for example unsweetened baking chocolate? it makes me feel so good, but scd book says to avoid, i could not find reason. (maybe because the book assumes chocolate means 'milk chocolate' which is very toxic.
I'll need to do more research, but it is because of certain chemicals in the beans. I could find some info here: pecanbread.com/p/tanya/chocolate.html
In terms of the carbohydrate content, they are ok.
I've also read that chocolate is high in various anti nutrients and those can be an issue for people with autoimmune diseases, but to be honest I'm not sure enough about the chemicals to know the exact reason. Some people do choose to include it anyways.
I was recently diagnosed with Crohn’s disease last month. I am on week 4 of a polymeric (liquid only) diet. Has anyone else had to do this? I have 2 weeks left of no food and I’m really struggling. I’m interested in hearing from others who have had to go through this. Thanks :)
I hope someone comes along that has more insight.. I never went on liquid diet. You are really strong to be doing that. I hope you feel better soon and find what works for you in the long term.
I’m currently taking Azathioprine after being on prednisone, I’m just wondering is there any better medication with less side effects.. furthermore the use of THC oils has helped remedy all my crohns flare ups
I get really bad facial flushing when I eat certain foods. Definitely think I have an inflammation problem because I often feel really hot as well. Really need to get an allergy test but this was helpful. Thanks.
Yes, definitely a good idea to get an allergy test! Sometimes you are sensitive to foods even if you aren't allergic too, so I think a food journal can also be really helpful. Hope you get to the bottom of things soon :)
@@HackYourHealth not sure they'll be anything left to eat! I think I have an over active immune response, central heating is another trigger for my face. Winter time is truly awful for me.
There will be, but I definitely understand the feeling.
Good luck, I hope you find what works for you.
@@HackYourHealth thanks Erica 😊
Very informative video:). My husband has Colities and recently he lost a lot of weight. Now he feels better and he is trying to gain the weight back. Any suggestions please? It will help us a lot. Thank you!
Thank you! I'm glad your husband is feeling better. In my case, it took about one year of healing, and then all of a sudden I returned to my normal weight. Of course it's different for everyone. I think it may be because I was not eating as many carbs (though I was still eating them, not doing keto or anything) while healing, and then after one year slowly started to increase them. When I started to introduce more carbs, the weight came back. But I think if I had increased the carbs earlier, before my body had had the time to heal, it may have been an issue for digestion. So I guess my experience was that it was a time of healing first, and after some time, regaining weight. Eating a low carb diet it is often hard to gain weight, so perhaps introducing more easily digestible carbs (like those that are SCD legal is a pretty safe guideline I think) would help with weight gain, as long as it does not impede digestive healing. I don't know if he is even eating low carb but if so, this could be a factor. I hope this is helpful to you.
This is my personal experience and opinion, not medical advice.
What about saturated fat?
People, do your own research. Keep in mind this is what happened to work for her. Some of this was okay, but a lot of it disagrees with recent research on diet for Crohn's.
People who find this video are doing their own research :) can you please link the studies that would be much more useful!
SCD diet did nothing for me unfortunately. I went keto carnivore and even that is not working. I eat 0 sugar and 0 carbs and I still have insulin resistance - prediabetes. I tried everything under the sun and nothing seems to work. Its been 5 years I am dealing with Chrohn so far no solution that I found to be helpfull.
I am sorry to hear that, it must be very disappointing
I know it doesn't work for everyone...it seems like 85-90% go into remission and I'm not sure why it isn't everyone.
Out of curiosity how long were you on the different diets for, and did you include a lot of probiotics? I am not trying to suggest you did anything wrong because there are so many different factors involved but I'm just asking in case there is helpful information for other people...
I've heard there is good success with stool transplant which sounds gross, but there seems to be promising results. I didn't try it myself but for a tough case like yours, it might be worth looking into? Just something I've heard from people I'm not a medical practitioner obviously.
Don't give up! I'm sure there will be a way to manage with perseverance
I've another autoimmune disease. I gave up orange juice long time ago but would like to have unsweetened grape fruit juice in the morning w/ my breakfast. Do you recommend? Thank you for this video!
I think for this it would depend on whether you are sensitive to citrus. My suggestion would be to try it, and see how you feel. Grapefruit can also interfere with some medications and supplements so of you are taking any, might be good to check. On the Breaking the Vicious Cycle website they recommend juicing your own grapefruit juice. Also for SCD, they recommend diluting all juice to 50% with water just to minimize the sugar.
It's simple to squeeze some grapefruit juice though so my thought would be try it and see how you feel... just my personal opinion only, it's never medical advice :)
What about breads? Is gluten free or paleo breads ok? I love bread especially sourdough and so sad it's affecting me 😭
I know, it is terrible! But what can we do But face reality? Haha
I would recommend reading Breaking the Vicious Cycle if you are interested in SCD diet (or just the molecular reasoning behind which carbohydrates to eat) then you would have an easier time identifying good alternatives
There are many almond flour recipes in that book, for example
Sourdough is definitely more digestible but may still be too much for a damaged gut. Also I've heard a lot of people and experienced myself that the flour source is important and organic may be more digestible (due to lack of contamination with dessicant).
so do I omit all flour like coconut and almond as well? Great video.. Thank you.
Almond and coconut flour are ok for many people even when grain flours aren't. Coconut flour is allowed on both the Specific Carbohydrate Diet and the Autoimmune Protocol diet, which are two diets commonly done for Crohn's and autoimmune. Almond flour is allowed on SCD only, because nuts can be irritating for some people as well. However, neither has the issue of having the high starch/sugar content of grains. So I think it's best to try them, and if they work for you then they are good to eat!
@@HackYourHealth awesome thank u so much
Hi! Thank you for sharing inf with us, do you eat almond flour,coconut flour,chick pea flour?? I miss bread or something like that!!!
I'd suggest trying almond flour.... there are lots of recipes for almond flour on the Specific Carbohydrate diet which is for people with Crohn's etc, so those have been well tolerated by people.
I dont have much insight into coconut flour, but I think it is likely fine too.
Chickpea flour I personally would be the most cautious with, but it probably has to do with how it is prepared too (if it's possible to ferment/otherwise make it more digestible first). I'd personally suggest starting with almond flour only because it seems to have been well tolerated by people who are healing, and depending on how healed you are etc the others could be good too.
HackYourHealth Erica thank you so much for answering my questions,God bless you!!!
Hello! what could replace grains? sweet potatoes? chestnut? buckwheat, millet and quinoa are they acceptable or at least better than simple sugar? thank's very much for you videos, the tips are simple but essential that's all we need
Thanks, I'm glad it's helpful :)
I think there's a good chance that pseudo-grains have similar issues to grains themselves, but you could try and see how it effects you. The way they are prepared can also make a big difference.
Sweet potatoes are used on AIP, so I think they are likely good. I'm not very familiar with chestnut. But yes, I think everything is probably better than sugar!
I personally used a lot of beets, squash and other roasted vegetables. Spaghetti squash is a good replacement for pasta.
My suggestion would be to search recipes for the SCD or AIP, because there are people doing all kinds of creative things without grains for those diets, and see what appeals to you.
If you have other questions let me know!
HackYourHealth thank’s !
In fact i really need carbs to not loose Weight And because i do à lot of exercise. So i try to minimize carb’s negatives effects by choosing the good sources (that i suppose aha)
That makes sense :) For sure, you need to do what works for you.
The book Breaking the Vicious Cycle is a really great resource for learning more about different kinds of carbohydrates, and how they effect the gut/microbiome. Even if you didn't want to do full SCD, it's an empowering read I think, because it really explains a lot about how different carbs are digested (for example the structure of sugar and starch moecules etc) in a really straightforward way. If you're interested :)
@@HackYourHealth that's very much I will have (take?) a look
thank's*
Hi Erika what do you think about fruit juices like fresh Apple juice
Best to dilute them to at least half water, and not drink too much
What do you think about raw milk? I've heard lots of stories about people healing themselves by drinking raw milk every day.
Here is it punishable by a 3 million dollar fine and jail time so it is near impossible to find! However I also have heard many incredible healing stories and believe that if you can get it (and from a trusted source) then it is likely to be very beneficial! Just my personal perspective not medical advice. It's got a lot of beneficial bacterias in it so makes sense that it would help people, also very nutritionally complete
Do you have a instagram? We need more content from you
I did make an instagram but I have not been good with adding to it....but I'm starting to finally record videos again! Thank you for your encouragement!
Is drink raw milk is safe in ibs d ?
one more question. I always hear that dairy is the worst when it comes to joint symptoms and other allergies. so i'm very reluctant to try the homemade yogurt and kefir. any thoughts on this? Of course i would use organic milk as a starter, but i still wonder if i am hurting my bone health or increasing joint issues.
I really think that there is a huge difference in this regard between fermented and unfermented dairy.
In homemade yogurt and kefir (storebought is more risky) the lactose is broken down, and there are bacteria in the yogurt/kefir that help with digestion, and repopulate good gut bacteria. So the main allergen/irritant is gone, and healthy gut bacteria can help with inflammation etc.
Organic/grass fed is definitely better, as well as full fat.
I'm also still researching right now for an upcoming video on probiotics, but I think one of the reasons fermented milk might be so helpful is because it is more similar to how our gut bacteria is nourished and populated as infants.
I think it is absolutely worth trying, and maybe starting with a small amount and working your way up :)
@@HackYourHealth good points! since i left my original comment, i looked into this a bit more. I'll share 2 things of note here. first, there is a spontanious mutation that occured in cows about 2000 years ago that made what is called Casien A1, a protein in that cow's meat and milk, (as I understand it) which attacks a human's pancreas leading to inability to produce insulin (juvenile diabetis) as explained by dr. gundry on the tom bilyeu youtube chanel.
But if you can eat dairy from the original casien A2 cows, it is safe, and does not attack pancreas cells. the good Casien A2 is in cheeses from france, italy, switzerland, and sheep, goats and water buffalo. That is becasue these animals do not have the 'muitation'.
I understand 'american' cows are the bad ones.
but that aside, the second point i wanted to share is this. Cows milk and meat is reported to contain proteins from the foods that those animals eat, so corn- or grain-fed cows will have that in their meat and probably milk too. so those trying to avoid grains are best to avoid milk from these cows to be safe. I wonder if grass fed cows are also fed supplemental grain, which concerns me personally as i am trying to avoid those 'grain' type proteins. (I do not eat cows primarily for this reason).
I would assume if a goat ate grain, its meat and milk would also contain the same grain protein which is of concern to celiacs and others with leaky gut.
not to blab too much lol, but one more thing. I heard that shalajit can restore leaky gut, as well as boost a weak immne system. If you ever do research on this, I'd love to see your video. I take a Russian form called momiji (may have spelled that wrong.) it's like decayed plant matter which is largely missing, but needed, in modern farm-produced foods. it looks like frozen black molassis and tastes like bitter coffee to me. it somehow provides a lot of missing biochemicals needed to repair the tight junctions.
not to mention chickens. even those advertised as organic free reign are full of corn, and mostly cooped up in a barn with 5 minutes a day to go outdoors (according to dr. gundry interview i mentioned above). now i know why a friend of mine raises his own chickens.
thanks for your awesome videos. peace, carol
Thank you so much! I'll look more into these :)
Hi, since iam on PKD 3weeks i have developed white tongue like i have never had before and also eczema on my right hand is getting worse. other than that i sleep better, i have more energy and i have easy bowel movement which is also good, because iam trying to heal from UC. Do you think rendered pork fat/cracklings and some pork meat is to blame for white tongue and spreading eczema ? I have heard pork in the US is toxic, iam ordering organic pork fat from farmer but it wont be shipped untill next week, i cant eat beef fat its terrible. thanks for your thoughts
Hi Dan,
I am assuming you mean paleo keto diet? I hadn't heard that abbreviation before :)
I had the exact same thing happen to my tongue when I started the SCD, for at least a month if I remember correctly. My tongue went completely white, with yeast and I believe it was a bacteria die off, because it would come back about once a month with reduced strength for the first few months of the diet. Like you, I felt a lot better otherwise.
I'm not a doctor so this is just my personal experience. It's not necessarily anything you are doing wrong. Pork fat is likely good to eat in my opinion. Especially pasture raised lard.
I'm really happy to hear you have more energy and I'm hoping to eczema also gets better once the first stage of the diet has past.
It might be helpful to ask around and see what others have also experienced at the beginning in the bacteria die off phase, because it's normal to have some stranger things in the beginning, at least in my experience!
Good luck :)
What can you eat?? 😕
It's good if you can focus on unprocessed foods, like homemade soups, cooked meats and most cooked vegetables, homemade yogurt.... You can look up SCD or AIP recipes to get a sense of the things that people eat :)
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Erica, can you please help me ?
Can you be more specific? :)
I have Crohn’s and I just found out I have fistula, it’s been super painful and kinda of depressing just need some help what I should do.
My doctor keeps recommending the surgery, anyway I can FaceTime you ?
You can email me at hackyourhealthinfo@gmail.com and we can arrange something.
@@eb5627 ,sorry to hear that I have a fistula also have had it for a year this month it can be very painful mine hurts right after I eat especially anything beef.