Please share an interesting fact about inflammatory bowel disease.

IBD: Ibd puts you at risk for eye inflammation (uveitis).

You: You have billions of organisms living in your gut-probiotics can improve their balance & may help.

Take: Take probiotics, whatever medical regimen you are on!

Put: Put yourself on a bowel regimen with the goal of two soft bowel movements daily.

IBD: Ibd is about pain, diarrhea and constipation. Yes, however, there is so much more... Malabsorption.

Rule: Rule out infection, food allergies, lack of enzymes. Use probiotics & prebiotics. Get rid of stress.

Use: Use probiotics & prebiotics & omega-3s; know your food sensitivities & avoid them; avoid stress!

For: For patients struggling with diarrhea, eat one marshmallow every day. Regular size!

Instead: Instead of pork, try beef. Pork antibodies have been found in patients with crohns.

Stress: Stress related. Pay attention to mental sources and look for biofeedback techniques as well as diet.

Live: Live well, get rest, eat healthy, avoid unnecessary stress, and try strong peppermint. Little alcohol.

One: One teaspoon of honey twice a day is a natural stool softener and improves the immune system.

No magic: Probably what is good for rest of population is good for you. Healthy diet, minimal fried foods.

Avoid: Avoid grains, dairy and legumes. Limit fruit to 1 serving. Learn about paleolithic eating.

Have: Have heart healthy diet. Avoid spicy & oily food.

Probiotics: Probiotics are felt to be helpful in ibd, as is eating a healthy diet.

Thinks: Thinks about your natural flora - the bugs that live within - and try to make them healthy ones...

Look: Look into food allergy as a contributing factor. Ibd can also improve with the use of probiotics.

Consider: Consider limiting gluten if you have ibd as it may exacerbate symptoms in some patients with ibd.

There: There is no proof that you can cure ibd naturally or by diet alone, although diet changes may help.

Two: Two important types of inflammatory bowel disease include: crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

Ignore: Peppermint oil is good for the pain and bloating because it gets rid of excess gas and calms spasms.

Ignore: The best ibs management includes stress reduction, exercise, and a high fiber diet.

Ignore: Try altering your diet by going gluten free and dairy free. Be sure to take a multi-vitamin daily.

Ignore: Know your triggers and avoid them as much as is possible.

Ignore: Ulcerative colitis is a common cause of colon cancer.

Ignore: Crowns disease does not have the association with colon cancer that ulcerative colitis does.

Ignore: Ask your doctor to rule out food allergies as cause of your discomfort.

Ignore: Get support for stress reduction with mind-body methods, because stress makes most illness worse.