One of the most painful digestive conditions that plagues
mankind is Crohn's disease.
If you're not sure exactly what it is, Crohn's is
considered a form of IBD--Inflammatory Bowel Disease
(meaning swelling of the intestines)--that usually attacks
the lower part of the small intestine.
Under "normal" conditions, after our food is broken down
in the stomach, the wastes pass to the small intestine so
digestion can be finished and nutrients can be absorbed.
Then out to the large intestine (colon) they go, and
they're headed "out the door."
What happens with people who have Crohn's disease is that,
instead of the wastes passing through smoothly, the small
intestine (and sometimes the colon) gets all inflamed and
swollen, resulting in severe pain and diarrhea.
Crohn's can also cause rectal bleeding, weight loss,
arthritis, skin problems, and fever. If the bleeding is
serious enough, it can lead to anemia.
The small intestine can swell up so badly that it gets
blocked up--this is called a bowel obstruction and many
times surgery is needed to clear it.
If the swelling and inflammation is severe enough, some or
all of the small intestine or colon may need to be removed,
with a likelihood of ending up with a colostomy (bag that
catches your "business" taped to your body).
The odds definitely aren't favorable. Between 66 - 75% (6
or 7 out of every 10) of Crohn's sufferers will need
surgery at some point in their life.
So wouldn't it make sense to keep digestion as smooth as
possible, to help avoid the intestines from getting all
inflamed to begin with?
But that's exactly the OPPOSITE of what the medical
community tells patients with Crohn's to do.
Patients with Crohn's are told to eat a low-fiber diet,
including white bread, white rice, canned and cooked fruit,
well-cooked vegetables, low-fiber cereals and even desserts
(as long as they have no seeds or nuts).
The worst advice possible.
Criminal is more like it.
Refined, processed foods such as white bread, white rice
and canned fruits are extremely acid-producing. Acid
causes inflammation everywhere in the body, including the
intestines.
So it makes no sense to tell someone with Crohn's to eat
that stuff!
Canned or well-cooked vegetables are basically devoid of
most or all of the original nutrients. People with Crohn's
are challenged already with anemia and (often) weight loss,
and now they're being told to eat foods with little or no
nutrients that could help build up their red blood cell
count and maintain weight. Does that make sense to you?
And dessert is the last thing someone with Crohn's needs.
Most desserts are empty calories and are usually eaten in
connection with the wrong other foods.
Result: More acid and more inflammation.
Doesn't it make sense that people with Crohn's should have
a diet that is full of vitamins and nutrients and that
makes digestion as smooth as possible?
In Great Taste No Pain, I'll show you how to eat lots of
tasty, nutritious, acid-killing foods eaten in the correct
combinations for smooth, pain-free digestion.
When you don't overproduce acid in the stomach, you get
more nutrients from your foods (and less acid reflux too).
And when your whole body has less acid and your pH is more
alkaline, inflammation goes WAAAAAY down.
Foods that are digested well (when they're correctly
combined like I'll teach you) glide through the intestines
much easier--so there's less of a chance of inflammation
rearing its ugly head.
Don't blindly accept some food suggestions from the
medical community as gospel--they're not even trained in
nutrition and prevention of disease! The focus of their
training is on drugs and surgery--that's it. So you know
where you're going with that.
Let me show you how great you can feel naturally...and
love every single bite.
To your health,
Sherry Brescia
PS: John is starting to feel better, even right after
chemo and radiation for bladder cancer:
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Hi to every one on that end!
I have forwarded your email to a friend of mine - she's a
diabetic - I also sent her the e-book that I got from you
with recipes.
I think Great Taste No Pain is a great program. I eat
better nowadays and I'm feeling better but all well yet -
I'm still fighting cancer - Bladder cancer - it affects
your Colon also and the pain pills don't help!
The doctors have pushed more pills but I'm trying to get
off them. I have had radiation & chemo last month and
finished treatment 7/02/08 and my insides still feel like
plastic but the pain is going away!
I used to have a lot of problems with bowel movements, but
now because of my diet it’s a lot easier going!
