Who said anything about Crohns? Not me.
Well, I did if you were responding to me. Crohn is IBD.
This issue I had is with:
"inflammatory bowel disease -- disorders caused by an overactive immune system"
This is not leaving preconceived notions out, as you say, no this IS a preconceived notion, one that wasn't even supported by the article, even though the author had no issues throwing that in there for some reason.
You responded to my post, or not?
If you believe the above, you also believe that antibiotics don't work, that vitamin A doesn't work, that vitamin D doesn't work, that crohn patients react as fast to pathogens as normal people (they don't, proven), that crohn patients don't have more MAP or E Coli than controls (they do, proven), that NOD2 doesn't indicate an immune deficiency (it does, proven) etc.
Do you see where this article might be completely missing the ball? Or do you 100% agree with the article and can't see that my concern is valid when I question his claim that's completely unfounded, no proof given, contradicts with the article itself in many ways and ignores all the studies that show crohn might be an immune dificiency?
If the article would have said "crohn might be an overeactive immune system or might be an immune deficiency" I wouldn't have had any issues with it. But that's not what the writer did, he made a statement not based on any evidence, he doesn't support the argument and just throws it out there. Kinda like those people who still throw out there that crohn is an autoimmune-disease without proving it is at all, and ignoring that there are a bazillion and one studies that show it's not.