DustyKat
Super Moderator
As some of you may know Sarah has made some pretty drastic changes to her diet over time. Firstly she gravitated toward a vegetarian diet and then about 18 months ago went that step further to vegan.
All changes to her diet and lifestyle have been made with much research and forethought. The move to vegan was I think done for both physical and conscientious reasons, with the physical holding the greatest sway and part of that had to do with dairy and her seeming inability to tolerate at all well following surgery. She also found red meat difficult to tolerate too.
The latest adjustment, about three months ago, has been to eliminate sugar, well anything with more than 1 gram per serve. I have also been looking into sugar and the role it plays in Crohn's and in many ways it's adverse effects makes a great deal of sense. I'm also looking into probiotics and think I have settled on Culturelle Lactobacillus GG, anyone else use these?
I can only look to Sarah and for what seems, and in all honesty is, a very restricted diet...no meat, no dairy, no (little) sugar (sucrose)...she looks well and has loads of energy. She is very conscious of her need for calories and has found alternate ways to get the required calories she needs per day. She never use to juice but now juices vegetables, she does not juice fruits as this then concentrates the sugars contained within them.
The only downside that I can see is her weight. At present it is stable and within normal limits but it does not lend itself to her losing much should she become stressed, which she does at times, at which time she tends to lose her appetite. Other than that she really does look the picture of health.
Any thoughts/comments?
Cheers,
Dusty. xxx
All changes to her diet and lifestyle have been made with much research and forethought. The move to vegan was I think done for both physical and conscientious reasons, with the physical holding the greatest sway and part of that had to do with dairy and her seeming inability to tolerate at all well following surgery. She also found red meat difficult to tolerate too.
The latest adjustment, about three months ago, has been to eliminate sugar, well anything with more than 1 gram per serve. I have also been looking into sugar and the role it plays in Crohn's and in many ways it's adverse effects makes a great deal of sense. I'm also looking into probiotics and think I have settled on Culturelle Lactobacillus GG, anyone else use these?
I can only look to Sarah and for what seems, and in all honesty is, a very restricted diet...no meat, no dairy, no (little) sugar (sucrose)...she looks well and has loads of energy. She is very conscious of her need for calories and has found alternate ways to get the required calories she needs per day. She never use to juice but now juices vegetables, she does not juice fruits as this then concentrates the sugars contained within them.
The only downside that I can see is her weight. At present it is stable and within normal limits but it does not lend itself to her losing much should she become stressed, which she does at times, at which time she tends to lose her appetite. Other than that she really does look the picture of health.
Any thoughts/comments?
Cheers,
Dusty. xxx