Crohn's and Colitis: Conquer Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Crohn's and Colitis: Conquer Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Thank you for your interest in my protocol for the treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease such as Crohns Disease, Ulcerative Colitis or any other form of colitis. I appreciate you taking the time to find my website to receive this information. A lot of hard work has gone into this project and it has taken many years of study for me to even claim that I may be able to help you. I hope you find this information valuable. Please understand that the majority of my practice at the Hyde Park Holistic Center in Cincinnati involves Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Crohns Disease and Colitis patients. I know how you are feeling; I have seen thousands of you since 1997. Please read this report and then you can decide if you would like to have me direct you through the entire process of restoring your health and ending Crohns Disease and colitis with scheduled phone consultations. Feel free to call me at 513-871-3300 or email me at info@DrDahlman.com anytime with questions about how to get started or for answers to quick questions. Also note that if you read this document on your computer, I provide clickable links to much more information about each subject that can be found at www. DrDahlman.com. Good luck! The main purpose of this article is to teach you how to identify the reasons you have Inflammatory Bowel Disease and reduce or eliminate all symptoms associated with it. In order to get there, we will discuss: A Definition for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Symptoms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). . . . . . . 3 The Traditional Medical Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 The Holistic/Alternative/Nutritional/Common Sense Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Quick Start Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The Reasons You Have Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 The Plan for Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 The Big Four Dietary Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 An Additional Dietary Elimination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 What About Your Medications? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 How to Order from the Online Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 How to Take Your Supplements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 How Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) might be Responsible for Other Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Additional Thoughts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Unsolicited Advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Resource Summary Page of the Links Found in this Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Hyde Park Holistic Center | 2656 Fair Oaks Lane | Cincinnati, Ohio 45237 | 513-871-3300 p|2
realizes that certain foods exacerbate the problem and they begin to avoid them or become afraid to eat. Some are afraid to leave the house and when they do, they have to know every bathroom between their home and destination. For the pain, you try aspirin, Tylenol, Advil, Bufferin, ibuprofen or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAIDS) pain relievers. NSAIDS are the second most common over the counter medication sold today. These may or may not work either and puts you in a position for your doctor to want to remove your gallbladder, since theyve found nothing else to explain the symptoms, and as the medical profession foolishly believes, you dont really need it anyway. Removal of the gallbladder rarely results in any relief and in most cases, creates additional digestive complaints because you now have an inability to digest fatty foods in an efficient manner. This may actually increase pain, gas and bloating. Imagine a physician suggesting there are irrelevant organs in the human body. Perhaps they think its a design flaw? Since none of these over the counter medications, prescriptions or dietary changes resolve the problem, its once again off to our favorite well-intentioned physician. By now theyre probably tired of seeing someone that they dont really have the tools or knowledge to help, so you are referred to a gastroenterologist. Gastroenterologists are specialists in the intestinal tract, trained to perform unique testing to rule out a more serious condition or cancer and are all quite good at that. So the patient begins a series of tests that can include colonoscopy, endoscopy, barium enemas, MRIs and cat scans. Youve been tested up this way and down that way and your doctor walks into the room and proudly announces that all the tests are negative and theres nothing wrong with you. But you know theres something wrong. More time goes by and the patient tries to cope as best they can after being told that they will just have to learn to live with it. But many patients path through the traditional medical establishment probably has one more remaining surprise, especially if youre a woman. Continued visits to your favorite physician to make the same complaint over and over again results in an unspoken, industry wide red flag that you need a prescription for an anti-depressant or a referral to counseling. This is a veiled medical insult. Your doctor is telling you that they have no idea how to help you, but it cant possibly be their fault. Do they think you are too emotional, a little too tense, so maybe you should just calm down, go home and feel better about feeling so bad? Who wouldnt be tense living with all these uncomfortable bowel problems? What a journey! No results, your quality of life continues to deteriorate, you might be on anti- depressants that you dont need and you are wasting a lot of money. You also believe that the prescriptions and over the counter medications are safe to take, after all, they are FDA approved. Unfortunately, all prescription and over the counter medications have side effects and unintended consequences. The use of antacids seems reasonable and safe, and I will discuss their use and side effects a little later in this article. Fiber products are usually not high quality, tending to be rough on the insides of your digestive tract and can escort nutrition out of your body. This causes a mal- absorption problem, creating long-term consequences. Chronic usage of aspirin and NSAIDS can damage the gastrointestinal system. See my discussion of self-medication also a little later in this report. The desperate approach of removing the gallbladder also has unintended consequences. Unless you have gallstones, it rarely will be the cause of your discomfort. Once lost, you now have no ability to store bile, which is a digestive enzyme that is released when you eat fatty foods and means you cant digest the fat in your food. Whats the cause of pain, gas and bloating? Its the inability to digest food in a timely manner. It is also quite common for the patient to gain weight after the surgery. Once again, a therapy without success, Hyde Park Holistic Center | 2656 Fair Oaks Lane | Cincinnati, Ohio 45237 | 513-871-3300 p|4
and that actually exacerbates the problem. The answer is not to avoid fatty foods, because you need fat in your diet for human health, but to supplement the deficiency with a digestive enzyme specific for fat. Such a bleak picture, could your doctor be right, there is no cure and you must learn to live with these symptoms? Of course not. The answer is so simple. Doctors must have forgotten their training. Or is it that the pharmaceutical companies have too much influence? The biochemistry, endocrinology and physiology courses in school are straightforward and the traditional doctors lack of nutritional training only complicates their inability to treat the patient. These forgotten courses hold the key to what helps the IBS, Crohns Disease and Colitis patient.
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throat? Hang in there, this is a long explanation. If you ask a physician or nurse: What are the symptoms of a person who is producing too much stomach acid? They will easily list the symptoms I have mentioned above. But if you ask: What are the symptoms of a person producing too little stomach acid? You get silence. Its because they have never thought about it in this way. The symptoms are the same. How do you know which category you fall into? Have you diagnosed yourself? Do the 3 or 4 commercials you see every night during the network evening news have you convinced that you need antacids for your symptoms? Yeah, but Doc, when I take antacids, I feel better. Well, some of you do. Some of you get temporary relief and then it stops working. But one thing you all have in common, it never cures your problem. Many of you have taken antacids for years or even decades. You have a bottle in your kitchen, bathroom, office and automobile. It is not a cure; it merely suppresses your symptoms. But wait, theres worse news. Antacids buffer (meaning lowers) the amount of acid you are producing, ultimately impairing digestion. As if that were not bad enough, lowered acidity in the stomach inhibits minerals such as calcium, magnesium and potassium from being broken down properly, a process that begins in the stomach, and impairs their ability to be absorbed. And if thats not bad enough yet, acid is a potent weapon that fights any bacteria in the food you eat. Buffer it away and your chances of catching food poisoning or having an abnormal bacteria take hold in your gastrointestinal tract are greatly increased. And the manufacturer has the nerve to add the poorest quality calcium known to man (calcium carbonate) to your antacid, as if they are doing you a favor! The bottom line is that too many people are taking an antacid because they think they are producing too much acid (which they arent) and they think the problem is solved (which it isnt). In reality, the process of digestion is inhibited and minerals arent prepared properly for absorption in the small intestine. Therefore, you dont get all the available nutrition from your food. Welcome to another cause of malabsorption. I should also explain that there is a sphincter muscle at the bottom of your esophagus thats supposed to close and prevent any splash of the acid that is in your stomach into your esophagus. If this muscle isnt working properly, it doesnt matter how much acid your stomach is producing, if it splashes through the sphincter muscle onto the base of the esophagus, you will feel a burning. One of the main reasons that any muscle or specifically sphincter muscles in the body dont work properly is a calcium deficiency. Didnt I just mention the taking of antacids impairs the ability of minerals such as calcium to be absorbed? Get the picture?
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We live in a society that thinks it can solve its problems with pills. We are constantly exposed to advertisements in newspapers and TV for over-the-counter medication. Advertising works, therefore, we all self-medicate. What could possibly be wrong with an aspirin? If we have a headache, we reach for it. If its a bad headache or if we have aches and pains somewhere else, we might choose Tylenol, Advil, Motrin or something similar. A cough? Cough Syrup. If we have sinus congestion, with drainage down the back of the throat or out the nose, we take a decongestant and anti-histamine. Stops you right up. How about something to help you sleep or help you wake up? Medicine for diarrhea or constipation? These arent cures. Just temporary relief. And we already mentioned all of those antacids. Did you ever stop and think that there is a reason that you have a headache, a cough, and sinus drainage? Is your body trying to accomplish something? Might these symptoms be a normal reaction? A cough helps clear your lungs. Sinus drainage rids you of unwanted mucous that harbor germs. Should we really interfere with what the body is Hyde Park Holistic Center | 2656 Fair Oaks Lane | Cincinnati, Ohio 45237 | 513-871-3300 p|8
Do you have a headache because of a lack of Tylenol in your bloodstream? Of course not, but isnt that why you take the Tylenol? Pain relievers dont solve what is causing your pain; they only mask it, actually blocking receptors in your body that sense pain. Some cure. Just as the number one side effect of prescription medications is gastrointestinal problems, over-the-counter medications also have consequences. In a published report in the New England Journal of Medicine, a study conducted at Boston University School of Medicine discussed significant and potentially fatal side effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) such as aspirin, Advil, Motrin, Aleve, Naprosyn, Naproxen, Voltaren and Indocin. The lead researcher called this a silent epidemic because warning signs dont precede gastrointestinal complications. What have I been telling you? You may or may not have the symptoms that I have been describing. You may not even be aware of this process.
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The complications the lead researcher is referring to are gastric damage, ulcers and bleeding. They also have been linked to arthritis. That means there is a change in chemistry and inflammation. He added that these complications could be potentially fatal. Sounds extreme, doesnt it? Not when you realize that between 7,600 and 16,500 deaths occur every year from ulcer-related complications associated with NSAIDS use and over 76,000 are hospitalized each year from NSAIDS use. But for our purposes, it is important to realize that the use of over-the- counter medications generally and NSAIDS in particular, contribute to the problem that we are trying to solve. Use them if you cant function without them, but eliminate them if possible.
Click here to read more about deaths from adverse drug reactions at Dr. Dahlman Online. Reason: Poor Food Choices
How many of you have a perfect diet? Put your hand down! No one does. Do you pay attention at all to what you eat? How much fast food is in your diet? How much fried food? How much milk, cheese and ice cream? How much of it is processed, already prepared and packaged? I could go on, but some of you have had poor nutritional habits for a long time and some of you have made changes only recently. How many of you hardly eat at all? Either way, your choices have consequences. The point of all of this is to give you an idea of what contributes to creating an environment that may cause your symptoms. Most people have had antibiotics, self-medicated and eaten poorly. Combine this with a lack of digestive enzymes and its no wonder that your bowels are out of balance, you cant get proper nutrition from your food and symptoms develop.
Dont let a bunch of misleading information found on the Internet cause you to think that you must undergo a cleanse for parasites. There has been for decades in books, literature mailed to unsuspecting consumers and on the Internet, information using scare tactics that everybody has parasites. I send out hundreds of stool samples each year to test for parasites and I probably only see 3-4 back each year positive for parasites. A cleanse will not be the answer you are looking for when it comes to resolving your gastrointestinal complaints. Also, dont believe the information that claims that there is fecal material hanging on the inside of the bowels that only a cleanse can remove. These Internet sites, books and mailers are only trying to sell you products. The bowels are a self-cleaning organ. Its called a bowel movement. I assure you, the cause of your condition revolves around restoration of bacteria and chemistry. Bacteria or yeast can be a potential contributing cause of your gastrointestinal problems. If found together, their consequences can be even worse. Remember that in the section about antibiotics, I mentioned that when the beneficial bacterial levels fall below normal levels, the bad bacteria tend to overgrow and thats when problems begin. You may also have been exposed to bacteria from having lived on a farm and your exposure to animals and manure. People on farms may have more frequently swum in lakes or streams. Anyone who has traveled in third world countries may also have been exposed. It is also possible to come into contact with bacteria by eating common fruits and vegetables. Yeast is normal in your gastrointestinal system, but at very low levels. Women are familiar with vaginal yeast infections, but men and women both can suffer from systemic yeast infections. This situation can lead to multiple symptoms commonly associated with a condition called Candida. It is important to have this condition diagnosed through stool or blood before embarking on a plan to kill the yeast and following the rigorous diet that is also necessary for its elimination.
Remember that you do not have a disease, you have a lifestyle problem that has resulted in a set of symptoms that are nothing more than your body trying to tell you something. I learned the approach that you are about to read from other physicians that have been in practice a lot longer than I have. I did not discover it. There are thousands of physicians across the country using this protocol right now! So, finally, our Plan For Success will revolve around these areas: 1. A Food Allergy Test --- An IBD, Crohns or colitis patient may never get well without learning what foods are improperly crossing over from the inside of your gastrointestinal system into your bloodstream, creating an immune response that then builds chemistry that contributes to the inflammation. During your first consult with me, I will arrange for you to receive a test collection kit and also where to go to have your blood drawn. Re-establish Normal Bacterial Balance Remember what antibiotics and other lifestyle influences did to your population of healthy bacteria? You will take high quality probiotics (the good bacteria) to re-establish that population. Feed Tissue, Restore Chemistry and Decrease Inflammation You will take a nutritional beverage to feed the tissue that lines your gastrointestinal system to change the chemistry, eliminate inflammation and improve absorption. Improve Digestion You will take digestive enzymes to eliminate gas and bloating, indigestion, heartburn, pain, cramps and reflux. The Big Four, 100%, Dont You Dare Break Them, Dietary Rules A. Dairy Detective: The no dairy rule is the most important dietary change. I will teach you why you have to eliminate it and how to look for hidden dairy. B. C. No Gluten: Nothing made from wheat, oats, barley or rye. No Legumes (beans): Weve all laughed about this since we were five.
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D. Liquids and Fruit: When To Drink or Eat Them: Simple, but important. 6. Stop Taking Your Vitamins, Minerals or Herbs What? Read on. Lets discuss each of these.
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4) Improve Digestion
In time, on this program, you can throw away those Tums, Rolaids, Imodium and Pepto Bismol. All of those symptoms are due to a lack of digestive enzyme secretion in one or a couple of organs in your body, food intolerance or the diluting of the digestive juices that you secrete. The 2 most important supplements in this regard are hydrochloric acid and pancreatic enzymes. (Not a concern if your pancreatic enzymes are high as there is a difference between taking pancreatic enzymes that go into your gastrointestinal system and high blood enzyme levels.) Gas and bloating are usually an inability to break your foods down in a timely manner. Hydrochloric acid is produced in your stomach and is the first enzyme that your food comes into contact with besides a small amount of enzyme that is secreted in your saliva. Pancreatic enzymes are secreted into the food as it is released from the stomach into the upper part of the small intestine. We will add both of these enzymes to each meal to make sure you have full strength digestive ability. If you have gastritis or ulcers, these products may make you uncomfortable. We can proceed without them, but only because we have to. Hyde Park Holistic Center | 2656 Fair Oaks Lane | Cincinnati, Ohio 45237 | 513-871-3300 p | 12
If you have had your gall bladder removed, you have special needs. You have an inability to digest fats as efficiently as you used to and you must take an enzymeforever! I describe this product and dosages of all the digestive enzymes later in this report. See the section on purchasing from my secure online store to see what to order.
5) The Big Four, 100%, Dont You Dare Break em, Dietary Rules A. DAIRY DETECTIVE
Got milk? Remember those ads with all the celebrities and their milk mustaches? Great marketing, isnt it? Guess what cows milk is for? Baby cows! Period! If you are chronically unwell, its even more important to eliminate dairy products. I have other and better reasons, so keep reading. I am well aware that this is the hardest suggestion that I make. It is also the lifestyle change that has the most potential reward for you. Its that important. Take this section very seriously. Dairy product use is ingrained into our heads by advertising and marketing that started in grade school for most of us with the 4 food groups thumb tacked to the bulletin board. We were all told that milk helps build strong bones. It is totally untrue and there is no scientific evidence that supports the idea that a milk drinker will have more bone mass than someone who doesnt drink milk. Additionally, there is no scientific evidence that supports the idea that you will suffer from osteoporosis if you dont drink milk. If you know someone who has this evidence, please send it to me. In fact, Harvard University conducted a study that began in 1976 and followed 78,000 women who ate or drank the equivalent of 2 glasses of milk per day for 12 years. The study found that these women had a 40% increased risk of fracture. So much for the benefits of milk. Lets look at a few other issues. No other mammal on the earth looks for the breast milk of another mammal after they are weaned from the breast. They all drink water. Ever seen a bear or giraffe with osteoporosis? We are the only mammals that eat milk products. I have always suggested that you only eat foods as nature intended them to be. Milk that is heated to a very high temperature (homogenization and pasteurization) is not as nature intended it to be. It is lacking in anything live; all of the enzymes and nutrition have been destroyed or chemically changed through the heating process. Its a dead food. How about lactose intolerance? Do you know anyone who claims to be lactose intolerant? Its my opinion that everyone is to some degree. Remember that a lack of symptoms is not what defines health. By consuming milk, some people experience indigestion, gas or bloating. Some experience diarrhea or constipation. Because you dont complain of symptoms commonly related to lactose intolerance, doesnt mean that at a chemical and molecular level you arent still having problems that interfere with your health. You are just unaware of its symptoms. And heres why this is a problem. When we are born, we have a high secretion of the enzyme necessary for the proper breakdown of milk sugar (lactose). Here we are again with those pesky enzymes! The reason for the high secretion as an infant is to help break down the milk sugar in mothers milk. Many medical textbooks, in their discussion of all of the enzymes produced in the human body, will mention that the production of lactase (the enzyme responsible for breaking down milk sugar) declines substantially about the age of two. Why? Its called the breast-feeding window. All mammals are usually finished breastfeeding by this age. Its already pre-programmed in our physiology that we will have a difficult time with milk sugar. Some cultures and ethnic groups have enjoyed a genetic change that has minimized the consequences, but not eliminated them. If we all had cows in the barn and brought the milk directly to the table, it would be a far better product (not homogenized or pasteurized) and not cause as many health problems. Hyde Park Holistic Center | 2656 Fair Oaks Lane | Cincinnati, Ohio 45237 | 513-871-3300 p | 13
Lactose (milk sugar) is only one part of the milk molecule. Protein is also found in milk and presents an entirely different problem. It is commonly thought that lactose intolerance is the major culprit. It actually is not. Did you know that milk protein is also difficult for our body to digest? Not because of a lack of enzymes, but because the protein molecule in milk is held together so tightly that it is difficult for even sufficient enzymes to break it apart. If the milk molecule reaches an area in our gastrointestinal system, usually in the small intestine, where we have lost the bacterial balance and proper chemistry (also called leaky gut syndrome or mal-absorption syndrome), the protein molecule will cross over into the bloodstream, cause the immune system to react and generate the release of HISTAMINE. Theres that word again! And if you remember our earlier discussion, you now have created another food allergy. In fact, milk is the number one food allergy that we find during food allergy testing. Because of protein, not milk sugar. Later in this report in the section called How IBD is Responsible for Other Symptoms You Might Have, I have an explanation about how HISTAMINE release is responsible for so many of your other health problems. One easy way of reducing many of your symptoms is by eliminating HISTAMINE release caused by eating milk products that you may be allergic to. Give them up! Entirely! Its well worth it. Give what up? Where is milk found? Can I still have ice cream, how about yogurt? I get all kinds of questions as patients try to negotiate to keep their favorite milk products in their diet. We are talking about the following products: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. All milk. 1%, 2%, whole milk, skim, low fat or no fat, cream, Lactaid milk or Acidophilus milk. Also please do not use goats milk as its too close in structure. All cheese. Swiss, cheddar, Parmesan, etc. Ice cream. Sour cream, cream cheese and cottage cheese. Creamy salad dressings. French, Thousand Island, Roquefort, Blue Cheese, etc. Yogurt. You must inspect all packaged, canned, bottled and prepared food in your refrigerator, freezer and cupboards and read labels. If it has an ingredient list, you must read it. Look for the words cheese, milk, milk solids, milk proteins, milk by-products, lactose, whey, casein and sodium caseinate. Eliminate them.
Do you like butter? Good, enjoy it. But, its a dairy product you say. Thats right, but its almost pure fat. There are 3 components to a milk product: sugar (lactose), protein and fat. Fat causes none of the problems that the milk sugars and proteins do. Enjoy it. O.K., thats the lowdown on milk. Did you notice that I devoted about 2 pages to the explanation? Its a 100% rule. If you only eliminate dairy by about 85%, you might see no benefit at all. And, its just for now. You may very well be able to add dairy back in at a later time. Youll be the judge of that. Thats how seriously you should take this information. I sometimes joke with my patients who feel it would be very hard to give dairy up (and it is), that if they only took one suggestion from this information and gave up all dairy products, 80% of them would see a positive benefit to their health. Usually the restoration of true health is somewhat more complex than that, but more than likely, they would see a difference.
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One last comment on this subject, eggs are not dairy products. People sometimes ask if they are dairy products because they are found in the dairy section of your grocery store. They come from chickens, not cows (in case you didnt already know that). ;)
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Gluten containing foods usually play a large role in symptoms associated with IBD, Crohns or colitis. Gluten can be very pro-inflammatory in some people. You must eliminate all foods made from wheat, oats, barley and rye. Wheat is obviously made into flour and then used to make breads, cookies, cakes, cracker, bagels, pasta etc. and also added to many processed foods. Try spelt bread and though it contains a small amount of gluten, it is usually okay for a no gluten diet, but not a celiac diet. Oats are oatmeal, granola, breakfast and energy bars and are also added to other foods. Barley is usually found in soups and it is also the source of regular vinegar, white vinegar or distilled white vinegar. Use only apple cider vinegar, balsamic vinegar, rice vinegar or red wine vinegar. Rye is found in rye bread and usually in the presence of wheat. As diligent as I have suggested you be with your search for dairy in the food you eat, you must also look for gluten containing foods in all ingredient lists as well.
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Weve all joked about this since we were 5 years old. Beans cause gas, right? Technically, beans are legumes. Therefore we have to eliminate all legumes: Beans, including navy, kidney, black, red, refried and Mexican foods are out. Middle Eastern dishes that commonly use garbanzo beans (chick peas) and Indian foods that use lentils are also out. Soy products such as tofu, soy protein powders (found in protein and breakfast bars) and soymilk are hard to digest and need to be eliminated (soybean oil and soy lecithin will be found when reading ingredient lists and they are fine to eat). Green beans, peas and lima beans as vegetables are fine and should not cause a problem. Split peas made into a soup should be avoided. Peanuts (peanut butter) are also legumes, they are not nuts and very hard to digest, eliminate them. All other nuts that you think are nutsthey are nuts and can be eaten if you wish, but be careful as they can be hard on the digestive system.
that I have mentioned earlier that gas, bloating and other discomfort is the result of not breaking your foods down in a timely manner. Another reason not to drink during the meal or for an hour afterward has to do with heartburn. The body is looking for soft, chewed food in the base of the stomach. If you add too much liquid, maybe 1-2 glasses of liquid, you create a soup. The stomach secretes hydrochloric acid into the food and no matter how much acid you secrete, you are creating an acidic soup that has the ability to splash up on your esophagus, seep into it and burn an unprotected esophagus causing heartburn. It doesnt matter if you secrete too much or too little, you still create an acidic soup. This explains why so many people take antacids thinking that they are producing too much acid. Most of them are not. It also explains why so much discomfort is felt when lying in bed. In that position its even easier for the acid to splash up onto your esophagus. Please also follow an old food combining rule that says that fruit should be eaten first (before a meal) or all by itself (as a snack). The reason is that when fruit is mixed in with other foods or eaten after a meal, it will spoil while waiting for the other food to be digested in the stomach. Fruit is very easily digested and would usually be released from the stomach quickly for rapid absorption in the small intestine. The same applies to the drinking of fruit juices. But, since youre going to follow this rule, that probably wont be a problem. Bottom line: No fruits or liquids during a meal or for one hour after. You can drink as much as you wish immediately before a meal and use some water to swallow supplements after the meal2-3 ounces at the most.
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US customers order by following these helpful instructions: 1. 2. 3. 4. Please register by clicking on the blue box Register Here at the top of the page. Create a username and a password, which are case sensitive and limited to 12 characters. Provide addt information and click Register at the bottom of the page. You are logged out, then log in using your new username and password. You will then see a welcome page. Click on Online Store on the upper left of the page. Please select the UltraInflamX Plus 360 Supplements Package on the next page and it will place all the products you need into your shopping cart. All else should be self explanatory, but if you ever get confused while filling your shopping cart, hit the Back button and try again. If all else fails, just call my office and we will walk you through the process.
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The recommended doses that should be followed are those that I have recommended in the next section of this article. Do not follow the dosages on the labels of each product, follow my instructions on the How to Take Your Supplements page. So, there you have it. Ive tried my best to give you all the information that you need to resolve IBD, Crohns or colitis. I hope Ive communicated to you properly the way that I think things through with each patient. As I work with people there is a certain amount of interaction that can only occur if we actually speak to each other. At times the patient will tell me something that they believe to be of little importance, yet it is quite meaningful to me because of my many years of experience. Phone Consultations are extremely important to your recovery as this is a very complex issue. Please visit my website to find the costs of the products and consultations. Hyde Park Holistic Center | 2656 Fair Oaks Lane | Cincinnati, Ohio 45237 | 513-871-3300 p | 18
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AND NOW YOU KNOW HOW A FOOD ALLERGY IS CREATED AND SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM!
What? Food allergies? Yes, your most favorite foods, the ones you eat the most of, are crossing over into your bloodstream and creating this chain of events. And lets think about your favorite foods for just a moment. Do you realize that when you go shopping, you go to the same stores each time, the same aisles and buy the same products? People like their familiar choices. It is these foods, your most favorite, that are crossing through the Leaky Gut and causing these food allergies. Part of becoming well is to make different food choices while we rebalance your gastrointestinal system. We will discuss important dietary changes later. Whew! Did you follow all of that? Lets summarize what I just said: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Lifestyle influences have created an imbalanced gastrointestinal system. Inflammation has occurred and caused holes. This allows undigested foods to pass through a Leaky Gut. Unable to recognize these compounds, the body alerts the immune system. The segment of the immune system that responds releases HISTAMINE as it works. HISTAMINE in the body causes allergies, sinus drainage, stuffiness, red eyes, headaches, pain and inflammation, skin rashes, itchy skin, possibly contributes to psoriasis, eczema and hives, anaphylactic shock and asthma. You now know how people become allergic to foods, the cause of many of your chronic symptoms and that ALL IBD, Crohns or colitis patients have food allergies and without their identification with the proper food allergy test, you will never get well.
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There is one more complication from the release of HISTAMINE that needs its own explanation. How many of you have chronic infections such as sinusitis, bronchitis, yeast infections, urinary tract infections, nail or toe fungus, athletes foot or jock itch? If your immune system is working overtime on foods, it loses some of its ability to work on other infections. This may be a possible explanation as to why you have recurrent infections. It may also explain some autoimmune diseases, because an over active immune system may be more easily confused between what is your tissue and what is not.
ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS
Anxiety/Stress does not cause Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), IBD, Crohns Disease or Colitis. I get asked this question all the time as if the patient is looking for a reason that they cant be cured. They do know one thing: Each time they get anxious or experience stress, their symptoms rise up and smack them. Therefore they draw a conclusion that anxiety/stress causes IBS. It doesnt, it only exacerbates an already unhealthy gastrointestinal system. Think of it this way, I dont screen my patients at my front door to determine how much stress is in their lives or how anxious of a person they are. This protocol still reduces or eliminates everyones symptoms. What the patient will notice as they go through my program is that life will still present all of the challenges they are used to and they will still react the same way, anxiously, but their gut will not express itself with the same uncomfortable symptoms as before. As explained earlier, imbalances in bacteria and chemistry are responsible for your symptoms, anxiety/stress only makes them worse if the imbalances are in place. What if I get an infection and need to take an antibiotic? Take one! Well, lets think about this for just a Hyde Park Holistic Center | 2656 Fair Oaks Lane | Cincinnati, Ohio 45237 | 513-871-3300 p | 21
minute. If you get an infection, the first thing you could do is call me. No matter what you do, see if you can muscle your way through the infection to see if your body catches up to it and you dont need the antibiotic after all. If you get to the point that you need the antibiotic, then by all means we will take one. You prevent yourself from entering that vicious cycle that results in IBS by taking probiotics (LactoViden and BifoViden) that are designed to re-establish the good bacteria thats being destroyed while you take the antibiotic. Take during the course of antibiotics and for 2 months after. Dont pick and choose your products or dietary advice. Please dont think you can design your own plan. If you have come this far, through all the self-medications, prescriptions, doctors, tests, health food stores, magazine articles, books and friendly advice, I already know youre well educated in this area. But I also know that you havent yet put together a comprehensive program for the elimination of IBD, Crohns or colitis. If you had, you wouldnt be reading this. Please dont pick and choose what you think applies to you. The foundation of the program applies to everyone and consists of LactoViden ID, BifoViden ID, UltraInflamX Plus 360, Azeo-Pangen, Metagest and Intesol. You will also need the Lipo-Gen if you have lost your gall bladder. The Big Four dietary advice needs to be taken seriously and you need to be true to yourself and follow it 100% in order to see if it applies to you. Andyou need a food allergy test. Dont cheat, use that same discipline you use in other parts of you life. You wont regret it. What does the future hold if you find that you cant tolerate a specific food very well? It means at least you know what is causing the problems. Does it mean that you cant ever have that food? Only if you want to avoid it. Prior to beginning this program, you didnt have a clue as to what caused your problems. During it or at the end of it, you will know what bothers you. You also will have a choice: If I eat that food, I might get a little uncomfortable later or I can avoid it altogether. How about a combination. Avoid it most of the time, but once in a whileyou decide. If youre constipated. Surprisingly, many people dont drink enough water. Constipation is usually hard fecal material that doesnt move well through the intestines causing bowel movements to be days apart or hard to pass or a combination of both. Do you know what the large intestine is designed to do? It is a storage organ and it also regulates the amount of water in the fecal material. Too little and youre constipated, too much and you have diarrhea. If you dont drink enough water (yes that means 6-8 glasses per day) you may be in a constant state of dehydration. There are some very important organ systems dependent on water for maintaining your life. How about the brain? How about your heart? There are others also. If you dont take in enough water, the body is very smart. It will take the water from wherever it can get it. From the bowel is the easiest place. This then creates a hard stool that will either occur infrequently or will be hard to pass. Getting enough water everyday may be very helpful as you rebalance the bacteria and chemistry of the gastrointestinal system. Additional causes of dehydration are also any drinks that contain caffeine (coffee, tea, soft drinks), which is a diuretic and forces water out of the body. How many of you are also taking a diuretic along with your blood pressure medication? You all need additional water. Let me scare the ladies out there just a little bit. Have you ever seen an older woman who has lost some of her height? Lesson in anatomy: You have 24 spinal vertebras in you back. A disc separates each vertebra. Each disc is made up mostly of water. If you are in a constant state of dehydration, remember the body is very smart and will get water from wherever it can. Imagine if you lost only a 1/32 of an inch due to dehydration in each spinal disc. You would lose 3/4 of an inch in height. Drink your water! If your excuse for not drinking enough water is because you work in an environment where you cant run to the bathroom whenever you want to (Ive heard them all, havent I?) the solution for you is to drink small amounts frequently. If you drink large amounts at a time the body only needs so much and you will have to excrete what you dont need at that time. If you drink small amounts at a time, the body will use it for your normal processes and not have excess to excrete. And you wont have to run to the bathroom. Drink your water!
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While were on constipation, consider that one of the reasons that a bowel movement is stimulated at all is the weight of the last meal. Eat something, it plops down into the stomach, is released and the weight at the top of the tube causes the body to release the fecal material at the bottom of the tube. Simple design, huh? Women, yes Im picking on you gals, because you all tend to eat less than men. Women tend to be afraid of calories (they think it will help control their weightit only works to a certain degree, but thats another 30 page article) and therefore eat less at each meal thereby not putting much weight on top of the tube, the body isnt stimulated to release and it promotes constipation. If you are only eating a third of the calories your body requires, it makes all the sense in the world to only have a bowel movement every two or three days. Also consider that eating many small meals instead of 3 good-sized ones may be bad for you if youre constipated. Your medications may have an effect on your symptoms. Some patients come to me not taking any medications and some take 15 different prescriptions. Could the medications you are taking cause some of the stubborn symptoms you are complaining about? I dont have a clue. So, you know what I do, right there in front of my patient? I search the Internet. Lets face it, everything you ever wanted to know can be found on the Internet. Search like this: In any search engine (I use Google) put the name of the medication in with the words side effects. Or, put the name of the medication in the search engine and the side effect you are concerned about, such as gas, diarrhea, constipation, etc. You will be surprised what you will learn. Then you can experiment, with your doctors permission of course, not taking the medication for a few days and see if any remaining symptoms go away. You can also ask your doctor for a different drug that might not have the same symptoms. Are you drinking tap water? Are you still drinking tap water? You of course know it contains chlorine, right? We all have bacteria living in our gastrointestinal system, right? IBS is caused by destroying the bacteria living inside us, right? Chlorine is put in the water to kill bacteria. Hmm?just a thought.
UNSOLICITED ADVICE
We have discussed everything that you need to completely resolve your IBD, Crohns or colitis. But I am a holistic physician. To me that means that Im concerned about the whole patient. So, I have some additional advice that you didnt really ask for, but I think its important that you at least know about. These are some simple suggestions that everyone ought to be able to incorporate into their lifestyle. If you cant, dont worry, these arent important for you to get over IBD, just important for you to be able to express your health to its fullest. And please remember one thing: The following advice is just advice for a healthier lifestyle, it is not part of the program for eliminating the symptoms associated with IBD. Let me repeat that as many people seem to get confused: The following advice has nothing to do with my IBD, Crohns or colitis protocol. Its just good advice. Dont confuse the two. Follow it if you wish.
Pure Water
One of the simplest health suggestions that can be made, although the number of patients in my clinic who admit to drinking very little water always surprises me, is to drink 6-8 glasses of water per day. This creates another question: What type of water? The best water is the purest. This is water without chemicals, bacteria or minerals. What, no minerals? Thats right. Your local tap water does not qualify on all counts. Tap water is treated with too many chemicals, especially chlorine. Bacteria generally are not a problem, but can be. Therefore, distilled or Reverse Osmosis water is the best. I know, youre still thinking about that comment about no minerals, right? Ill get to that in a second, but first, lets define distilled and Reverse Osmosis water. Water is distilled through a high heat process. It can be done in large plants or using small machines in your home. When you heat water high enough it turns into steam. The high heat kills all bacteria. When steam Hyde Park Holistic Center | 2656 Fair Oaks Lane | Cincinnati, Ohio 45237 | 513-871-3300 p | 23
is created, the chemicals also vaporize and are vented out. This leaves pure water in steam form that when cooled is collected and results in pure drinking water: no bacteria, no chemicals. The absolute best water you can drink. If you dont want to distill your own, you can buy it at the local grocery store in gallon jugs. Reverse Osmosis water is about 99% as pure as distilled. In this process, water is pushed at high pressure through a series of filters that remove all bacteria and chemicals. This is again accomplished in large plants or you can buy a unit for under the sink at home and use it for drinking and cooking. There are also in-store units at some grocery and health food stores, where you can bring your own jug to fill. Second best to distilled, but equivalent enough to not be concerned about which to use. The small home filters that attach to your faucet or the counter top pitchers with filters in them are a waste of time. If it is your only option, its better than tap water, but not nearly as good as distilled or reverse osmosis. Lets get back to that no mineral comment. Rainwater is distilled. It hits the earth, runs through soil, over rocks and picks up minerals. This is what tap water or bottled spring water contains. The minerals that are in this water are more difficult for your body to absorb than the minerals found in plants. How come? The reason has to do with photosynthesis. Remember, in elementary school, 30, 40, or 50 years ago, we studied that? A plant absorbs water from the ground and brings it up into its root system, stalk, branches and leaves. When the sun shines down on the plant, photosynthesis creates chemical changes in the leaves, converting nutrients into useable food for the plant. One of the changes pertinent to our discussion is the chemical conversion of minerals. The minerals found in ground water are not as absorbable as the minerals that have undergone the photosynthesis in the plant. Therefore leave the spring or tap water minerals alone and get your minerals from plant material and proper supplementation, which if high quality, are also better absorbed. The controversy about this position is that many experts will say that distilled or Reverse Osmosis water will leach minerals out of the body. They are completely right. But you only have half the story. If you eat a plant-based diet and take high quality vitamins and minerals, the amount leached out is insignificant compared to what you are putting in. Its a non-issue.
oil or eating flaxseed everyday also provides Omega 3 oils. The addition of a fish oil supplement may also be wise. Many people have begun to use flaxseeds or flax oil, knowing how good they are for them. It may be better to use the fish oil because some people have an impaired ability to convert the oils found in flaxseeds into the next biochemical compound, which is the same found in fish oil. Eating fish or taking a fish oil supplement is always a better choice than flax.
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And stay away from products (mostly chips) that contain olestra. This is a synthetic fat substitute that the human body doesnt absorb, but causes two problems. Right on the label is a warning that the use of this product may cause gastrointestinal problems, specifically abdominal cramping and loose stools in some people. Arent we talking about that subject? The warning continues that the product may inhibit the absorption of some vitamins and other nutrients. So just in case, they have added Vitamin A, D, E and K. Artificial vitamins no less and the least expensive, poorest quality they can buy. Does this sound like a food product that you want to use?
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SUMMARY
In this report you have learned why you have your condition and have had described a proven, successful protocol used not only in my office, but there are similar protocols used in many offices throughout the country. If you would like to become a patient of mine, you can begin by: 1. 2. 3. Call me at my office at 513-871-3300 or email me at info@drdahlman.com. Ask me any questions you would like answered to help you decide if you would like to become my patient allowing me to direct your treatment through my Phone Consultation program. If you would like to be my patient, I will set your first appointment. The pricing for the consultations and all the products are located at my website, www.drdahlman.com (http://www.drdahlman. com) where you can click on Cost of Program at the top of the page and then Phone Consultation Program. Please follow the Big Four Dietary Rules described in this report as best you can till you get a chance to talk to me during your first consultation. I will discuss those rules in more detail when you speak with me.
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Good luck and I wish you only the best of health! Note: This report is meant to be only 27 pages long.
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