Category: Living with IBD
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Living With a Chronic Condition: 3 mistakes I made.
When I was first diagnosed with a chronic condition, I felt completely lost. It took me months , and several mistakes, to learn how to manage my health. If you’re just starting your journey, I want to share what I wish I’d known sooner, some of the biggest mistakes I made living with a chronic…
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Living with IBD: common trigger foods I avoid during flare-ups
As someone who lives with IBD, I find it challenging to eat whatever I want during flare-ups. Some trigger foods affect my symptoms and increase their severity. Therefore, I keep a food dairy to track and monitor my symptoms in response to what I eat daily. Some people have reported that the foods they eat…
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IBD and Diet: How Paleo Diet Affected My Ulcerative Colitis
Diet and IBD: A Controversial Debate: Maybe one of the most controversial topics I have been reading about so far is the correlation between IBD and diet. Some studies say that there is no clear link between IBD and diet, while others claim that they managed to reverse the atypical immune response, subsequently the disease,…
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Small Changes, Big Impact: Healthy Eating Habits and Ulcerative Colitis (UC)
IBD ( inflammatory bowel diseases) are conditions that affect the gut and, sometimes different parts of the gastrointestinal tract. Ulcerative Colitis (UC) is a type of IBD that occurs in the colon and the rectum. However, it can still affect the quality of your life as a whole. Eating with Ulcerative Colitis (UC) can be…
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Ulcerative Colitis (UC) Explained: Casuses, Symtomps and How to Manage It.
What is Ulcerative Colitis (UC)? Ulcerative Colitis is a chronic health condition, a type of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). It occurs in the large intestine, the colon and the rectum where the lining become inflammed with ulceres. Ulcerative Colitis cannot be cured, however, with proper treatments, it can be managed with periods of no to…