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Healthy, Digestion and Nutrition

A gastroenterologist reports on healthy digestion and nutrition for positive health and disease prevention

Turmeric, curcumin in ulcerative colitis

Posted on Monday July 14th, 2008 at 05:45 in 5asa, alternative medicine, Cancer, colitis, curcumin, ddw, digestive diseases, ibd, inflammatory bowel disease, mesalamine, natural remedies, phytochemical

Curcumin is a biologically active phytochemical component in turmeric or yellow curry powder and has been found to be effective in numerous diseases including cancer. Ulcerative colitis (one form of i...
Organic food heals Crohn’s disease

Posted on Tuesday April 1st, 2008 at 05:00 in cdai, crohn's disease activity index, crohn’s disease, ibd, ibdq, inflammatory bowel disease, inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire, nutrition, organic diet, organic food, ulcerative colitis

Organic food—expensive! Should we eat this expensive organic food for better health in Crohn’s? Would organic diet be better for healing Crohn’s? Gasche and colleagues from Austria tested the hy...
Colitis, diverticulitis and diverticulosis

Posted on Wednesday December 26th, 2007 at 13:16 in anil minocha, colitis, crohn's disease, dietary fiber, digestion, digestive health, diverticular bleeding, diverticulitis, diverticulosis, gi bleed, ibd, minocha

Terms like colitis, diverticulitis, diverticulosis and irritable bowel syndrome, spastic colon can be confusing. Colitis, diverticulitis, IBS, irritable bowel syndrome, spastic colon although differen...