This is my story of development, diagnosis, treatment, and eventual healing of Crohn's disease, which began with a fistula. Despite being told that the fistula and Crohn's disease were both incurable (by my doctors in Canada) It was possible to heal both, in my case. In this video, I share my personal story and experiences.

The 8Year Old Videos I mention:

LetsTalkIBD Ostomy Bag video (duct tape):    • Duct Tape Fashions for an Ostomy! Mer...  

Jay Balak (aka CrohnsBoy) video and his story:    • CROHN'S DISEASE CURE  ULCERATIVE COLI...  

^ the videos that changed my life. ^

Please educate yourself if you decide to try anything contained in this video, because it is not medical advice, and you are always responsible for educating yourself, observing your own symptoms, and making informed choices regarding your health. I am not advising regarding medication, going off medication, or anything like that. As you can see from the video, my decision to start the diet while not on medication was the result of unique circumstances. Yours might be different, and so I think it is important to make clear that you are able to begin this diet while on medication, and as your symptoms diminish (as they do for approx 8590% of people if you go by clinical remission rate results) you can make decisions along with the prescribing doctor. This is just one option. The point is, these are not recommendations, rather it is one story, and you can do it differently :)

In India the doctor who treated my fistula told me the fistula was not caused by Crohn's disease. He also (this was 5 years after the diet) saw no evidence of Crohn's and did not believe I even had it.

So things can really change. :)

The diet I did was the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD). It is very similar to AIP but the principles are different. I used principles of both SCD and Paleo (inspired by the Nourishing Traditions Cookbook)

You can read Breaking the Vicious Cycle (https://amzn.to/2NbG6kK) for details about the diet, and how it works. It explains different types of carbohydrates and other useful information which empowers you to make more educated dietary choices since some foods are much easier to digest than others, and effect the body in different ways.

Bone broth was extremely beneficial to me. I would recommend including beef knuckle bones, or if you are more adventurous, pork trotters or chicken feet. Pasture raised and local if possible.

To learn how see my video here:    • CHICKEN FOOT BONE BROTH Collagen Ric...   (contains chicken feet)

You can also use a chicken carcass or really any bone leftover from cooking, but the gelatinous quality (good for healing) comes from tendons, cartilage, and other connective tissue.

Please share your stories and questions below.

Thank you for watching, and all the best on your healing journey.

If you would like to share your story with me personally, you can do so at [email protected]


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