Inflammatory Bowel Disease- Is it Linked to Refrigeration of Foods?

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease - is it linked to refrigeration of foods?

 

 

French researchers have come up with a theory in late 2003, that it is no

coincidence that debilitating inflammatory bowel diseases have emerged in the

second half of the 20th century around the same time that food started to be

stored at low temperatures.

 

The French research team led by Jean-Pierre Hugot of the Robert Debre Hospital

in Paris published their theory in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet.

 

They explained that bacteria that survived in refrigerated food could be a

trigger for Crohn’s disease of the bowel in genetically susceptible people.

 

The suspect bacteria were likely to include listeria and yersinia, which are

commonly found in chicken, pork, beef, sausages, cheese and lettuce.

 

These bacteria have been found in ulcers in the bowels of people with

inflammatory bowel diseases. These bacteria could possibly trigger an excessive

response from the immune system resulting in deep inflammation and ulceration.

 

Dr Hugot is a leading researcher and his team identified the first gene linked

to inflammatory bowel disease. Crohn’s disease is common in Australia, the USA

and many parts of Europe, but is virtually unknown in countries that lack

refrigeration and clean water.

 

 

Inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis tend

to be chronic diseases that can begin as young as the age of five, but usually

begin in the teens and 20s. The wall of the bowel becomes deeply inflamed and

ulcers develop leading to abdominal pain, bleeding from the bowel, diarrhea,

weight loss and debility. The ulcers may perforate resulting in life threatening

complications. Conventional treatments consist of antibiotics, steroids and

immuno-suppressant drugs, which unfortunately are not curative.

 

It is not surprising that many sufferers are looking at more holistic and

natural therapies to control their disease.

 

Other Bowel Problems

Many people have symptoms attributable to bowel problems, which may not be as

serious or as far advanced to classify as Inflammatory Bowel Disease, but are

still difficult to live with. These patients may be told that they have

“Irritable Bowel Syndrome” or “Food Allergies” and “Food Intolerances.”

Conventional treatments are often inadequate, as they do not treat the cause but

merely suppress the symptoms.

 

 

The symptoms that occur if you have problems with the small and/or large bowel

may include –

• Abdominal pain

• Abdominal bloating

• Irregular bowel actions

• Constipation

• Diarrhea

• Mucus discharge from the bowel

• Discomfort after eating

• Bad breath and coated tongue

Any of these symptoms, if chronic, should be taken seriously and you should see

a specialist gastro-enterologist to exclude a serious cause.

 

Common problems with the bowels include –

• Bowel pockets (diverticulitis)

• Lazy bowels – the muscles in the bowel are weakened and sluggish and do not

contract efficiently

• Redundant bowel (excess floppy bowel or a bowel that is too big and prolapsed)

• An overgrowth of unfriendly micro-organisms (bacteria, parasites, worms, fungi

etc)

 

 

What can be done if you have bowel problems?

1. Increase dietary fiber

Increase the fiber in your diet from raw fruits & vegetables. If you have

difficulty chewing them, you may grate them finely. You can also increase fiber

from bran and if you are gluten intolerant use rice bran. If you are intolerant

to gluten you will find a huge improvement from completely avoiding wheat, rye,

barley & oats.

 

 

You can also obtain fiber from raw nuts and seeds, and if you have bowel pockets

you will need to grind them into a fine powder (in a coffee grinder or food

processor).

 

 

2. Drink more fluids

Increase your intake of water and raw vegetable juices, as dehydration will lead

to constipation and bowel toxicity.

3. Take a powerful digestive enzyme

that contains pancreatic enzymes, along with other synergistic digestive

factors

Proper digestion of food is so important and unfortunately with age the ability

to produce sufficient enzymes often declines. This can be overcome by taking a

good digestive enzyme formula. If there are problems with digestion and food

passes through the large bowel incompletely digested this will provide a culture

medium in which unhealthy micro-organisms can grow and release their toxins.

 

 

4. Eat only fresh food

As recent research has found, refrigerated foods, especially those that are not

fresh, harbor unfriendly bacteria which can flourish in the bowel. Processed

foods contain a lot of preservatives, and when the preservatives are destroyed

by your stomach enzymes, the dormant bacteria in the processed food will

flourish in your gut. If you eat meat it must be very fresh and very well cooked

and do not reheat meat more than once, and preferably not at all.

 

Try to avoid preserved delicatessen or pizza meats as these are higher in

bacteria.

 

 

5. Use Natural Antibiotics to detoxify your bowel

Raw juices are an excellent way to detox your bowel. Here is a good detox

recipe-

• 1 cup chopped cabbage

• 3 large red apples

• ¼ red onion

• 1 spring onion

• ½ inch horseradish root

If you are game, you can add a clove of garlic!

 

Herbs that help to detox the bowel are –

 

 

Black walnut

Golden seal

Olive leaf

Wormwood

There are herbal formulas designed to fight parasites in the bowel.

 

6. Give your bowel a rest

Many people with bowel problems need to do a 2-day cleansing on a regular basis

(say once a month) in order to eradicate toxins, trapped feces, and parasites

from all the little nooks and crannies in the bowel.

During these 2 days you need to restrict your self to raw juices and vegetable

soups (use some of the recipes in my book titled “Raw Juices Can Save Your

Life.”

 

 

You may drink filtered water and herbal teas but do not use sugar to sweeten; if

you want tea sweet, use stevia instead. Stevia is a natural herbal sweetener.

Good choices for cleansing herbal teas are dandelion, chamomile, peppermint,

lemon balm, ginger and liquorice.

 

 

During the 2 day cleanse you can have a cooked soup made from any fresh

vegetables and herbs and flavored with miso paste. Miso paste is made from soy

and is available in many supermarkets and health food stores. Do not add

anything else or you will interfere with the cleansing process.

 

For a comprehensive look at all bowel and liver problems, I refer you to my book

titled “The Healthy Liver & Bowel Book”

 

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