Originally published July 21 2005
Proper nutrition, natural teas help teen live with Crohn's disease
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Seventeen-year-old Allie Spitz has given up spicy, sugary and dairy foods, and begun drinking more herbal teas as a way to combat her Crohn's disease, and News 14 Carolina reports that many people find relief from the intestinal inflammation disease by returning to a "hunter-gatherer" diet of meat and vegetables.
It's a pain so intense it can stop you in your tracks, force you to bed and even to the operating room.
You can control it, but there is no cure.
Here's one young teen who's found peace with her disease without any drugs at all.
Life is full of ups and downs.
Allie Spitz, 17, knows how to deal with both.
She said, "I never thought anything like this could even happen -- like I had no idea about it."
Just two years ago, this five-foot stick of dynamite dropped to 85 pounds and was forced into the hospital.
Esther Battock, Allie's mother, stated, "You get scared that there's something seriously wrong with your child."
After medications failed, her mom turned to alternative ways to help her child.
Three-million Americans have Crohn's disease and there is no cure.
Stanford-trained doctor Lewis Mehl-Madrona has seen firsthand how diet affects Crohn's disease.
Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona said, "It involves eating the way people ate 40,000 years ago."
Crohn's disease is an inflammation of the intestines that causes painful ulcers and bleeding.
Dr. Mehl-Madrona says some people simply can't tolerate processed foods.
"It can be like a runaway freight train where already you are sensitive, and you eat foods that are particularly bad for you, and it gets worse."
Key points of the specific diet include staying away from grains and dairy and choosing meat and vegetables instead.
He says 80 percent of the people he's put on special diets have improved.
It's a change for Allie, but she's sticking to her diet, working out, and doing it all -- pain-free.
There are several different types of diets for Crohn's patients, and what works for one person may not work for another.
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