I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease a little over a year ago. I went through pentasa, remicade, all the usual medications and they semi-worked but for the most part not really worth their side effects.<p>My Dr. told me that diet has nothing to do with Crohn's disease, but like the guy in this story, I read Breaking the Vicious Cycle and got started on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. I've been following it strictly for the past ~6 months and I am literally symptom free (with no drugs). Besides the strict diet, you wouldn't even know I have the disease.<p>The few times I've cheated on the diet, symptoms noticeably come back. So at this point I'm pretty sold on the benefits of SCD for Crohn's patients. Regardless of what my Dr. says.
What the write of this article says is very understated. I have a friend with Crohn's Disease, seeing the effects first hand I would not wish this on people I hate, my friend missed most of his high school years because of this, the steroids that he had to take allowed him to grow a full beard in a week, he was weak, tired and could not function in society let alone find a job that could compromise for his condition
My wife was just hospitalized for a Crohn's flare. She was on Pentasia in the hospital an then Flagyl when she got home. Nasty stuff that Flagyl is.<p>Diet certainly can alleviate some of the symptoms, mostly in dealing with the preventing of obstructions.