IBD Heal

Healing from an Inflammatory Bowel Disease such as Crohn's is hard at the best of times, but what about if you are 7 years old? Well, this is exactly what Stephanie had to deal with when her 7-year-old daughter was diagnosed with Crohn's. We are here to share with you how they were able to do what is considered medically impossible. Not only did Stephanie's daughter heal, but she is also symptom and medication-free as well. 

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This is what Stephanie had to say about their journey and her experience with High Carb Health:

Shukul,

I cannot thank you enough for all of your help and support over the last 6 months.  Learning my daughter likely had Crohn's disease (confirmed by two doctor's assessments of her symptoms) was one of the scariest days of my life.  When your 7 yr old starts losing weight, having diarrhoea constantly, etc etc it feels like a nightmare that you have no control over.  Now that she is completely back to normal, with no active signs of disease at all it feels like it almost never happened.  I am sure this is a very scary condition for an adult to go through but as a parent watching your young child have this and knowing what the possible future could be is devastating.  I was determined to avoid medicines as much as humanly possible as it seemed like they didn't help anybody long term, but rather made things worse over the long term.  I began researching nutrition and I know from being plant-based that diet can do amazing things.  That search ultimately lead me to you and Shamiz, aka High Carb Health.  I would like to share my story to encourage other parents to consider changing diet and lifestyle to give their child the best shot at a healthy life.

Today's episode is all about a raw vegan diet! We are speaking with Dr Areli who has been following a raw vegan diet, low in fat for a number of years and thriving. We discuss her journey and also provide tips on following a raw vegan diet. 

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About Dr Areli:

Dr. Areli K. Cuevas-Ocampo is a Medical Doctor who follows a raw-vegan lifestyle. She is Board-certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic-Clinical Pathology and Neuropathology and she recently was granted a "Plant-Based Nutrition" certificate by the University of Winchester and Plant-Based Health Professionals of UK.

Dr. Cuevas-Ocampo is interested in raising public awareness on how modifying epigenetic risk factors like diet, in particular with a  fruit-based raw-vegan approach; we can prevent, improve, or even reverse most of the modern diseases of Western societies.

Besides looking at diseases under the microscope, examining brains, and doing autopsies, Dr Areli is an educator and coach, with expertise in raw-food nutrition. She combines her medical background, plant-based knowledge, and her own experience as a raw-foodist to teach people about the incredible benefits of incorporating more raw fruits and vegetables into our diets.

Follow her on social media @RawVeganDoctor on Instagram, Youtube, Facebook, and Twitter.

Today's guest on IBD Heal is Robyn Chuter and our topic for the show is the gut microbiome! Robyn and Shukul are going to do a deep dive into our gut friends and find out what it takes to create a healthy gut flora. We will also cover some of the dos and don'ts of how diet and medication use can affect our Microbiome.

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About Robyn:

Robyn Chuter is a university-qualified health practitioner, with a Bachelor of Health Science (and the Dean's Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement) from the University of New England, a Bachelor of Health Science (Honours) with First Class Honours from Edith Cowan University, and a Diploma of Naturopathy from the Australasian College of Natural Therapies.

She is also an Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine-Certified Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner, and proud to be a Fellow of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine.

Robyn has an extensive library of articles on her website about the gut microbiome and we highly recommend you take a look: https://empowertotalhealth.com.au/article-library-gut-microbiome/

The gut microbiome has been the hot topic of scientific research in the last few decades. In fact, the field of gut microbiota research has mushroomed so dramatically, that a scientific paper published in 2018 (https://gut.bmj.com/content/67/9/1716)  calculated that over four-fifths of the total number of scientific publications focusing on the gut microbiota over the previous 40 years were published in just four years – 2013-2017.

And now, so many scientific articles on the topic are published every day that it’s impossible to keep up with them all.

In just a few decades, researchers have come to understand that the communities of bacteria, archaea, protists, fungi and viruses that live inside our gastrointestinal tract (our gut microbiota), and their collective genetic material (our gut microbiome) are so vital to healthy function that they constitute a distinct organ of the human body.

Here are just some of the roles played by the 100 trillion microorganisms that populate our gut:

We hope you enjoy our latest episode, eat plants and lots of them!

Dr David Klein is a pioneer in the field of Self Healing Colitis and Crohn's. He healed Ulcerative Colitis more than 30 years ago and lived a life of service helping thousands of people heal from Colitis and Crohn's. We are very grateful to have been mentored by him and to be able to carry on the work he started.  

From Shamiz: "Dave, you saved my life 8 years ago and I am forever grateful to have found you and your book. You have helped thousands upon thousands of people help themselves heal from many illnesses. This group would also not be here if it wasn't for you. A friend and mentor you will be greatly missed. Rest in peace".  

Statement from his family:  The family of David Klein is sorry to share the profoundly sad news that Dave passed away peacefully on July 16 in Maui.  He will be dearly missed by the many people whose lives he touched throughout the world.  As visitors to this page may know, Dave was faced with a severe case of ulcerative colitis when he was just 17 years old.  What followed was a decade of suffering, culminating in a devastating prognosis, until he discovered and pursued a path of natural healing that led him to decades of a restored and active life advocating for a healthy planet full of healthy people.  Along the way, he doggedly helped so many others with passion and dedication.  A past regretful use of diatomaceous earth as a natural alternative to clearing his beloved cat and home of fleas eventually led to a medical procedure and complications resulting in pneumonia (unrelated to coronavirus) which he could not overcome.  As we try to come to grips with our loss, we find solace and gratitude in the 62 years he graced this planet he loved and honoured so much, and the more than three decades, after overcoming his colitis condition, of the vibrant life he lived and shared.