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I suffered painful, never-ending irritable bowel disease for 14 miserable years.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n There was barely a day when it didn\u2019t cause me some sort of bloating, bleeding, discomfort or worry.\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Like so many sufferers of IBD, part of my life was built around avoiding the symptoms I could avoid\u2026 while struggling to cope with the ones I couldn’t. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n And like so many sufferers, after years of meds, diet plans and well-meaning advice – always ending in disappointment –\u00a0 I believed I\u2019d be ill for life.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Happily, I was very wrong about that. Turns out that irritable bowel disease doesn\u2019t have to be a life sentence, if you don\u2019t want it to be.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019ve been in remission for 3 years now. And by \u2018remission\u2019 I mean I\u2019ve not experienced a single symptom, not one flare-up. Not even a tummy grumble. My specialist confirms inflammation is non-existent and the ulcers are gone.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019ve been well for so long now I can\u2019t remember what irritable bowel disease even feels like. The uncomfortable bowel movements, bloating, the ulcers I ended up with\u2026.are just a bad dream.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_heading title=”Any type of IBD is a miserable type of IBD” _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” title_level=”h2″ title_font=”|700|||||||” title_text_align=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_color=”#545454″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n If you have irritable bowel disease in any form – including any version of Ulcerative Colitis or any of the 5 types of Crohn\u2019s Disease\u00a0 – then, believe me, I know your pain. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Because whatever they call your IBD, the causes are the same and the effects on you and your life are lousy:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Pain, cramps and bloating, bloody stools, multiple trips to the bathroom that never seem to get the job done\u2026 the anxiety when eating with friends or family. And rarely ever feeling quite right.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I was often tired and my skin took a beating simply because I was anxious and under-nourished.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n After 10 years of failed remedies, off-the shelf diets and meds that sometimes made my illness worse\u2026 I went to my specialist who shook his head, smiled sympathetically, and told me, <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Your IBD is what we call non-responsive\u2019.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Which meant my illness was so severe that all known treatments would be ineffective for me.<\/span><\/p>\n Today I know that\u2019s nonsense. My IBD did respond – magnificently. It\u2019s just that it wasn\u2019t my gastroenterologist\u2019s treatment that it responded to – it was something much, much better.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n And if you currently suffer from IBD this is the key point. It\u2019s not that the illness can\u2019t be treated – it can. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n But it depends on how you\u2019re treating it. Standard medications might give some relief\u2026 but the underlying illness itself doesn\u2019t go away.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Because these treatments aren\u2019t designed to get rid of the illness. They simply try to suppress the symptoms. Underneath, we\u2019re as ill as ever – and, often, getting gradually worse.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_heading title=”The uncomfortable reality of IBD: If I hadn\u2019t handled it myself\u2026 I\u2019d still have it” _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” title_level=”h2″ title_font=”|700|||||||” title_text_align=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_color=”#545454″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n What makes IBd so difficult is that we find ourselves following this diet and that diet, taking this med and that med\u2026. and we can do this for the rest of our lives and never get to the point where we don\u2019t have IBD.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n However well-meaning these approaches may be they fail for two reasons:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n First, they generalize about IBD. They don\u2019t recognise how personal this illness is. Your IBD and mine are similar, yes. But they\u2019re not the same. You and I won\u2019t recover if all we get is the same, off-the-shelf advice. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Second, they act as if IBD has a single cause. It doesn\u2019t. But if you only tackle one of its causes.. the others are left in place to continue doing their damage. We need to work at all three levels to get well again.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The reason people have life-long miserable irritable bowel syndrome is not because it\u2019s \u2018unresponsive\u2019. It\u2019s because it\u2019s being handled wrong. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I dealt with the illness by addressing its real, underlying causes and, suddenly, my world changed. I didn\u2019t need meds, doctor visits or any devices, apps or gizmos.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n If you’re prepared to take some simple measures, follow some clear guidance and give things a little time – a few weeks usually – you can not only uncover what is causing your version of IBD\u2026 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n but you can then know exactly how to minimize – or stop – those flare-ups from occurring in the first place.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_heading title=”Repair, restore and relief of irritable bowel disease” admin_label=”Heading” _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” title_level=”h2″ title_font=”|700|||||||” title_text_align=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_color=”#545454″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n What I found out – and what I then proved to myself with my own illness – is that tackling IBD boils down to very simple but very powerful principles. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n They seem so obvious. Yet they work so well.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n First, understand exactly what causes your own, personal version of IBD. What specifically in your life is making IBD happen?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Second, knowing this means you can now give your inflamed, damaged digestive tract the space to fully repair itself. That repair phase is a huge step towards remission.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Finally, follow your newly discovered insights to make a plan for life that ensures IBD doesn\u2019t happen to you again. At this stage, you\u2019ve become an expert on your own IBD so can control it almost like an on\/off switch.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n These principles started working for me in about 3 days. They changed my life in about 6 weeks. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n By uncovering exactly what was causing my own version of IBD in the first place meant I knew 100% what to do to \u2018uncause\u2019 it. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Which means I knew how to give my gut time and space to repair and then restore itself to wellness. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n And I know what to do – and what not to do – to ensure I don\u2019t experience the pain, anxiety and embarrassment of IBD ever again. <\/span><\/p>\n This isn\u2019t some miracle remedy by the way. It\u2019s been quietly working for some of the worst cases of IBD for three decades. It\u2019s proven and involves no drugs, no strange procedures and no devices or apps.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Here\u2019s how it works.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_heading title=”Handling the very worst IBD imaginable” admin_label=”Heading” _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” title_level=”h2″ title_font=”|700|||||||” title_text_align=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_color=”#545454″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n I\u2019d come across the work of Lyrae Willis some years ago on an internet forum. She\u2019s a scientist – but also a life-long sufferer of the worst version of irritable bowel disease I\u2019d ever heard of. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I always believed I had it bad. I mean, mine\u2019s bad enough that doctors say they can\u2019t treat it. Yet Lyrae had next-level awful IBD.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In chronic pain, malnourished to the point of semi-starvation (I mean, her ribs were showing\u2026) – and either sensitive or allergic to just about anything the doctors gave her – she\u2019d been told her next step – her only step – was a colostomy.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n That is, remove part of the colon, cut a hole in her stomach and feed the poop out of her body to a bag strapped to her side.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n IBD is never nice. But Lyrae’s IBD was so severe she couldn’t even take the immunosuppressive drugs doctors thought might reduce her symptoms. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n So relied totally on diet and stress relief to handle her illness.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n And this became her breakthrough. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Lyrae\u2019s end result was almost complete control over IBD, keeping it at bay for very long periods and quickly \u00a0pushing it back into remission if it reared its head.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_heading title=”Think about it: If the worst ever IBD can be tackled\u2026.” admin_label=”Heading” _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” title_level=”h2″ title_font=”|700|||||||” title_text_align=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_color=”#545454″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n When I read her story I realized her success with such severe irritable bowel disease gave me real hope. My own illness was severe – unresponsive, so far as my specialist was concerned. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n But if IBD on a near life-threatening scale could be treated then mine surely could be.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n And indeed it has been. Now at the 3-year mark without a single symptom I regard myself as an ex-sufferer.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_heading title=”The logical approach to painful irritable bowel disease” admin_label=”Heading” _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” title_level=”h2″ title_font=”|700|||||||” title_text_align=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_color=”#545454″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n As a scientist Lyrae was used to things making sense. There\u2019s a cause-and-effect explanation for everything. If your car won’t start, if it snows out of season, if dinner is over-cooked\u2026 there is a reason. Something caused it. It doesn\u2019t just happen.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Why didn’t the same apply to irritable bowel disease? Why did that seem to have no cause?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Why did doctors keep trying to suppress the illness – with limited or no success – only to conclude, \u2018You\u2019re stuck with it\u2019?\u00a0 Or, worse, surgical options?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Driven by the overpowering desire to be well she began her own efforts to work out why she got ill in the first place. When you understand the causes of your IBD, you can, finally, do something dramatic about it.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n And, in the end, she found out.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_heading title=”The truth about my IBD – and yours” admin_label=”Heading” _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” title_level=”h2″ title_font=”|700|||||||” title_text_align=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_color=”#545454″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Irritable bowel disease isn\u2019t one illness – it\u2019s a combination of three. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Whether you have Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn\u2019s or any other exotic version – there are three very distinctive strands to the IBD problem. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Address these properly and the results can be staggering. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>1. Food sensitivities, intolerances, allergies<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Certain foods ruin the digestive tract, causing inflammation, ulcers, swelling, tearing, blood and pain within the digestive tract. We go online for advice about what to eat less of, what to avoid altogether and what\u2019s safe. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n But I quickly found that food reactions don\u2019t work like that. They never have. You can\u2019t handle them with an off-the-shelf list!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n No two people\u2019s response to food is exactly the same. So generalized advice will never be quite right. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Don\u2019t under-estimate how serious this is. Advice on what to eat is contradictory – and some of it is just dangerous. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n For some sufferers even the healthiest of foods can scrape and scour our GI tract, inflaming and worsening the damaged areas, making it impossible for your body to ever repair them. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I needed to know what those foods were so I could – temporarily – reduce or stop consuming them. Our body can’t fix the IBD problem while we’re unknowingly making it worse.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n If I hadn\u2019t identified my own specific food triggers I\u2019d still have IBD – and I\u2019d have it for life. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Your gut microbiome is the community of helpful, essential bacteria that live in our guts. Those helpful fellows produce vital hormones, they turn certain foods into the vitamins our bodies rely on. They regulate our immune system, metabolism and other body and brain processes. They don\u2019t just keep us healthy, they keep us alive.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n They\u2019re also delicate and they can be destroyed by not enough of the right food, too much of the wrong food – and the western world\u2019s biggest killer: stress.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Doctors are finally catching up with 20 years of scientific research that shows that, if you\u2019re ill, it\u2019s likely that your compromised gut microbiome is part of the cause. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In fact, multiple studies have confirmed that people with IBD have a significantly different gut microbiome than\u00a0 healthy people. Restoring and renewing our gut bacteria is turning out to be western medicine\u2019s biggest health opportunity ever. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This one threw me a bit because I always thought I was a laid-back sort of person. Turns out I carried more stress than I knew. It\u2019s funny, but it\u2019s only when I got rid of it that I properly realized I even had it. I could really feel the difference.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n What are the common sources of stress for ordinary people? It\u2019s the usual stuff: places you\u2019ve got to be, your endless To Do list, relationship or health worries, lack of sleep, endless busy-ness\u2026 All of it provokes stress.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n How important is stress – even low-level stress – if you suffer from IBD?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It’s life-changing. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Scientists have long-known there’s a three-way connection between your brain, nervous system and GI tract (the gut, basically). <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This \u2018brain-gut\u2019 connection has major effects on IBD sufferers because stress activates the brain-gut axis – meaning when we feel stress in our brain, our gut feels it too. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Which in turn means even mild, background stress either contributes to or directly causes a flare-up of IBD.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n No matter how well you handle your food sensitivities and intolerances… if there’s a level of ongoing stress in the background your gut will be constantly provoked and activated. Which means the chances of ever getting well are slim to none.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_heading title=”Your irritable bowel disease – handled!” admin_label=”Heading” _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” title_level=”h2″ title_font=”|700|||||||” title_text_align=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_color=”#545454″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n So we need to handle all of the above. It sounds like a lot but it turns out to be remarkably straightforward.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Lyrae\u2019s 30 years of working with IBD – and helping hundreds of sufferers become ex-sufferers – has produced a tried and tested method for treating our own illness, at home, without drugs or medications.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The results of her work mean people like me and you can go years without so much as stomach gas. Let alone the rest of what comes with the illness. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Here\u2019s how she does it.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_heading title=”Healing IBD Naturally” admin_label=”Heading” _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” title_level=”h2″ title_font=”|700|||||||” title_text_align=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_color=”#545454″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Lyrae\u2019s program is a simple step-through process. She outlines what to do first then what to do next. You apply her guidance to your own illness and, gradually, it becomes clear what\u2019s making you ill – and how to handle it. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n There\u2019s no vagueness here. I just did as she said, took note of how my body was responding, adjusted accordingly and I\u2019ve been symptom-free for three years.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n As you walk through the steps you automatically address the three strands that give us irritable bowel disease in the first place:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n
2. A compromised gut microbiome <\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n
3. Stress<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n
Step 1. Treating inflammation and damage of the digestive tract caused by specific foods or ingredients<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n
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