For those patients who suffer with the chronic condition of Crohn's disease is vital to consider all treatment options when trying to manage this often life-altering disease.
An often asked question is can diet control Crohn's disease? When you have a condition that can so negatively impact your daily life, believe me, you will look at all the options, including diet that might possibly help to control your condition and give you your life back.
So it really is a great question. Can diet control Crohn's disease? It seems the jury is still out on that question.
While there are some great dietary guidelines for a Crohn's disease diet such as avoiding raw or fried foods, adding a lean proteins and eliminating any foods to which you seem to have a sensitivity, there seems to be absolutely no hard and fast rules when it comes to trying to determine if a diet can actually control or at least reduce the symptoms of Crohn's disease.
At this time there has been no particular diet that has shown itself to be effective for the prevention of or treatment of Crohn's disease. A frustrating situation indeed.
While it is important to eat a healthy diet as instructed by your health care provider, you must also determine for yourself which foods are triggers for you and seem to worsen your symptoms.
There are many patients who seem to have an increase in symptoms when taking in too much fiber, the ingestion of milk and milk products, the consumption of alcohol, and even the intake of spicy foods.
So eating a healthy diet, one free from symptom producing triggers, and one that can help to address any nutritional deficiencies and symptoms of dehydration that you may be experiencing is really the most important dietary tale of all.
It seems it would be much easier if there were a definitive diet for Crohn's disease that patients could follow; however, unfortunately, at this time it does not seem on the near horizon.
Can a diet control Crohn's disease?
It is definitely the wish of many and something we can only hope that researchers are studying even at this present time.
