I’m going to do it, guys. I’m going to find the cure for Crohn’s disease. First, a few premises: I have Crohn’s disease. I was diagnosed over 20 years ago. At this point, “having Crohn’s disease” is a pretty entrenched part of my identity. Second, I’ve done the drug merry-go-round to manage my disease. Guess […]
Author: anne
Consequences of Cheat Days
I was way liberal with my diet in December. Between the tropical vacation, the death of a family member, and the holidays, I rediscovered that I am an emotional eater. Instead of holding to the straight and narrow path, I ate delicious goodies. Cheese, dark chocolate, gin & mineral water, a spoonful of guacamole, and […]
How I achieved the impossible: Using diet to treat Crohn’s Disease
When I first started experimenting with dietary interventions for Crohn’s Disease, my goal was to get back to eating cupcakes. I figured I could reach that point in 5 years or less—no problem—and confidently set out toward that impossible goal. It took me a few years to figure out the specific problems that my body […]
100% Carnivore Meatloaf Recipe
Let’s talk about the practical side of eating carnivore, friends. I ate meatloaf for pretty much all of Carnivore months 6-8. It’s not ribeye steaks or even beef roasts, although many carnivores will tell you that they subsist mainly on these things. I’ve found that my own personal leaky, scarred-up, overly bacteria infested gut likes […]
Just Eat Meat: How the Carnivore Diet helped heal my Crohn’s disease
If you had told me even 1 year ago that today I would leave the house without even thinking about using the toilet, I would have laughed at you. You see, I have Crohn’s disease. I was diagnosed with this unending digestive disease when I was 6 years old (I’m 32 now). For those of you […]
Can Crohn’s disease kill you? Only if you let it.
It seriously pisses me off sometimes how awful the gut health blogosphere is. On the one hand, you have all the pharmaceutical shills with their fancy websites trying to keep you tied onto the conventional medicine train tracks, and on the other hand you have a bunch of people who are blogging to let off […]
It’s about what you CAN eat, not what you CAN’T
I made a huge mistake. I thought that I was going down the correct nutritional pathway, away from the bad, bad foods that were causing me problems. I got tunnel vision so bad that I kept burrowing down and down and down, dreaming about the light at the end but forgetting that in order to […]
It’s about what you CAN eat, not what you CAN’T
I made a huge mistake. I thought that I was going down the correct nutritional pathway, away from the bad, bad foods that were causing me problems. I got tunnel vision so bad that I kept burrowing down and down and down, dreaming about the light at the end but forgetting that in order to […]
More on Mitochondria
I’m less interested in brain health than I am in gut health, but mitochondria provides the energy that runs all of it. I’m becoming increasingly convinced that mitochondria is the key.
Nightshade-Free Salsa Verde
Technically “salsa” just means sauce, but I’ve yet to see a version that doesn’t include tomatoes (or at very least, tomatilloes). This poses a problem when you actively avoid nightshades (RIP, Mexican food) since tomatoes are therefore off-limits. Gordon Ramsay to the rescue. Here’s a recipe for perfect roast fillet of beef with a salsa […]