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Digestive Disease
Gut and Psychology Syndrome (GAPS) Diet
Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride has taken the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) and evolved it further to create a full protocol for healing digestive disorders and subsequent issues.
Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD)
The Specific Carbohydrate Diet is a nutritional regimen used to treat a variety of chronic and auto-immune disorders including Crohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Diverticulitis, Celiac Disease, Autism and Cystic Fibrosis.
Human Probiotic Infusions (HPI)
Therapy that introduces normal ‘good’ human flora from a donor into a patient’s bowel to eradicate pathogenic ‘bad’ bacteria.
Triple Therapy for Crohn’s Disease
Up to 95% of Dr. Thomas Borody’s patients with Crohn’s disease have responded to treatment with a triple antibiotic regimen of rifabutin, clarythromycin, and clofazimine.
Remicade® (Infliximab)
The first commercially available TNF antagonist. TNFα is one of the key cytokines that triggers and sustains the inflammation response.
Helminths Worm Therapy
A group of University of Iowa Health Care researchers has proposed that underexposure to intestinal helminths is a major environmental factor predisposing to IBD.
Cannabis
A British study has found that cannabis-based drugs could prove effective for treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
NASA Nutrient Cocktail
A NASA-developed nutritional formula has brought 60-70% of studied children with Crohn’s disease into remission, a rate comparable to steroid treatment.
Digestive Disease Web Resources
Websites and articles about Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, diverticulosis, irritable bowel syndrome, and other digestive concerns.