Dent de Lion
09-30-2011, 04:22 PM
Has anyone had success healing colitis, IBS, or Crohn's? I'm not sure which I have, but it's constipation (lifelong issue, but doing better lately) bleeding (bright red on toilet paper and sometimes in the toilet, happens most days and started about a year ago) mucus (not sure when it started, but became a big deal about two years ago) bloating (mostly due to constipation, sometimes gas) and stomach pain (mild but noticeable, feels cramp- or ache-like.)
I've been raw vegan about 6 years. Recently, I tried David Klein's diet, and it helped but not as much as I'd hoped. I did 10 days on only bananas, and then did two weeks on bananas, grapes, dates, watermelon, and peeled apples. Then I did another week with the fruit plus additions of peeled cucumber, celery, and romaine. I still had blood & mucus but there was much less. The constipation and bloating worsened.
Since, I've been eating 5-6 bananas for breakfast, 12-15 dates for lunch, and dinner of about 1 lb greens, a lot of seaweed, some bell pepper and tomato, herbs, and chickpea miso (or coconut aminos or celtic salt) and avocado (or soaked sesame or flax crackers or fermented nut cheese.) I drink a lot of kombucha and water kefir, and sometimes I have sauerkraut. I have 1 quart of water w/ lemon first thing, and take a probiotic. Some nights if I feel like I'm starting to get backed up I take a vegan magnesium-oxygen supplement. The constipation is MUCH better, and so is the bloating, but the pain, blood, and mucus are worse.
I've been raw vegan about 6 years. Recently, I tried David Klein's diet, and it helped but not as much as I'd hoped. I did 10 days on only bananas, and then did two weeks on bananas, grapes, dates, watermelon, and peeled apples. Then I did another week with the fruit plus additions of peeled cucumber, celery, and romaine. I still had blood & mucus but there was much less. The constipation and bloating worsened.
Since, I've been eating 5-6 bananas for breakfast, 12-15 dates for lunch, and dinner of about 1 lb greens, a lot of seaweed, some bell pepper and tomato, herbs, and chickpea miso (or coconut aminos or celtic salt) and avocado (or soaked sesame or flax crackers or fermented nut cheese.) I drink a lot of kombucha and water kefir, and sometimes I have sauerkraut. I have 1 quart of water w/ lemon first thing, and take a probiotic. Some nights if I feel like I'm starting to get backed up I take a vegan magnesium-oxygen supplement. The constipation is MUCH better, and so is the bloating, but the pain, blood, and mucus are worse.