Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Dr. Dahlman



Dr. Dahlman has already made a difference with Jacob's IBD. Jacob started having problems again with his IBD at the end of February. By the end of March I was ready to find more answers and from searching on the internet I stumbled across Dr. Dahlman's website. We are in the beginning stages, but we have already seen a drastic improvement. He says that people with IBD/IBS need to be on a gluten free, dairy free, legume free diet. By the way if anyone didn't know this peanuts are considered a legume not a nut, so that means no more peanut butter for Jacob, at least for awhile. Also, dairy free means everything needs to be excluded except for butter and eggs. That means no milk, cheese, yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese...you get the picture. Dr. Dahlman's second strategy is using two probiotics (BifoViden and LactoViden) and a powder drink called UltraInflaX 360. In the last three weeks his bowels have returned to normal and he no longer has stinky farts. This is huge. The next step is doing a blood test to find out which foods he is allergic to. Dr. Dahlman says that everyone who has IBD/IBS has a food allergy. After that it is all about being consistent and keeping him on track to restore his chemistry and bacteria. Dr. Dahlman says that IBD is not an untreatable condition and has proven that once someone is done with his program they will be able to eat whatever they want again. Even if that didn't happen, knowing that we don't have to live with diarrhea and embarrasing farts is all I need to make me happy right now.

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