A plant-based diet is 98% effective in keeping patients with ulcerative colitis in remission, far exceeding the effectiveness of other treatments.
“One of the most common questions for doctors treating patients with IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) is whether dietary changes can have a positive effect on the course of the disease.” Traditionally, we had to answer that we didn’t know. Given “the literature evidence that hydrogen sulfide may play a role in UC,” that may be changing. And sulfur-containing amino acids concentrated in the meat will likely cause an increase in colonic levels of this rotten egg gas, which will likely require “unfooting the meat.” In fact, animal proteins are not only associated with an increased risk of inoculating inflammatory bowel disease in the first place, but IBD recurs after contracting the disease.
This is a recent development. “The concept of IBD as a lifestyle disease mediated primarily by Westernized diets has not been widely evaluated, so dietary analysis during follow-up periods (after diagnosis) associated with recurrence of IBD has been ignored, but no longer. Patients with remission colitis and their diets were followed for a year to see which foods were associated with revival of bloody diarrhea. The researchers described the best diet for ulcerative colitis treatment, as I explain in my video: “The strongest relationship between dietary factors observed in this study and the increased risk of recurrence is high meat intake.”
What if people reduce their intake of sulfur-containing amino acids by reducing animal products? The researchers tried this in four patients with ulcerative colitis, and even without any drug changes, the patient experienced approximately four times improvement in loose stool. In fact, they felt so good that the researchers didn’t think it was ethical to try and get patients back to a typical diet. “Sulfur-containing amino acids are the main source of dietary sulfur,” so a “low sulfur” diet essentially means a transition from a more traditional Western diet (high in animal protein and fat, low in fiber) to a plant-based diet (high in fiber, low in animal protein and fat).” “Overall, Westernized diet is proinflammatory, while PBD (plant-based diet) is anti-inflammatory.”
What can plant-based dietary treatment do after the onset of ulcerative colitis during a low-carbohydrate weight loss diet? The 36-year-old lost 13 pounds from a low-carb diet, but he lost his health. He was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. When he had a food-centered diet of the whole plant, his symptoms resolved without medication. He achieved remission. However, it was one case. Case reports are similar to glorious anecdotes. The value of case reports lies in their ability to encourage researchers to test them, and that’s exactly what they did.
Until then, no studies have been published focusing on the use of a plant-based diet to treat ulcerative colitis. He wrote to a researcher, a group of gastroenterologists in Japan: “We consider the lack of a proper diet to be the biggest problem we face in the current treatment of IBD. We consider IBD to be a lifestyle disease caused primarily by Western diets. Date. (We featured some of the early studies in one of the first videos raised at nutritionfacts.org.) Researchers found that a plant-based diet was “effective in maintaining remission” in Crohn’s disease, 100% in one year and 90% in two years. What about a plant-based diet to prevent recurrence in ulcerative colitis?
“Educational Hospitalization” included taking patients to the hospital, controlling their diet and educating them about the benefits of plant-based diets (and therefore they are willing to continue doing that at home). “Most patients (77%) experienced some improvements, including disappearance and reduction in bloody stool during hospitalization.” Great!
This is the really exciting part. The researchers then followed the patients for five years, of which 81% were in remission for five years, and 98% kept the illness at bay for at least one year. It blows away other treatments. These recurrence rates are much lower than those reported for the drug. With traditional treatments, other studies have found that about half of individuals recur, compared to only 2% of those who were taught to eat healthier.
“PBD has previously been shown to be effective in both the active and resting stages of Crohn’s disease. The current study showed that PBD is also effective in both the active and resting stages of UC.” So, the researchers conducted another study on more severely affected cases with active disease, finding the same results, and plant-based feeding has far more smashed traditional drug therapy. People felt very good and even after six years they were eating more plant-based foods. Researchers conclude that a plant-based diet is effective in treating ulcerative colitis to prevent recurrence.
why? Well, a plant-based diet is rich in fiber and nourishes our good intestinal insects. “This observation may partially explain why PBD prevents a variety of chronic diseases. In fact, the same explanation applies to IBD, indicating that replacing the omnivorous diet of IBD with PBD is the correct approach.”
It’s like using a plant-based diet to treat the causes of heart disease, our number one killer. Plant-based diets not only are they safer and cheaper, but also work better because they don’t have the famous side effects. In my video, compare it below and at 5:40 with a laundry list of side effects of immunosuppressants used for ulcerative colitis such as cyclosporine.
We currently have fast drugs that cost around $60,000 a year and around $5,000 a month, but they’re not working very well. Clinical remission in one year is approximately 17-34%. And instead of having no adverse effects from side effects, drugs can even give us stroke, heart failure, and cancers, including the rare types of cancer that often lead to death. It is also a serious brain disease known as progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, which can kill us and is not known to treat or treat. One drug lists “increasing risk of death” but touts it as “small pills” in “easy-to-open bottles.” I skip pills (and potential side effects) and stick to a plant-based diet.
Doctor’s notes:
If you missed a previous video, watch our diet to prevent inflammatory bowel disease and enjoy the perfect diet to treat Crohn’s disease.
For some older videos about IBD, check out the related posts below.
