Wall Street Journal Best Seller Dr. M's Seven-X Plan for Digestive Health
- Although the studies show conflicting results, the preponderance of evidence indicates a beneficial effect of breast feeding against subsequent development of Crohn’s disease in the child.
- Breast feeding reduces risk by almost 50 percent.
- Smoking increases risk for Crohn’s disease.
- Patients suffer more complications and require more surgeries. It impairs healing and increases risk of relapse.
- High fat, high carbohydrate, and low fiber diet increase the risk
- High vegetable and high fruit diet are protective.
- High protein consumption especially high meat increases risk.
- Multiple studies have documented harmful effect of refined sugar although it still remains embroiled in controversy.
- Vitamin D deficiency is a risk factor. Of note, vitamin D deficiency is very common in the West.
Wall Street Journal Best Seller Dr. M's Seven-X Plan for Digestive Health
- High stress and poor coping mechanisms increase risk for relapse
- Depression and anxiety are common and have negative effects on Crohn’s
- Inadequate sleep can increase risk for relapse.
- Antibiotic use in early childhood increase risk of development of Crohn’s disease.
- Antibiotics are helpful during active disease especially for treatment of fistulae.
- Respiratory and GI infections in early childhood are associated with increased risk.
- Consistent with hygiene hypothesis, gastric colonization with Helicobacter pylori as well as early exposure to worm infections alter the immune balance reduce the risk of Crohn’s.
Wall Street Journal Best Seller Dr. M's Seven-X Plan for Digestive Health
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