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Why eliminating more foods isn’t solving your gut issues

Why eliminating more foods isn’t solving your gut issues

by Alexa | Dec 15, 2024 | Featured, IBD

Have you ever done an elimination diet or removed the big food triggers like gluten or dairy to improve your Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis symptoms? Have you ever felt disappointed that it didn’t make as big of a difference as you expected? Maybe...
How to Reintroduce Foods with IBD After an Elimination Diet

How to Reintroduce Foods with IBD After an Elimination Diet

by Alexa | Mar 7, 2023 | Featured, IBD

  So, you decided to go through an elimination diet (or healing diet, as I refer to them) to ease symptoms and kickstart healing with Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, or microscopic colitis. If you are seeing improvement, that is a good sign to start...
My Crohn’s Disease Story: From Sick to Remission, and All in Between

My Crohn’s Disease Story: From Sick to Remission, and All in Between

by Alexa | Jan 11, 2023 | Featured, IBD, Life

This blog has been alive since 2015 and I have not published a comprehensive blog post about my Crohn’s story, until now! That’s okay, though, because I have lots of experiences from over the years to draw from. So really, now is the best time. Read on to...

Hi, I'm Alexa! I'm a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and writer supporting the IBD and autoimmune communities. My remote practice guides individuals through nutrition and lifestyle healing so they can be empowered in their health and not overruled by it!

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Yes IBD can get better. WAY BETTER. But I'm not g Yes IBD can get better. WAY BETTER. But I'm not going to lie and say it gets better "in time." IBD gets better in time AND when you're making moves. In fact, more time without addressing your persistent symptoms will probably lead to worse IBD symptoms in time, not better ☹️ Bodily dysfunction has a way of doing that. No sitting ducks in this corner of the world 😇 For the road to fast tracking the right moves and feeling better (ie not guessing for 2 more years on every food and supplement you put in your mouth and have an actual plan that works 🫶 dm me or comment "self-healer,") ☺️💗 can't believe I'm currently enrolling the last of the 2026 self-healers !!! Time fliesss #selfhealer #guthealth #ibd #crohns #ulcerativecolitis
An easy way to drink your probiotics! If dairy is An easy way to drink your probiotics! If dairy is mehhh for your body and you haven't tried goat (or sheep) milk products, give em a try. They are generally better tolerated. Love drinking this after warm lemon water in the AM to wake up digestion 🌅 I find this @meyenberggoatmilk kefir at @wholefoods! #guthealth #routines #probiotics #foodismedicine #crohns
Just a little gluten-free ASMR for your feed 🍝 An Just a little gluten-free ASMR for your feed 🍝 Another delicious COZY fall pasta dish🧣 Main ingredients 👩‍🍳 - @thegiadzy GF casarece - ground sausage - garlic and shallot - diced carrot - mushrooms - tomato paste - a little pasta water - heavy cream Flavor adds🧂 - salt and pepper (always!) - dried sage - herbs de Provence - Parmesan - parsley What cozy pasta combinations are you loving?? #glutenfree #comfortmeal #giazdy #fallrecipes #nutritionistapproved
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