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billyfish · Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 50

Ok genes matter, but so does lifestyle, what works for you? here are my top 10. Very Happy

I dont drink milk that is not UHT or boiled.
I dont eat vegetables that cannot be peeled or cooked.
I have high standard of dental and personal hygeine.
I dont smoke, and avoid people that do,
I keep the number of food items I eat limited to essentials.
I avoid food that causes diarrhoea Embarassed

I dont eat pork, and eat sheep with caution.
I dont eat rare meat or rare vegetables.
I dont put uncooked spices in my food.
I avoid doctors and their drugs, also cranks and crackpots who say they are better than doctors, vaccine inventors and religious fanatics.

What makes you less worse? Comments welcome! Lifestyle Uncrohns?

david.crichton · Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 83

I avoid:
-dairy, beef and other commonly MAP infected animals;
-sugar, usually (feeds bad bugs);
-gluten (not celiac but have gene for gluten intolerance and it isn't good for healing roughed up guts either);
-smoke, and yeah, tend to avoid second hand smoke;
-eating too many spicy foods but will sometimes;
-raw vegies but will eat them occasionally;
-preservatives and words i can't pronounce (sometimes tough when eating gluten free because gluten free products tend to have a lot of junk in them); and
-stress (easier said than done, especially if in a flare).
I try to:
-stay active
-get lots of sleep and not burn the candle at both ends; and
-laugh.

Very interesting about the not eating too much. I said the other day that I was going to try to cut back on the amount I eat, but that has not happened yet; I tend to gorge myself full. Definitely something worth trying to do.