I came across several great articles from Dr. Hoffman on the topic of IBD, specifically Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis. Hoffman runs a center that combines both modern and natural medicines in treating illnesses. I'm still reading these articles, but they are so helpful I thought I would forward them on. I found the first article off of the scdiet.org website, which is also great. Not a coincidence that Hoffman wrote the foreword on the Breaking the Vicious Cycle book.Here are links to a few articles:
- Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis - great article from 1995 that highlights the Specific Carbohydrate Diet and even new therapies like low-dose naltrexone
- Addressing inflammatory bowel disease - includes a very long list of treatment options with discussion of each
- Candida - discussion of candida overgrowth / infections and its link to IBS. This is why I am currently drinking Chamamille tea (as it is an anti-fungal).
- Inflammatory bowel disease update - similar to the first article listed above, but also includes a few success stories that are quite interesting (all involving IV treatment which I had not thought of)
- How Does Dr. Hoffman Treat Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis? - discussion of treatment approach that Dr. Homman might take (excerpt included below)
And here's a sample of a treatment program:
An example of our treatment program is described below.
TESTING:
IgG RAST food panel, Candida antibodies, anti-gliadin antibodies, Vitamin D, B12, folic acid, homocysteine, zinc, iron, ferritin, testosterone (healing in men), and DHEA (healing in both sexes)DIET:
Specific Carbohydrate Diet (tailored to reflect results of IgG RAST)SUPPLEMENTS:
SCD-Compliant Probiotics, Vitamin D, Enteric-coated Fish Oil, EGCG, Curcumin, Zinc, L-glutamine, Methylcobalamin, Methylfolate, DHEAOTHER THERAPIES:
Low-dose Naltrexone, Chrohn's/Colitis intravenous "drips", antifungal medication (Nystatin, Diflucan, etc.), bio-identical testosterone
There was a very long list of potential therapies and supplements in the above articles that I will likely be investigating more and experimenting with myself. His services don't seem too expensive, but he doesn't accept any forms of insurance, so its all out of pocket. They appear to have offices in Manhattan (New York) only.