How I cured my Crohn's disease with Diet & Yoga

Back in 2007, I used to live in California. My health was doing good. And I used to have all the normal food that we eat.

During early 2008, after having dinner, during sleep, late in the night, I used to have burning sensation in my throat region. After having some water and walking for few minutes it used to go away.

This problem persisted for some weeks. I consulted a general physician and he gave me prevpac. I had it for sometime. But the problem continued and I had more stomach related issues.

During the later part of 2008, after having food, I used to have diarrhoea, pain in the anus, sometimes blood in the stool, bloating, anal fissure etc.

Since this problem is related to stomach, I consulted a Gastroenterologist. He did lots of tests and took his own time. Finally concluded I have symptoms of Crohn’s disease. And asked me to take mild doses of pentasa.

Took the tablet for couple of months, still the problem continued and no improvement in my health condition and I lost a lot of weight.

I thought of taking alternate routes and see how to improve my health. Started learning Yoga, pranayama, Sudarshan kriya from Art of living.

http://www.artofliving.org/in-en/happiness-program

Also, consulted with one of my friend, who had Crohn’s disease. He asked me to try specific carbohydrate diet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_Carbohydrate_Diet

and introduced me to the breaking the vicious cycle book

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

Myself and my wife read the book for several times and were really shocked to see rice is not allowed in the diet, which is our daily food from child hood. What to do, I have no choice but to drop rice from my food.

Based on the book, I started having SCD diet and simultaneously practised Art of living yoga, pranayama and sudharshan kria for several months.

My health started improving with diet and yoga. The symptoms I had mentioned above have started disappearing. I had a healing experience.

I started learning more of yoga from Art of Living and did my Advanced meditation program, during 2012.

http://www.artofliving.org/advanced-meditation-course

Slowly my confidence level has increased on having regular food. During Aug 2014, I was in Art of living Bangalore Ashram and started having rice for the first time after several years.

I was able to digest it. Since then, I started having the regular food, that I used to have back in 2007. It’s like welcome home for me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brihadeeswarar_Temple

Credits
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On this occasion, I would like to thank Dr. Peter Simpson, M.D. who has done a lot of
diagnosis and concluded I have symptoms of crohn’s disease.

http://www.pamf.org/dr-peter-simpson.html

Christmas Treat - Oats Biscuit / Laddu

For Christmas, we were thinking of making something special at home.

While reading the Art of Living Rishimukh magazine, I came across Oats biscuit. Spoke to my daughter about this. She immediately agreed to it.

We bought Oats plus 300 grams, Nilgris butter 100 grams.  150 grams of jaggery.

To start with we mixed 100 grams of butter with 150 grams of jaggery, little bit of milk cream (top portion of milk).

Grind 50 grams of oats and added the same to the above mixture and remaining 200 grams added as it is. The other 50 grams my daughters ate them.

Added some of dry grapes, little bit of clove powder, little bit of dry ginger powder.

Initially we thought of making biscuits, since we had muffin tray, we have decided to make muffin/biscuit kind of. Later to our surprise it came out to be a laddu.

We kept the laddu in oven for about 10 mins in 200 degree and then turned it upside down and kept for another 10 mins.

All of them at home liked it very much. If you prefer more sweet you can increase the quantity of jaggery little bit.