Life
continues to be going well for our family, and our daughter, Sarah, remains
free of Crohn’s disease. In December she traveled to Indonesia to be a
bridesmaid in a friend’s wedding. Ten
years ago, we would never have imagined Sarah’s immune system would have
tolerated a trip like that, since the environment with a different climate,
foods, and germs can sometimes be challenging health-wise in a place like
Jakarta. We are grateful that Sarah did so well. She had a great
time and gathered wonderful memories for a life time.
We
have enjoyed hearing from others who also are having success by following a
restricted-sucrose diet which is described in Reaching for Answers to Crohn’s Disease. I’d like to take a
moment to share about Sheila and her 2 sons from Cleveland, Ohio, who all
have had Crohn’s disease. Her story was
very inspiring to me, and I hope it will be encouraging to you.
I
first heard from Sheila about two years ago. She was diagnosed with Crohn’s many
years ago and learned of our story when she was looking on Amazon for books on
the subject. After reading Reaching for Answers to Crohn’s Disease,
she was intrigued because she herself had come to the realization through the
years that sugar had been a factor in contributing to flares. Using info in the book, Sheila was able to
convince her sons, one in high school and one in college, about the credibility
of the reasons for restricting sugar and taking a probiotic.
In
her desire to spread this news to others, she gave books to several
doctors. Months later I heard from a
gentleman whose 8 year old son had Crohn’s.
I soon learned that he received our book from his child’s
pediatrician. And guess what? His pediatrician happened to be one of the
doctors Sheila sent a book to. His son is doing well and is also now off of
medications.
Reachingfor Answers to Crohn's Disease is now in e-book format to make it quicker
to access for those who enjoy reading e-books. (Available from Winepress, the publisher, by clicking here.) Two changes were made in this
version: Dr. Poley now allows a small amount of honey, and we removed the
statement about NutraSweet, since there is so much controversy about its
safety.
I
have included in this post a recipe for peach cobbler that has a small amount
of honey in it. It’s also gluten-free
for those who are bothered with gluten.....Enjoy!
Many
blessings to you for good health! Happy
Spring!
Martha
Recipe for
Peach Cobbler:
2 cans of drained sliced peaches (in juice—no sugar added)
1 cup oatmeal
2 Tablespoons cornstarch
1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
3/8 cup honey
In 8 inch pie dish, pour cans of drained peaches
In a bowl stir together other ingredients. Then mix in 1/3 cup of softened butter or
margarine.
Spread on top of peaches and bake for 30 minutes at 350
degrees.
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