The inflammatory process in the colon is known as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The latter includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease.  The cause of these disorders is not completely understood. Physicians focus their efforts on treating just the symptoms by prescribing antibiotics, steroids, salicylates, etc. If the treatment is not working, the patient is offered a surgical resection of the inflammatory colon in the case of IBD or psychiatrist consultation in the case of IBS. Treatment of only the symptoms never cures the disease and patients may be under treatment for life.

     Interestingly, IBD has been described not too long ago. The first articles about IBD were published at the end of the 19^th century. Crohn described “his” colitis in 1932. Why has colitis appeared only recently?  Many scientists now think that IBD is a human-made disorder. This idea has been  proven by Andrew Wakefield, MD, for so-called “autistic colitis”, similar to colitis in Crohn’s disease. He discovered a measles virus in the gut wall of these patients. This virus was identical to the viral brand found in vaccines these autistic children were vaccinated with.     

      Another cause of IBD could be fungi that live in our environment and gut. Different fungal toxins, called mycotoxins, are also found in different foods, particularly made from grains and corn (JAMA, 2002; Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, 2003). Studies done by Dr. Barclay have shown that if patients with Crohn’s disease exclude baking and brewer yeasts in their diet, colitis goes into stable remission (Scand J. Gastroenterology, 1992). The former World Health Organization expert Dr. A.V.Costantini found a toxin of fungus Aspergillum in the blood of patients with IBD.

So, colitis might be caused by fungi growing as a result of the Standard American Diet (SAD) with plenty of carbohydrates and sugars. 

      The fungi’s main action is destruction of human’s immunity.  That is why IBD patients present with many general symptoms involving eyes, joints, skin, liver and autoimmune reactions. It is known that antibiotics cannot destroy fungi. Antibiotics are mycotoxins themselves.  David Holland, in his bestseller “The Fungus Link” (2003), writes that everyone who has been treated with antibiotics even once and those who often eat bread, cereal and sugar are prone to be immunodeficient with fungi multiplying in the gut.

      The major gut fungal habitant in people is Candida. In low immunity, Candida has a perfect opportunity for overgrowth on SAD. As it was written in “Johns Hopkins Clinical Mycology” manual (1944), the low carb diet may not only help many chronic diseases but cure them. Unfortunately, physicians rely more on antibiotics and steroids as treatment tools.  

        Another IBD feature is a deficit of essential the fatty acids EPA and DHA (omega-3) in the blood.  The cause of it again is SAD – the American diet.  Heavy metals, especially mercury that is found in many foods, medications and our environment are also playing a damaging role on the gut and nervous system.

        All named causes are lowering the patient’s resistance and with time anything could become a trigger of inflammation in the gut. Therefore, the great hope for patients with IBD is treatment and medication (GM-CSF) that does not lower the immune response but raises it.

        From my point of view, treatment of IBD should include not only drugs, but also antifungal, herbal and enzyme therapy and a special diet with allergic food avoidance. Friendly gut flora should be restored with numerous microbial habitants including E.coli.  

        Should a person with IBD be sick his or her whole life? No.  We offer special treatment protocol for patients with colitis with multifactor approach to gut wall and immunity restoration.

 

How we can help: To treat colitis, we offer a comprehensive dietary and supplementation design to get to the very root of your immune responses. Comprehensive stool analysis helps to evaluate the patient's gut environment and digestion pattern. Food allergy assessment is available with the addition of 96 combined or vegetarian foods. We offer Candida testing (IgE, IgA, IgM, IgG antibodies)  with special treatment protocol Elimination and rotation diet with special vitamins, minerals (selenium, magnesium, zinc, etc.) and fatty acids at special dose design supplementation.   At the same time, we offer metabolism and medication balancing with circadian cycle adjustment. Special treatment for Clostridia, Candida or mucoplasma as causative pathogens is offered Heavy Metal tests (urine, feces) with further chelation if needed. Herbal treatment with custom formulas and probiotics, including  Mutaflor and other friendly E.coli formulas Breathing techniques (yoga, Buteyko, karmic yoga, paradoxical, etc.) Applied kinesiology testing and treatment (BioSet, NAET) Psychological approach to self-personality with imaging techniques