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body can’t |x the IBD problem while we’re

unknowingly making it worse.

If I hadn’t identi|ed my own speci|c food triggers I’d

still have IBD – and I’d have it for life.

2. A compromised gut microbiome

Your gut microbiome is the community of helpful,

essential bacteria that live in our guts. Those helpful

fellows produce vital hormones, they turn certain

foods into the vitamins our bodies rely on. They

regulate our immune system, metabolism and other

body and brain processes. They don’t just keep us

healthy, they keep us alive.

They’re also delicate and they can be destroyed by

not enough of the right food, too much of the wrong

food – and the western world’s biggest killer: stress.

Doctors are |nally catching up with 20 years of

scienti|c research that shows that, if you’re ill, it’s

likely that your compromised gut microbiome is part

of the cause.

In fact, multiple studies have con|rmed that people

with IBD have a signi|cantly diyerent gut microbiome

than healthy people. Restoring and renewing our gut