Does Lifestyle or Diet Contribute to Remission from IBS and IBD?

I posted a video on YouTube about a week ago, outlining how I healed of both IBD and IBS. In the video, one of the commenters made a request:

The question: does my diet and/or lifestyle play a role in my remission from Ulcerative Colitis and IBS? The short answer: No.

How can this be, one might ask? The gut ecosystem is complex, and can be likened to a warzone of sorts where inflammation, gut irritability, and pathogens are the ‘villains’. So how do most people with gut diseases and conditions address these villains? To put it bluntly, they seek to avoid aggravating these villains by avoiding foods that they would otherwise enjoy consuming. That is to say, they attempt to minimize the release of proinflammatory cytokines like TNF-α, IL-1, and IL-6 by following dietary plans such as the low-FODMAP diet. The problem: such an approach is not just partially effective, but it comes at a big cost to one’s quality of life.

That’s why I decided to follow a different, evidence-based approach since I do not believe in letting the villains win at my expense – especially when it comes to Pizza!

I could never sustainably remove this amazing item from my diet, even when I was sick with IBS, IBD and lactose intolerance. In other words, I went with Solution A and not Solution B (dietary changes) when it came to my gut issues – defeating the villains so that I could eat the foods I want while also being free from my gut symptoms.

The treatment plans offered by Holy Sophia Treatments use cutting edge science to allow for the gradual reintroduction of foods you like to your diet, so you can live as a healthy – and not debilitated – person. 

So to answer your question friendly YouTube commenter, my diet and lifestyle did not change from when I had symptoms of IBS and IBD to now – I still eat a lot of pizza and I make sure to go to the gym to burn off all of those calories :).

-Abbas