Sunday, November 28, 2010

Healing foods that I should pay attention to

I've been researching Healing foods (foods that promote healing throughout the body from ingestion) because I love to eat food, and diet is arguable the most important element of battling Crohn's. So here is some of the information I've found out.

Fruits
Papaya - Papaya may be the best whole food for me. It helps with diarrhea and constipation. The papain in unripe papaya is great if you are deficient in gastric juice, have excess of unhealthy mucus in the stomach, dyspepsia and intestinal irritation. And it is anti-inflammatory.
Apricot - Before a meal an apricot will aid in digestion, as it has an alkaline reaction in the digestive system.
Banana - Potassium and iron. helps with constipation and diarrhea, good for ulcers, and it neutralizes over acidity.
Cranberries - Iron. Aid in digestion, ease constipation

Guava, orange, Kiwi - Good against stomach ulcers do to high vitamin C. Also the Kiwi is a good source of iron.
Pineapple - Aids in digestion, especially of meaty things.
Persimmon - Stress

Vegetables
Beets - Helps heal gastric ulcers (which I have), detoxifies the body, and eases constipation.
Beansprouts - Stress, iron
Cabbage - Iron, and cabbage juice is a digestion aid.
Capsaicin (chilis!) - Anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, relieves indigestion, ulcers, headaches, and migraines.
Leeks - Help repopulate the colon with good bacteria.
Daikon (raddish) - Helps with low appetite. Detoxifies, helps with digestive disorders
Romaine Lettuce - Iron, water,
Potatoes - Help with gastric ulcers, has iron, helps with joint pain.
Spinach - High in iron (Popeye), also helps with ulcers, and other digestive tract issues.
Watercress - High vitamin C and fiber, good for digestion.

As with the Foods that bother me. post I will update as I find out new things, I may combine the two, but for me keeping them separate is important right now, because where the other is things I have noticed, this one is purely research, hopefully will be tested soon.

One last tidbit: I have found a couple foods that help with diabetes! I am excited because my father has diabetes and I hope that possibly eating more of these foods can help him. These foods are Sweet potatoes, garlic, and onions, all easy to find and not too exotic.

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