The Lighter Side of Medicine

Things are starting to move in the right direction!  On November 20, 2022, I reduced to a mostly liquid and soft-food diet. Every 2-3 weeks…

For a long time, most fruits and vegetables were simply 'off the table' when it came to my diet. The truth is that my IBD was beyon…

Greasy. Fast-food. Indulgent. Fatty. Huge portions.  How many of us indulgent meat-a-tarians, though, don't love a good Peters oversize…

I used to try extremely strict diets and believe that if I stuck to it perfectly, with no slips, no cheat days, no junk, that I would becom…

Our perspective on food seems to shift on a regular basis. Foods and ingredients that were once considered healthy are now considered pote…

Due to my ever complicated Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, I have had to try a shocking number of really strict diets. All of them made it d…

I think I have talked about cravings quite a bit on this blog. Cravings are usually a symptom of an underlying deficiency. Usually . Of c…

Intestinal diseases usually require a change in diet. While every person has a different experience, one basic truth is that our intestine…

Every illness seems to have its own set of dietary restrictions or requirements. Luckily for me, having Macular Degeneration means that I s…

I hate it when I am watching a show where someone has an odd intolerance to food and other people don't believe them - and make it very…

During my latest 'Ask Me Anything' post, someone asked me what the best diet for Ankylosing Spondylitis would be. This is a compli…

Nausea is a fairly prominent part of my every day life. With the help of various foods, a couple of heavy-hitter anti-nauseates, and a gen…

So I was contemplating restricting my diet more for a while. You hear so many success stories about various different diets that it has bee…

I woke up today and my appetite was nearly back to NORMAL!!!! I was not craving food every single second of the day. The increased appeti…

Omg do I love fruits and veggies!!! Seriously. I would probably be a vegetarian (or part-time vegetarian) if I could eat primarily fruits a…

The last few days I have been trying to eat solid food. I had potatoes, some chicken, more potatoes, (a little bacon yesterday), toast, re…

Well, I am back on solid food. Eating some chicken, potatoes, perogies - easy stuff. The pain is still there and the fallout is still happ…

An individual's general taste in foods usually evolves over time. While it is normal to have changing tastes, they are usually more su…

I got preoccupied today and kinda forgot to eat... By 10pm I had only had Boost. So I had some chicken with rice, but now I am craving so…