Abigail Marie the Chef with IBD
Professional Chef with IBD helping you navigate food, lifestyle, new IBD research, and patient advocacy.
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One of the main goals of your body is to maintain homeostasis. This simply means maintaining physical, internal, and chemical conditions required by living systems. Some examples of this include body temperature, fluid balance, and pH level. PH refers to the ‘potential of hydrogen’, and is a measure of hydrogen ion concentration in a solution. … Read more
Living with IBD can mean lots of doctor appointments, poking, prodding, tests, and scans. Many of which are invasive. In the world of IBD the clearest picture is painted by the intestines themselves, and the best way to see that picture currently is by flexsigoscopy or colonoscopy. By being able to see the tissue and … Read more
Lettuce wraps are the perfect warm weather food! They are light, crunchy, sweet, and savory and make the perfect lunch or appetizer for entertaining. I even love these wraps on picnics or beach trips! Just be sure to keep everything separate after cooking, and assemble right before eating. This recipe lends itself well to pork, … Read more
BBQ ribs are one of my favorite meals, and these don’t disappoint! My favorite part? Besides the great flavor, it’s the mess! Good ribs are meant to be messy. They are an experience all their own, and you better believe you’ll need some wet naps. If you’re purchasing your ribs directly from a butcher and … Read more
Smoking has been shown to affect both types of IBD; Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis. However, smoking and nicotine have polarizing effects on these diseases. While smoking increases risk and severity of Crohn’s, it seems to aid in reducing some symptoms for those with UC. Now before you consider smoking to help your UC, I want … Read more
While we all know soda is not healthy, you may not know that according to a recent study, women who drank at least two sugary drinks a day more than doubled their chances of early onset Colorectal cancer. This is a rather startling statistic, as Americans consume almost 45 gallons of soda per person annually. … Read more
Panna cotta is an Italian dessert meaning ‘cooked cream’. Interestingly enough you won’t see the mention of panna cotta in cookbooks until the 1960’s, but it is generally credited as being a traditional Italian dessert. As the name implies, this dessert is traditionally cooked cream with sugar and gelatin. There are many variations, but it … Read more
Happy Friday! For as long as I can remember on Friday nights my family ate pizza for dinner. This tradition started early in my childhood, and I always looked forward to it. Sometimes we would make our own pizzas with fresh dough, and sometimes we would order it from one of many pizza chains. However, … Read more
Living with a chronic illness is tough, no doubt about it. Over the last seven years my chronic illness of Ulcerative Colitis has changed almost every aspect of my life. Chronically being ill takes a lot out of you not only physically but emotionally as well. One of the toughest lessons for me to learn … Read more
Now that more people with IBD have been fully vaccinated, we are seeing research and data gathered on this group in particular. One study, published back in April 2021, showed positive and very promising results in those on a biologic with IBD and vaccine antibody responses. I do want to note that only Pfizer and … Read more