Abigail Marie the Chef with IBD
Professional Chef with IBD helping you navigate food, lifestyle, new IBD research, and patient advocacy.
Xeljanz (tofacitinib) is the first FDA approved biologic pill. Other current biologics require intravenous infusion or injection, so the convenience of a pill could be life changing to treat those with moderate to severe UC. This medication first was approved in 2019, and has been under close watch by health care professionals and the IBD … Read more
The holidays can be draining. I’m talking emotionally, financially, and mentally. It’s easy to dive into your holiday to do list head first, only to find yourself a short while later exhausted from running all around town, stuck in standstill traffic on a frighteningly empty tank of gas. This is where practicing mindfulness can come … Read more
Traveling with IBD can feel overwhelmingly stressful, especially when dealing with symptoms. Schedule yourself extra time for stops (if driving), and be patient with yourself. You’re loved ones should be too! Over the years I have learned what it takes to travel even when experiencing active disease.(Sometimes your specialist is two hours away!) Now to … Read more
A team of researchers in Germany discovered that certain dysfunctions in blood vessels could be a major contributor to the development of IBD. They hope that by eradicating the dysfunctions in the blood vessels it would slow the progression of the disease. Their findings were even published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation. So, what … Read more
I don’t know how you feel about it, but eating out on a diet can be stressful and even feel like a daunting task! Don’t worry, just because you have taken on the SCD diet to improve your health, doesn’t mean that you can’t go out anymore! I’m here to make dining out a breeze. … Read more
Jeffery Berger was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at the age of 18, and suffered with it into his 20’s. In 1985 his inflammation was so bad that he was hospitalized for two weeks and put on ‘bowel rest’ meaning he had to receive all his nutrition intravenously. In 1995, he went to a book event … Read more
Living with a chronic illness like Crohn’s or Colitis will more than likely at some point require medical attention and or care that can only be provided in a hospital setting. No one looks forward to or enjoys these visits, but they are critical to your health and well-being. Knowing you may find yourself confined … Read more
Over the past 20 or so years, there has been a widely effective new treatment for those with Crohn’s or Colitis. Enter the drug class of biologics. These immune suppressing medications, given intravenously, have changed the lives of so many with IBD for the better. Many IBD patients have been able to experience lesser symptoms, … Read more
Chances are you have had to wait in a line to use a bathroom before. Whether at a theme park, concert, or football game we are all familiar with this concept. Inconvenient? Perhaps, but not anything near an emergency. Living with Chron’s and Colitis can paint the picture above very differently. In the same scenario, … Read more
Over the past 20 or so years, there has been a widely effective new treatment for those with Crohn’s or Colitis. Enter the drug class of biologics. These immune suppressing medications, given intravenously, have changed the lives of so many with IBD for the better. Many IBD patients have been able to experience lesser symptoms, … Read more