Abigail Marie the Chef with IBD
Professional Chef with IBD helping you navigate food, lifestyle, new IBD research, and patient advocacy.
You probably associate gratitude with the upcoming holiday of Thanksgiving. It’s a tradition in many US households to go around the table and tell everyone what you are grateful for either before or after the big meal. While it’s nice to uphold tradition, being grateful more often has been shown to improve sleep, lessen depression, … Read more
Let’s welcome this weeks warrior, Molly! Hi, my name is Molly. I was born and raised in Vermont, but have called Atlanta home for the last 10 years and still do. I have ulcerative colitis (UC), and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). I was diagnosed with UC in 2012 at the age of 23 and my … Read more
As with any chronic illness, there are many misconceptions out there, some more common than others. Over my last eight years of having Ulcerative Colitis, I have heard many of these and do my best to correct them. Some I have heard more often and am aiming to debunk these for myself and the IBD … Read more
Let’s welcome this weeks warrior, Nikki! My name is Nikki Love and I currently live in Baltimore MD but I am originally from New Jersey. I have Ulcerative Colitis, a type of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and I was diagnosed at 8 years old. I’d been a very sick baby, though, and my pediatric GI suspects … Read more
Functional medicine has been on the rise in the last decade, and for good reason. Maybe you have even heard of it, but aren’t quite sure what it entails. Well, functional medicine is a patient centered approach in which the root cause of disease is actively sought out then and addressed. It is commonly used … Read more
Let’s welcome this weeks warrior, Jennifer! Hi y’all! My name is Jennifer and folks usually call me either Jen, Jenny, or Jennifer. I was born, raised, and still live in sunny Southern California. I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis shortly after I became a registered nurse in 2005. I had self-diagnosed myself with IBS during … Read more
Let’s welcome our very first warrior for Warrior Wednesday! Hi my name is DaanishI was diagnosed with IBD at 22, I have lived with it for the last 12 years. It was a hard fought battle with UC, I had to try different medications which all brought different side effects. Along my journey I had … Read more
Radical acceptance is a distress tolerance skill used to stop pain from becoming suffering. It is the ability to accept situations of the past that are outside of your control without judgment, thus reducing the suffering caused by pain. It has its roots in Buddhism and DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy). This particular therapy was created … Read more
It’s hard to believe, but it has been a year since I started my blog Abigail Marie the Chef with IBD. As I celebrate this milestone, I could not have done it without YOU! Thank you for all your support over this last year! I have been able to meet and work alongside some amazing … Read more
To celebrate the one year anniversary of my blog Abigail Marie the Chef with IBD, I wanted to share your most loved recipes over this last year. It has been an amazing journey thus far and I have been able to connect with so many wonderful fellow IBD warriors! I have been humbled and honored … Read more