I haven't checked the FBI way if mine is legal, but kosher supplements generally say "free of..." a whole list of ingredients that aren't legal. Right now I have vegetable capsules from Bluebonnet. There might be someone here who will correct me and say you can't assume supplements are leg...

I was thinking the same thing - if your lipstick doesn't need to be certified kosher then it shouldn't need to be certified legal either because you're not ingesting it.

I think my daughter's doctor gave her Protonix for an ulcer a while back. Your doctor's main issue probably is with the inflammation, not the ulcer, or the fact that an ulcer formed while on Remicade. Doctors don't usually switch patients to different biologics so fast because once you stop one, you...

That probably depends on how sick you are right now. If you can buy time, it would probably be a good idea to restart the diet and see if it helps you but as you know, it can take time to help. If your doctor is discussing immediate surgery or surgery in the near future, or biologics to prevent surg...

I'm not an expert in the stages, as we skipped the stages since my daughter was in remission when starting the diet. Try www.pecanbread.com - looks like a good resource that explains the diet in steps. Or if you want specific guidance, try the email in a different thread for a consult. \n\nI don't t...

I believe EEN has to be prescribed and monitored by a doctor. You can ask your son's GI about it. My daughter did it and it failed, but if I remember the numbers correctly, EEN has a 75% success rate of remission in children.

Asadmom, I don't know about other GIs who support SCD, but I'll tell you about my experience. My daughter had a surgery that put her into remission, and her GI told her to go on the SCD diet soon afterwards, with the idea being that the diet would help her stay in remission. He did not take her off ...

Hi, Asadmom! My daughter was diagnosed with severe Crohn's at age 11 and we've gone through a lot the last 6 years. It's so hard when they're young. A few thoughts - your son has to be totally on board if he's going to go on the SCD diet. At age 12, that's somewhat unusual unless he's very mature an...

When my daughter has a flare, more hair than usual falls out and her new hair grows in thin and scraggly. She feels that taking biotin 10,000 mcg helps.

In general, commercially canned foods are not okay. I'm also wondering about jarred hearts of palm; I haven't seen it listed anywhere.