If you're unable to eat solid foods, or can only tolerate a small variety of foods, or you want to give your bowel a focused healing spa, then you may wish to use this program to:

1.  Stop bleeding and heal inflammation

2.  Give intestinal fissures, fistulas and ulcers time and space to heal

3.  Heal the mucosal lining of the intestine with targeted amino acids and herbs

4.  Heal leaky gut syndrome

5.  Clear intestinal obstructions

6.  Replace bad or imbalanced intestinal flora with good bacteria

7.  Provide a layer of good bacteria to coat and protect the mucosal lining from toxins, parasites, fungus and damage

8.  Ensure long-term, ongoing health in the entire gastrointestinal system

9.  Heal and balance the entire immune system with proven supplements

10. Gain solid weight (muscle, not fat) if underweight or malnourished

11. Thoroughly test for food intolerances and allergies with a food reintroduction program

12. Achieve emotional healing

13. Prevent relapse with a Maintenance Diet

Dozens of clinical, medical studies have shown that an elemental liquid diet like the IBD Remission Diet is as effective as steroids (such as Prednisone) at inducing remission for inflammatory bowel disease,with results in an average 3 to 6 weeks.

In fact, The IBD Remission Diet is such an effective holistic program of whole-body healing that secondary health issues are often resolved by following its diet and supplementation plan.

If you've been looking for a detailed, step-by-step natural alternative to damaging prescription drugs and surgery, that helps to induce disease remission and quick-start your return to long-term health, The IBD Remission Diet may just be the book for you.

What Is An Elemental Diet?

An elemental diet is one where EVERYTHING you consume, for a period of 3 to 6 weeks, is in completely liquid, pre-digested form. It combines protein shakes with vegetable broths, bone broths, homemade jello and certain supplements. You can do a Vegan version of the Diet, or a regular version. But know that an elemental diet requires a lot of discipline - if you 'cheat' you will not be providing the total bowel rest that is necessary for healing the gut.

Also, because your diet is completely liquid, be prepared for multiple liquid bowel movements (reduced fecal matter) throughout the day. This is not diarrhea (you will still maintain your weight, or gain weight if that is your goal) it is simply that liquid elemental diets produce liquid stool - just like a breastfed baby.

You will likely need to take time off your regular schedule, or reduce your workload significantly to do this Diet as it is a serious healing tool and root-level healing requires a lot of energy.

The other alternative to an exclusively elemental diet, is to do a half-elemental diet and then the other half of your diet consists of well-tolerated foods.

THE IBD REMISSION DIET: Achieving Long-Term Health With An Elemental Diet & Natural Supplementation Plan (Hardcover Book) - by Jini Patel Thompson