Healing the Damage from Celiac Sprue

Celiac Sprue is genetic. If you have it now you have had it all your life. It will mess up your digestive system. If you have had Celiac Sprue for years and have only just now started to remove gluten, damage has likely been done. How serious damage is hard to say. The point of bringing this up is if it took you years to get to this point, you are not going to heal the damage in a few weeks.

And on top of that, eating gluten has inhibited your ability to digest your foods for years. You probably have other things going on in addition to a damaged colon.

What to do? Healing your body

Be kind and careful with your body. It needs to heal.

	Be very wise with the foods that you are eating.
	Feed your cells with a quality multi daily supplements preferably pharmaceutical grade not off the shelf.
	Read all ingredients. Gluten hides in processed food.
	Be real careful in restaurants. When in doubt don't eat the food. The longer you go without gluten the more sensitive you will become to it if and when you accidentally eat it. And you must avoid it.
	No Milk products. Messes up your digestion of other foods and you likely can't digest it anyway.
	Right now be careful with complex carbs like grains that are hard to digest. You need carbs though. One source I have suggests "When bowel is irritated - eat only Chongee rice - very soothing and offers nutrition - it is known as the "Chinese IV" - 1 cup rice to 12 cups water - leave in slow cooker for 4-6 hours. When bowel can accept something a little stronger (not having blood or diarrhea anymore) try other non-gluten grains - also cooked in slow cooker till very, very "tame" - VERY low residue! Can also try millet this way - remember it must be cooked for HOURS so as not to irritate – yet still offer some fiber. Drink nothing cold. NO SUGAR!!! Sip on hot water all day. As your bowel heals (gradually, of course) you can move up to a plate of very, very steamed vegetables and perhaps, even a baked apple (very mushy) with NO skin!" - Alternative Solutions for healing the Colon
	Lots of water filtered is best
	I might shy away from meat or eat it infrequently for awhile to give your system a rest. It takes 8 hours to digest meat. 4 hours for carbs.
	Eat simply. No processed foods.
	Take a pharmaceutical grade nutritional daily supplement based on optimum levels NOT the minimal RDA standards
	Lots of fruit especially in the morning. Eat it by itself. Do not mix fruit. Not all fruit does well with other fruit. Melons are the perfect food but eat it entirely by itself. (Read about Food Combining)
	Look up Food Combining. You don't want to have your food fighting as you try to heal your colon.
	When your body can tolerate it make sure you are getting adequate fiber. Few Americans get enough fiber. I might hold off on adding any until you feel your body is healed. It is also likely your digestive system has a lot of bad things in it since your digestion has been hindered for so long. It may need cleaning. I find that a fiber like psyllium works for me, although I now use fresh ground flax seed.
	Pay attention to your Bowel Movement's. They are a reflection of what is going on with your digestion. "The stool tells you a lot about your colon health. If it's dark brown in color, and it sinks, and it stinks, that's not good. And don't feel bad, that's the way most people are. What you want to see is light brown color, which means it's full of fresh bile from the liver, very mild odor, and a stool that floats. We're talking low-density here folks. The more compaction you have the darker the color and the faster it sinks. Compaction is not good. Also, moving bowels should be SIMPLE. "

You must take care of your body. It is the only one you have. Treat it with respect. Feed it properly and it will last you a lifetime.