Prevention Magazine: Gut Reactions

Kate Kareha keeps a folder in her attic filled with notes, doctor's appointment summaries, photocopies of books, and flyers about inflammation. She also has a saved email with her medication history, the supplements and herbs she takes, and diet info as well as details about the emotional side of a Crohn's disease diagnosis; she fires it off to friends suffering from gastrointestinal symptoms to give them an idea of where to start. She knows that if they've got a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), like Crohn's, the road to remission can be long and winding.

Click here to read the full article in the September issue of Prevention Magazine.