Latest Crohn's Podcast Episodes
Welcome to Thrive With IBD: The WHY Behind the Podcast
Plenty and Well Podcast - August 22, 2019 01:44 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIs there something you’ve always wanted to do, but just couldn’t quite figure out the exact calling you were being called to do? Been there, done that. I’ve been called to start a podcast for at least 2 years now, but I could tell the universe was whispering, telling me, “wait, just wai...
Understanding the Pathogenesis of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, and moving towards a "Functional Cure": Michael Briggs, PhD
Against the Grain - August 04, 2019 04:39 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsDr. Michael Briggs is a physicist who had ulcerative colitis which he claims to have "functionally cured" using a system he developed called The Briggs Protocol. He read every article on IBD he could get his hands on and wrote a document called "Understanding the Pathogenesis of Inflamma...
Blue Light, EMF, Circadian Rhythm, Mitochondria and Quantum Biology for IBD: Jack Kruse, MD
Against the Grain - June 20, 2019 19:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsDr. Jack Kruse is a practicing neurosurgeon and also a "theoretical quantum biologist." He specifically has an interest in our light environment, circadian rhythm and mitochondria in relation to health and disease. In my opinion, these are topics that require more attention and research...
Ayurveda for Crohn's and Colitis: Dr. Vikram Chauhan
Against the Grain - June 02, 2019 15:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsAlthough my training is in evidence based medicine (or what other alternative fields refer to as “allopathic medicine”), I am fascinated by other disciplines that operate on a completely different understanding of the human body and disease. There is much mystery surrounding Ayurveda in ...
Jini Patel Thompson: Listening to Your Gut and Natural Treatments for Crohn's and Colitis
Against the Grain - April 27, 2019 22:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsJini Patel Thompson is an internationally recognized expert on “natural healing” for digestive diseases. She says she has healed herself from widespread Crohn's Disease and has remained in drug and surgery-free remission for over 20 years. Jini has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows...
Cannabis/Medical Marijuana for Crohn's and Colitis: Arun Swaminath, MD
Against the Grain - February 26, 2019 00:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsIf you have Crohn’s or colitis, I bet you have encountered someone either in person or on the internet who claims to be able to control his or her disease with the use of cannabis. Or maybe you are using medical marijuana already. This may seem appealing as an alternative to medications ...
IBD, Diet and Medical Therapy -- The Middle Path: Samir Kakodkar, MD
Against the Grain - February 17, 2019 18:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsAfter 10 years of researching the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) and implementing it along with other dietary therapies clinically, I wanted to share some of the insights I've gained along the way. I present the major findings of my research studies including brand new, exciting result...
Saffron Cassaday, Director of Designer Shit (Fecal Transplant for IBD)
Against the Grain - December 17, 2018 00:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsFecal microbiota transplantation, otherwise known as FMT, is putting the stool from one person into the GI tract of another. This is an accepted treatment for recurrent clostridium dificil colitis which is a type of bacterial infection. Because we know that people with Crohn’s and coliti...
Raman Prasad - Specific Carbohydrate Diet for 20 years
Against the Grain - December 01, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsI spoke with Raman Prasad who has been following the Specific Carbohydrate Diet for 20 years with sustained drug free remission of his colitis. He had a severe case of inflammatory bowel disease with possible primary sclerosing cholangitis and was facing surgery before discovering the SC...
Rapid Response to Diet for Colitis: Stephanie Colo Manning
Against the Grain - November 11, 2018 16:23 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsToday I spoke with Stephanie Colo Manning who is chef and owner of Colo Kitchen which offers consulting and cooking lessons for people who want to transition to a nutrient dense, whole foods diet. She also had colitis and is someone who had a relatively rapid response to the Specific Car...
Healing Crohn's with Biohacking: Joshua Bradley
Against the Grain - November 11, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsToday I had the pleasure of interviewing Joshua Bradley who overcame a severe case of fistulizing Crohn’s disease using a combination of conventional methods, ketogenic diet, endurance exercise and supplements which were guided by a biohacking -- that is he used objective data from testi...
Can Baking Soda Treat Crohn's and Colitis?
Against the Grain - October 18, 2018 21:22 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsThe answer is we don’t know yet but there may be a mechanism to explain how it theoretically could be anti-inflammatory and possibly helpful for autoimmune disease. Today I spoke with Dr. Paul O’Connor who recently published some very interesting work on anti-inflammatory effects of baki...
The Man Who Treated His Crohn's By Fasting For 38 days
Against the Grain - October 18, 2018 21:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsFasting is becoming more and more popular nowadays and is being promoted for everything from obesity, diabetes, cancer and now diseases of immune dysregulation. There are many forms including prolonged water fasts, fasting mimicking diets, intermittent fasting and time restricted eating....
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for IBD: Dr. Scott Sherr
Against the Grain - August 02, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsToday we are talking about hyperbaric oxygen therapy for inflammatory bowel disease. This is a hot topic with some studies suggesting efficacy in both Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Recently there has been interest in using it for hospitalized patients with severe ulcerative col...
Garin Aglietti: Gut Ecology, Worm Therapy and Fecal Microbiota Transplants for IBD
Against the Grain - June 10, 2018 19:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsGarin Aglietti is a worm farmer and gut ecology expert who offers worm therapy and fecal transplants for patients with autoimmune diseases including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. These treatments are not currently offered as standard of care options for the vast majority of IBD...
Wanted: Crohn's End
Against the Grain - April 29, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsWe venture into the realm of complementary and alternative medicine(AKA CAM) for Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis. These include various diets, supplements, and other lifestyle interventions that are not part of the standard of care. Today we speak to Reid Kimball who has made a document...
When Nothing Works, Surgery Can (Part 2)
Against the Grain - March 16, 2018 01:28 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsWe catch up with a patient who recently had surgery for severe ulcerative colitis. We talk about his experience and his decision regarding if he should get a J pouch. We also address prior criticisms about how we discussed the Specific Carbohydrate Diet on the prior podcast.
When Nothing Works
Against the Grain - January 02, 2018 00:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsA conversation with a friend with ulcerative colitis (possibly Crohn's colitis) who is now facing surgery. He tried his best to avoid it including implementing some very unconventional things - diet, fecal transplant, a medication called Xeljanz (prior to FDA approval) and even hyperbari...
A retrospective of the NY GYGIG Ride this time on Talkin 'Bout Guts
Talkin 'Bout GUTS!!! - July 17, 2010 21:16 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingThis episode I decided to take a look back at the recent NY Get Your Guts In Gear ride and show the community that is built around these 3 day 210 mile cycling adventures
Cool people and big announcements this week on Talkin 'Bout Guts
Talkin 'Bout GUTS!!! - July 06, 2010 01:48 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week we talk to Megan about her story and make some big announcements
Returning to bring you a new it's a New Talkin 'Bout Guts
Talkin 'Bout GUTS!!! - June 27, 2010 23:33 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week we talk to Jennifer Jaff with the Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illnesses.
Big Ideas and Cool Authors this week on Talkin 'Bout Guts
Talkin 'Bout GUTS!!! - May 24, 2010 01:26 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week on Talkin 'Bout Guts, we talk big ideas because of what's happening on TV, Talk with a Author writing her 4th book, and get into some randomness too.
Dan Steps aside this week as Matt talks to the Family on Talkin 'Bout Guts
Talkin 'Bout GUTS!!! - May 21, 2010 00:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, Dan takes a break to allow Matt to talk with the rest of the family about Dan's journey with Crohn's.
Bizarrely funny this week on Talkin 'Bout Guts
Talkin 'Bout GUTS!!! - May 11, 2010 03:42 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, we got to sit down and chat with a very funny comic Ben Morrison about Crohn's, Bikes, Stephen Hawking, and how the machines will take over the world.
A little loopy this week on Talkin 'Bout Guts
Talkin 'Bout GUTS!!! - April 25, 2010 23:26 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, it's all about Daniel's candid thoughts going through surgery. We put a recorder on him for the last week, here's what he came back with
Lots of good news this week on Talkin 'Bout Guts
Talkin 'Bout GUTS!!! - April 11, 2010 22:48 - 51 minutes ★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, we get some great news, pass along some great news, talk with people doing a cool thing for kids, and talk about a short sabatical
This Special Edition of Talkin 'Bout Guts is brought to you by the letter E
Talkin 'Bout GUTS!!! - March 25, 2010 05:59 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 1 ratingThis special edition of Talkin 'Bout Guts, we talk with Rob Hill, a man living with Crohn's and an Ostomy who plans on summitting Mt. Everest a little later this year.
Live From Washington DC, It's Talkin 'Bout Guts!
Talkin 'Bout GUTS!!! - March 05, 2010 04:06 - 51 minutes ★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, We are in DC for the Great Comebacks dinner and Awards Ceremony. This special mid week episode is me talkin with the regional award winners. Full recap and more interviews to come over the next couple weeks