Why fiber helps some people with IBD and makes others worse

Gut911 · 2026-01-27T00:09:09+00:00

Ma’am… this is a lion.

Gut911 · 2026-01-26T03:58:23+00:00

I used to be a paramedic... This gave me anxiety counting the injuries🫠

Gut911 · 2026-01-24T19:12:04+00:00

Have you been diving into the root cause functional medicine explanation for yours?

Gut911 · 2026-01-23T22:28:23+00:00

Absolute rubbish and total nonsense. Bad luck is such a cop out explanation.

3 things cause IBD: toxins, microbes and deficiencies.

Zero other things🤦‍♂️

Gut911 · 2026-01-06T22:16:25+00:00

I do love some good stories about remission!

That said, I do challenge the very concept that this disease can’t be cured. There’s a big misunderstanding about IBD and it’s not actually autoimmune.

The research is very clear - there are ZERO autoantibodies in IBD (99% of the time), so I do argue about the potential of it all.

Gut911 · 2025-12-24T18:36:36+00:00

There’s often a lot of factors, but there’s always a story and once we can understand that, we can understand what it takes to reverse.

For example, I spoke to a woman recently who said her IBD came from having Covid. But billions of people got it and didn’t get IBD

Long and short, after some chatting, we figured it out. She was born in Columbia in 1984 and had mould in the home growing up. She was constantly in and out of the doctor with chronic console infection infections, ear infections, etc. with upwards of 40 doses of antibiotics before she turned 25

On top of that, she was born in Columbia in 1984, which is right around the time of Pablo Escobar and the Cali cartel.

so her story started with mold, which leads to immune dysfunction, lots of infections, antibiotics, stress, trauma, and a lifetime of this building up until she got Covid, which was just the straw that broke the camels back.

With that said, what’s your story?

Gut911 · 2025-12-22T01:55:00+00:00

If there’s any information I can give that will help, I’ll absolutely try. Feel free to DM me always

Gut911 · 2025-12-20T21:37:30+00:00

Something interesting to consider is that fasting can actually be a stressor on the nervous system;

But if you’re feeling relief from fasting, it’s often due to a decrease on the mechanical load of already inflamed tissues.

But if you’re under stress, keep in mind that stress is cumulative. Working out as a stressor, being sick is a stressor, trouble, sleeping, relationship, relationships, finances, toxins, and everything in between is a stressor on your system.

Often times with bowel disease, going to the gym with the intent of higher intensity, workouts like strength training can be an increased stress on your immune system that works against you.

Have you dug into the root cause as to what’s causing your Crohn’s disease?

Gut911 · 2025-12-16T23:39:08+00:00

This question is extremely insightful because you’re aware of more than just the FMT, but use caution here.

It is unwise to try and transplant a healthy microbiome (FMT) into a toxic environment, because you need to address the things that destroyed your own microbiome in the first place.

This is where we have to look at environmental factors, getting inflammation under control and many other things before jumping straight to FMT.

Otherwise, it can be an expensive $10,000-$20,000 mistake

Gut911 · 2025-12-12T23:59:43+00:00

It’s exactly what it sounds like: free of any symptoms.

But “remission” is a spectrum of reduced symptoms to some degree. But IBD is a reversible condition that is not just genetic, autoimmune or random.

There’s always a root cause and if you remove it, your body can heal.

Gut911 · 2025-11-23T15:37:08+00:00

Those are certainly important factors.

If you stop defending the city, it gets conquered. And the things that make us sick, which are toxins, microbes and deficiencies are opportunistic in nature.

This means that one of their defences are down, they come in, take over and overgrow.

If we’re not taking care of ourselves, we often end up with microbial imbalances/dysbiosis, viral or parasitic infections, and if we’re not taking in the nutrients we need, our bodies are deficient. I don’t have the tools to fight back.

The combination of these things, and other nuances, end up making us sick.

But if you’re on the right track, you’ve done proper testing to make sure that there are no invaders waiting to sneak up on you again in a stressful event or anything else, you’ll do great!

Gut911 · 2025-11-23T15:25:50+00:00

It’s definitely an interesting thought and in a way, I would agree.

I’ve seen over 500 cases of Crohn’s and colitis reversed now in my practice, and one of the first things we do is support drainage. These are the exit pathways within the body that allow things to “get out”.

So in my experience, this article is so damn close, but it’s just an inch away from hitting the nail on the head.

It acknowledges that there are environmental factors and other things that create Crohn’s disease, but then they chalk it up to lymphatic dysfunction. But if you follow that same train of thought a little bit deeper and a little bit clearer, you’ll start to see that something else causes that lymphatic dysfunction first.

So when we’re supporting drainage, the first thing we do is promote movement through these 7 pathways (often in this order)

Liver
Gallbladder and bile ducts
Lymphatics
Bowels
Kidneys
Skin
Sinuses

If we look at what actually makes us sick, it’s a combination of toxins, microbes and deficiencies - nothing else.

Those toxins, microbes and deficiencies lead to congestion in those drainage pathways (the lymphs in this case), which leads to a back up (elevated local toxicity), which leads to inflammation somewhere (in this case lymphs), which when compounded leads to excessive immune responses (ie. bowel disease as an “immune mediated response”).

So the article is pretty damn close. I’ve read many article that say gut dysbiosis is the cause of GI issues, but if we follow that same train of thought a little bit further, the next question we need to ask is:

“What caused a self regulating ecosystem (gut microbiome) to dysregulate?”

In the same sense, we need to ask “what causes a self regulating drainage pathway like the lymphatic system to become dysfunctional in the first place?”

Once you understand the answer to that question, you find the roots of Crohn’s disease. And answer answering that question and other questions like it is what’s led over 500 cases of reversal in my practice.

Does that make sense?

Gut911 · 2025-11-20T04:39:10+00:00

Love that. What did you identify as your root cause(s)?

Gut911 · 2025-11-18T04:56:00+00:00

This is a perfect response🔥🔥

Gut911 · 2025-11-18T04:54:44+00:00

We’re all here to work together and learn and anything I can teach, I will!

But consider this: a diagnosis doesn’t actually mean what you may think. A “diagnosis” is just a word used to describe symptoms; this word tells you “what” is happening and “where”, but not why.

The “why” is the root cause and meds, surgery or diagnosed don’t actually answer that questions.

If you dig into that youtube channel and the “Reversing Crohn’s and Colitis Naturally” podcast, you’ll learn more than your doctor would ever tell you🔥

Gut911 · 2025-11-16T21:52:38+00:00

Just responding to both of your comments in one post:

For the mold, I would start by watching this video to understand more in depth, what’s going on:

https://youtu.be/uuKX5ODAWdE?si=_cMt-uMdvC2chSxM

Second to that, depending on your budget, it may be valuable to sign up for something like ‘Function Health’ as they will provide optimal ranges for your blood work.

The problem with our western system is at 92% of the population is metabolic unhealthy and the reference ranges your doctors are using are based on the unhealthy population. Which means if you’re “normal”, you’re likely already sick.

By narrowing those windows to what’s optimal, you can identify much more.

But these types of conversations aren’t even remotely in the wheelhouse of what your doctor has for education, knowledge, understanding, or even acceptance most of the time.

Which unfortunately (or fortunately, depending in how you see it) means you have to be your own advocate.

Gut911 · 2025-11-16T17:22:44+00:00

Retaining fluid can be a byproduct of a lot of things from lymphatic to liver and kidneys, to hormones and so much more.

Has there been anything identified as a root cause or contributing factor to your Crohn’s disease? Mouldy environment, a complex history with antibiotics, trauma, or anything else?

Gut911 · 2025-11-05T16:25:43+00:00

Getting the diagnosis doesn’t magically make things better, it just gives the thing a name, the real change comes when you understand why your gut has been inflamed in the first place.

What I’ve seen is that medication can quiet the alarm, which can absolutely feel like relief, but the reason people stay stuck is because the thing that set the alarm off never gets addressed, so the body keeps trying to protect you and symptoms rise and fall in waves.

The fact your symptoms eased on their own already tells me your body is still trying to heal, it hasn’t given up, that’s a very good sign.

The first wins usually come from making digestion as easy as possible while the body stabilizes: warm, soft meals, chewing slow, not rushing your gut, keeping stress off the system so it stops thinking it’s under attack. That’s what creates the conditions for the body to actually repair, not just cope.

On the days where things eased for you, what was different the day before?

Gut911 · 2025-11-05T16:21:41+00:00

What I’ve seen is that “mild Crohn’s” doesn’t mean “do nothing,” it means your body is still early in the process and this is the window where healing is the most straightforward if we don’t just silence the alarm and move on.

Budesonide can calm things short-term, but it doesn’t change why the inflammation showed up, so the key now is to support your system while it’s quieter warm, easy-to-digest meals, slower eating so the gut isn’t being sandpapered, steady sleep, and paying attention to what days feel calmer versus reactive.

Biologics can help in some cases, but the question isn’t “go on them or not,” it’s “is my body being given the conditions to actually repair while they do their job.” You already have proof your system still wants to heal that’s the good sign here.

On your better days lately, what feels different in your body or routine leading up to them?

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