Fistula

These suggestions are not intended to replace appropriate professional advice. Please check labels and consult your pharmacist if you take medication.

Healthy diet and Lifestyle choices can gradually reverse this condition.  Practice healing by design!

Diet - Quality & Timing of food is important

• Drink 7-10 glasses filtered or spring water.  Chlorine destroys gut flora.
• Eat a diet that is 75-80% alkaline forming.  If your body is in an acidic state it can’t detoxify or heal properly.  Consider checking urine pH to monitor.
• Organic foods are the safest way to nourish yourself – and a wise investment!
• Make fruits, vegetables, ground raw seeds and nuts, beans, and gluten free whole grains your mainstays. Avoid grains containing gluten during the healing process.
• Animal products are a source of inflammatory arachidonic acid.  Enjoy sparingly.
• Fermented vegetables and nondairy kefir or yoghurt improve pH and digestion.
• Manuka honey is very healing to the digestive tract. Avoid if candida is suspected.
• Cayenne heals ulcerations, corrects pH, and promotes healthy mucous membranes.
• 1-3 tbsp ground flax promotes regularity and hormone balance.
• 1-2 tsp apple cider vinegar and manuka honey in water with meals improves digestion.
• Cook gently.  High heat generates acrylamides & advanced glycation end products.

Basic Supplements to Avoid Common Deficiencies

• Bio-Strath – a fermented wholefood supplying B vitamins, amino acids, enzymes, and DNA.  Improves digestion, stress tolerance, energy, and pH.
• Vitamin C* – anti-inflammatory, promotes regularity.
• Vitamin D 8,000 IU for one month then reduce to the upper limit of 4,000 IU.  Inflammatory conditions are linked to a deficiency.
• Omega-3 fatty acids – modulates inflammation, lubricates the colon.
• Probiotics – corrects imbalances in the digestive tract, corrects pH.
• Chlorophyll* – (Trophic) a source of magnesium - has a powerful healing effect on the intestines and colon.

*Take enough vitamin C and liquid chlorophyll to keep stools soft and easy to eliminate.

Special Care

• Goldenseal, known as the King of the Mucous membranes, helps restore integrity of the bowel lining and controls pathogen overgrowth.
• Glutamine is the most abundant amino acid in the digestive tract.  Take maximum label dosages until healing is complete.
• Aloe vera heals ulcerations and promotes collagen production necessary for repair.

Additional Suggestions

• Have fruit on an empty stomach and wait 30 minutes before consuming anything else.
• Have heavy proteins separate from complex carbohydrates.  Proteins requires an acid medium, carbs a base.  That puts big demands on the digestive system if eaten together.
• Traditional Medicine’s Tulsi (Holy Basil) with Ginger tea aids digestion, decreases inflammation, and relieves stress. 
• Invest in a toilet stool so you can achieve a healthy “squatting” position.  The support promotes complete evacuation of the lower bowel.  

To maintain a healthy digestive tract perform a cleanse at least once a year and/or an ascorbic acid flush.  Directions are available in The Prescription for Nutritional Healing at all stores.

Lifestyle

• Get fresh air, sunshine and exercise every day.  Breathe deeply, exhale completely.
• Watch your posture and practice rhythmic breathing into the abdomen.  Like every other body system digestion needs rich oxygenated blood.

Following the diet and basic supplements suggestions, many people find their health improves in multiple ways. We hope you have a similar experience!

*Revised February 2023