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I -- despite sitting there thinking and I and I answered my Crohn's Disease patient -- my cell was rushed to the hospital because of -- bowel obstruction.
Doctors -- iceberg lettuce may have been the culprit Castro meteorologist doctor mark -- says this is just one of the possible problems.
People with autoimmune disease face.
We have an -- appropriate immune response.
That can cause.
Damage.
Ulcer rationed leaving the game and also thickening of the wall the -- -- Thirty year old -- was taking sixteen pills a day to manage the condition.
He was smoking a pack of cigarettes a day eating fast food regularly and rarely exercise.
The cocktail of drugs he was taken were causing serious side effects like liver issues.
Thinning hair vomiting nausea and increase cancer risk determined to make you change -- slowly wean himself off his medications.
And change his lifestyle drastically.
And I wanted to weren't -- my wife and -- you know family and all sorts of things that I I just have fictionalized scenes -- -- missing out.
-- has been off all medications for the last four years any modifications like this should be done with the doctor's guidance.
-- now take supplements like krill oil.
Garlic vitamin.
-- -- Arie was in some very powerful drugs for Crohn's Disease including six MP which was originally developed to treat leukemia.
It's been called a miracle drug because of its long lasting effects so you could argue that it was the drugs that put him into remission.
I think it was the drugs but don't get me wrong he adopted a healthy lifestyle.
He learned a lot about his illness.
And he was then tuned -- to signs that he should watch.
Work and -- still have trouble managing stress levels he developed a system called the art of -- doing.
Now as a productivity consultant.
He teaches people to optimize automate and outsource everything in their lives to be more effective and less stressed.
People who don't.
Rest adequately people who are under undue psychological.
Stress.
Seem to have more frequent players.
-- can eat whatever he wants including greens without a problem.
He may have a flare up at some point in his life again but he says this time he'll be ready for.
But I will never ever again be a slave to my -- because of problems and I will never again.
He is slaves to medicine on a long term.
Level.
To find out more about -- and his journey go to -- doing dot com.
I'm Dr.
Manny Fox News.
