I just got diagnosed with Diverticulitis. What should I take?

Q: I just got diagnosed with Diverticulitis. What should I take?

A: Helpful products & rec's for improving diverticulitis include:

• Inflammatone: 2 caps three times a day on an empty stomach or between meals. Get the largest bottle so you have a good supply.
• GI Revive - 1 tsp twice daily. This is helpful for healing the intestinal wall, and important step in improving this condition.
• HLC Intensive - take one cap 2-3 times daily with meals for probiotic support for the intestines. After you take this for at least a month, and the infection is completely resolved, then follow up with HLC Synbiotic Intensive Packets for 7 days. Then you might be fine with HLC High Potency caps 1-2 times a day for maintenance (we'll see)
• Tegricel - take one cap daily, it enhances general immune function and to help reduce the annoying and sometimes debilitating effects of many intestinal diseases. This will also make you less resistant to colds and flus.

If you don't want to take the antibiotics for the infection take GI Microb-X - 2-3 caps three times daily on an empty stomach for 4 weeks. If the infection comes back after your course of antibiotics, then try the GI Microb-X. Diet: Eat a soft-food diet while symptomatic, avoiding high fiber foods. Cooking fruits and veggies softens the fibers so they are more digestible. As you know, no nuts, seeds, avoid all gluten containing grains as much as possible (wheat, bulgar, kamut, barley, rye). Avoid all whole grains while symptomatic. Avoid dairy too, as it can increase inflammation. Goat's milk may be okay if you are not sensitive to it. Eating 5-9 servings of fruit and veggies daily is also helpful. If you have difficulty getting this level of produce into your diet right now, you might want to consider these wonderful organic fruit and veggie extract powders.

• PaleoGreens (lemon-lime is my favorite) - One serving has equivalent antioxidant capacity to 4 servings of vegetables, based on ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorption Capacity), a USDA-developed method for measuring antioxidant activity.
• PaleoReds - One serving has equivalent antioxidant capacity to 4 servings of fruit, based on ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorption Capacity), a USDA-developed method for measuring antioxidant activity.

These mix easily in water or smoothies. They are sweetened with stevia which is a natural sweetener. Additional rec's include:

• Avoid black pepper
• Use Xylitol or stevia (TruVia or PureVia) instead of sugar.
• Avoid products that contain carageenan, since this can irritate the GI tract
• Carry PaleoMeal Packets or PaleoBars (nut-free) with you throughout the day so you prevent missing meals or snacks.
• Exercise is important, even doing short bursts of high intensity exercise helps release growth hormone, which is helpful for intestinal healing.
• Practice good sleep habits, do something relaxing before bed so it is easier to fall asleep. Getting 8-9 hrs is important for healing to take place.
• Control stress and extra obligations that create stress

Print this and put it on your fridge so you remember. If you have any questions along the way, don't hesitate to ask!