Living with Crohn's & Colitis Cookbook: Nutritional Guidance, Meal Plans, and Over 100 Recipes for Improved Health and Wellness

by Dede Cummings, Sarah Choueiry (Foreword), Jessica K. Black (Introduction)

Approximately 1.5 million people in the United States alone are afflicted with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a category of illnesses that includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, and thatnumber is steadily growing. Although there is not yet a cure for Crohn's or ulcerative colitis, patients can help reduce their symptoms and improve their overall wellbeing by following a comprehensive wellnessplan such as those outlined in "Living with Crohn's & Colitis."
"Living with Crohn's & Colitis" offers patient-focused, expert guidance on everything from the latest medical treatments, how to cope with a diagnosis, and tips for balancing diet with a busy lifestyle so you can form a personalized wellness plan.
"Living with Crohn's & Colitis" also includes:
- Easy to understand information on the role of inflammation and the immune system on guthealth
- Traditional and alternative treatment options for a broad, full-body approach to wellness
- A 3-month wellness plan adjustable to each individual's healthneeds
- Over 25 delicious recipes designed for those with IBD
Learning to live with the myriad aspects of Crohn's and ulcerative colitis treatment, includingdietary restrictions and medications, can seem overwhelming. Written by a naturopathic doctor and a Crohn's patient, "Living with Crohn's & Colitis "is a thoughtful, balancedresource to help you on your journey to wellness.

"From the Trade Paperback edition."

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Dede Cummings is a writer, award-winning book designer, publisher, and former commentator for Vermont Public Radio. At Middlebury College, she was the recipient of the Mary Dunning Thwing Award and attended the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference as an undergraduate fellow. In 1991, she received a fellowship to study with Hayden Carruth at the Bennington Writers’ Workshop. In 2013, she returned as a poetry contributor to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Her poetry has been published in Mademoiselle, Connotation Press, MomEgg Review, Green Mountains Review, among others, and anthologized in Roads Taken: Contemporary Vermont Poetry and Healing the Divide: Poems of Kindness and Connection. She was a Discover/The Nation poetry semi-finalist. In 2016, she was awarded a writer’s grant from the Vermont Studio Center. Her first poetry collection entitled To Look Out From was the winner of the 2016 Homebound Publications Poetry Prize and was published in 2017. Her second poetry collection, The Meeting Place, was published in 2020 by Salmon Poetry. Dede lives in Vermont, where she designs books and is the founder and publisher of www.greenwriterspress.com, a global press devoted to environmental activism, social justice, and sustainable publishing.

Dede lives in Brattleboro, Vermont, in a house built by her husband, Steve Carmichael. They have three children, Sam, Emma, and Joey. After Dede's most recent hospital stay and surgery for Crohn's disease in 2006, she began hiking the Long Trail (the length of Vermont) in one week sections, beginning to realize a long-term goal that had been put off due to illness.

Living With Crohn's & Colitis was her first published book. Her second book, "Cooking Well: IBS" came out October 25, 2011, and it is a description of IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), and a helpful guide with lifestyle tips and over 100 recipes. The author was first diagnosed with IBS in her 20s, and it is her hope that by reading these books, people will become educated and informed about how lifestyle and diet are key to maintaining health in today's world. Book Number Three in this series is The Living With Crohn's & Colitis Cookbook.

Dede has published organic and holistic lifestyle series for Skyhorse, including The Medicinal Gardening Handbook, The Organic Gardening Handbook, and The Good Living Guide to Beekeeping.