{"id":19295,"date":"2021-05-26T15:33:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T15:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fxnutrition.com\/?p=19295"},"modified":"2025-08-28T14:52:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:52:13","slug":"crohns-through-a-functional-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fxnutrition.com\/blog\/crohns-through-a-functional-lens","title":{"rendered":"Crohn\u2019s Through a Functional Lens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Crohn\u2019s Disease is classified as autoimmune. As you know, autoimmunity is a condition in which the body produces an immune response against its own tissue constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before we talk more about Crohn\u2019s, let\u2019s put autoimmunity into a bit more context so you and I can both grasp how profoundly this is impacting not just our medical system, but the people who are reliant on it\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Autoimmunity is the <strong>fourth largest<\/strong> cause of disability among women in the U.S.<\/li><li>Of the estimated <strong>80,000,000 people<\/strong> suffering from an autoimmune condition, over <strong>75%<\/strong> <strong>of them are women<\/strong><\/li><li>It\u2019s the <strong>#1 most popular<\/strong> health topic requested by callers to the National Women\u2019s Health Information Center<\/li><li>Autoimmune diseases are responsible for more than <strong>$100 billion<\/strong> in direct health care costs annually (compared to cancers at $57 billion)<\/li><li>Most autoimmune patients see <strong>4 doctors over 3 years<\/strong> before even receiving a correct diagnosis<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Autoimmune diseases can affect all the organ systems in the body, are chronic and can be life-threatening, may be immensely painful\u2014yet invisible, present in flares\u2014so they are inconsistent and mysterious, and are difficult to diagnose. They encompass over <strong>100 conditions<\/strong> including multiple sclerosis, Hashimoto\u2019s thyroiditis, Type 1 diabetes, and irritable bowel diseases (IBD) such as ulcerative colitis (UC), and Crohn\u2019s disease.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crohn\u2019s Disease is an autoimmune inflammatory disease in the bowels that causes abdominal cramps, loss of appetite, extreme weight-loss and painful constipation. It\u2019s estimated that over <strong>700,000 people<\/strong> in the United States suffer from this condition, and rates of the disease are rising across the globe.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crohn\u2019s is considered a chronic and relapsing form of IBD, where inflammation is impacting any part of the gastrointestinal tract, but primarily the ileum, the colon, or both. In Crohn&#8217;s disease, there will typically be healthy parts of the intestine mixed in between inflamed areas. Ulcerative colitis, on the other hand, is continuous inflammation of the colon. In Crohn&#8217;s disease, inflammation can occur in all the layers of the bowel walls, whereas in Ulcerative colitis the inflammation typically only impacts the innermost lining of the colon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to pain and discomfort\u2014and the most common symptoms associated with Crohn\u2019s (diarrhea, anemia and dehydration), many patients with Crohn\u2019s disease suffer isolation, a sense of uncertainty about when symptoms will hit, fear of living life, and a huge disruption in their lifestyle, as well as high costs of care, side-effects from treatments, and an endless quest to try to find solutions. Even writing these words now, and having seen these realities played out too many times with clients coming into <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fxnutrition.com\/the-clinic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our clinic<\/a><\/strong> at the Functional Nutrition Alliance, breaks my heart.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Immersion_-LONG-Verison.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1718\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It doesn\u2019t have to be this way!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Functional Nutrition has the answers to support people with Crohn\u2019s disease with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxnutrition.com\/articles\/systems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>system-based<\/strong><\/a> approaches. It\u2019s what <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxnutrition.com\/articles\/multifactorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">multifactorial<\/a><\/strong> conditions like Crohn\u2019s require. One remedy will likely not result in resolution. And the same approaches may not work for two different patients, even with the same diagnosis.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alzheimer\u2019s Specialist, Dr. Dale Bredesen, describes it best: <em>\u201cImagine having a roof with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxnutrition.com\/articles\/36-holes-in-the-roof\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">36 holes<\/a><\/strong> in it, and your drug patched one hole very well<\/em>\u2014<em>the drug may have worked, a single \u2018hole\u2019 may have been fixed, but you still have 35 other leaks, and so the underlying process may not be affected much.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why one of our key systems at the Functional Nutrition Alliance is what we call <em>3 Roots, Many Branches<\/em>. When it comes to Crohn\u2019s we take this <em>3 Roots, Many Branches<\/em> approach, ensuring that all factors are considered and addressed. In this system, any sign, symptom, or even the diagnosis, is a <em>branch<\/em>. Those \u201cbranches\u201d include abdominal pain, joint pain, bloating, diarrhea, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxnutrition.com\/articles\/digestive-intensive-done-4-you-nausea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nausea,<\/a><\/strong> fatigue, anemia, loss of appetite, anal fissures, cramping, depression, dehydration, weight loss, failure to thrive, and even the Crohn\u2019s diagnosis itself.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If we run after these many symptoms, or look for the one protocol for Crohn\u2019s, we\u2019ll end up feeling like Wile E Coyote chasing the Roadrunner from the (aptly named) Looney Tunes cartoons. Unfortunately our clients and patients will feel equally, if not more, frustrated. And they\u2019ll likely pursue their quest for resolution outside of your care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>True resolution comes when we shift our attention from those branches to the <\/strong><strong><em>roots<\/em><\/strong><strong>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In keeping with the work of the Italian medical doctor and researcher, Allesio Fasano, MD, and his three-legged stool analogy, the three <em>roots<\/em> where we concentrate our Functional Nutrition care are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>genes<\/li><li>digestion<\/li><li>inflammation<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see the<em> 3 Roots<\/em> diagram and what we call their \u201ccircles of influence\u201d (meaning the areas we direct our attention to influence the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxnutrition.com\/articles\/terrain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">terrain<\/a><\/strong> in which that root sits) here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/3-Roots-venn-diagram-squarish.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1719\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re working with clients already diagnosed with Crohn\u2019s disease, or suffering symptoms loosely placed under the \u201cIBS\u201d (irritable bowel syndrome) umbrella, instead of hunting down the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxnutrition.com\/articles\/why-we-crave-the-quick-fix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>quick fix,<\/strong><\/a> give <em>3 Roots<\/em> thinking a try!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>References:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Fairweather D, Frisancho-Kiss S, Rose NR. Sex differences in autoimmune disease from a pathological perspective. Am J Pathol. 2008;173(3):600-609. doi:10.2353\/ajpath.2008.071008<\/em><\/li><li><em>Fasano A. Leaky gut and autoimmune diseases. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol. 2012;42(1):71-78. doi:10.1007\/s12016-011-8291-x<\/em><\/li><li><em>Zhang L, Lu Q, Chang C. Epigenetics in health and disease. 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