Cleansing

I took some home brew to a bar last night, and spent most of the evening with recent graduates. They said they liked my beer. I had one, too, and I liked it. The pizza was also good.

One of the youngsters was on a "cleanse," so she didn't have a beer herself, but did take a sip. Her cleanse consists of dietary restrictions and some supplements. She is attempting to gain better control of her condition, hoping that she can find a diet plan that will allow her to avoid flare-ups and stop getting medical treatments. I hope she succeeds, but I don't think it will work. If diet could control Crohn's disease, I think someone would have figured that out by now.

But I could be wrong. Science hasn't solved all our problems. Science has given us new kinds of foods, like the modern wheat types that are mostly grown in America. But I read a book, Wheat Belly, that says this new wheat is bad for us. It was developed for bigger crops not for better nutrition. Those claims are also made by science. Science is not a united source of information, but a bunch of guys (mostly) trying to outdo each other in learning new stuff, and proving each other wrong as often as discovering something cool. A lot could be learned from studying diet choices, if anyone would pay for the research, but as there isn't much money to be made in the end if they just say, "Buy local organic," no one will want to pay for it. Return on investment is too distant from the field, being mostly in lower health care costs. Yeah, I've also read Michael Pollan.

I have cleanse coming up, but it is a bit more direct. Got to get all we can out of my colon before the operation. That won't be much fun. I picked up the cleanse kit yesterday, which is why I'm thinking about it. It's the same one I had for the colonoscopy, so I know what I'm in for. Nothing red, maybe starting Sunday, and clear liquids only on Monday, before the gut mobilizer Monday evening. I bought some white cranberry juice, just on a whim, so I could have something I like to drink.

Maybe when this is over, I'll start paying attention to my diet. I'll stop eating things that might cause cancer. I hear soaking meat in beer before grilling decreases the risk of cancer. I don't think that means that drinking the beer would also decrease the risk. Too bad.