Rice and your gut
Rice (or kanin) is a staple in Philippine cuisine as well as most Asian countries. But did you know that if you have Inflammatory Bowel Disease, rice may be one of the things you have to give up to allow your gut to heal, especially during a flare-up?
Tabo Appreciation Post
Tabo (also known as dipper) is essential to a Filipino bathroom. It is used for bathing and, most importantly, for making sure you execute #2 successfully, leaving your derriere immaculately clean.
The Gluten-Free Pandesal Experiment
Since I was diagnosed with colitis, pandesal was one of the Filipino foods I had to remove from my diet because it contains gluten. I do not have celiac disease, but I do have gluten-intolerance. I noticed that my body just cannot process gluten the same way it used to. Either I'd get cramps or indigestion, and I'd always end up feeling bloated.
Well hello, Colitis.
I wish we never met, but here we are – 7 years and counting. I didn't realize that you were never going away. Akala ko mawawala ka rin. It was July 2014 when I first "met" you – you revealed yourself in the most glamorous way – in the form of bloody diarrhea.