Thanks very much. Huel helps with the symptoms for a very simple reason. It provides solid nutrition that is consistent and it does not promote inflammation. I do not thing Huel and water is necessary for everyone, but I
had tried a lot of diets and exclusions that never worked, so I used it as a diagnostic step. Eliminate everything unnecessary, drink Huel and water and pay attention to what happens. I did not expect it to work that fast though, so it was overwhelming. It really helped me understand for certain about the inflammation, but I had not really understood how far outside of the digestive tract it had gone. Another present from Crohn’s, if that is it.
Whatever it was, I went to them for help, and I do not know why they did not check for obvious clues. One of the signs gastroenterologists could look for would be visual indicators for inflammation. Swollen eyes are a possible complication of Crohn’s. My Mother tried going on Huel and water last week, and she also said he vision improved and she had not realized all the swelling. She is eighty and has a host of issues at that age. She says she could only sit around for a month. I bought her some Huel and today she was digging potatoes out of the ground, her vision improved and she is feeling better in many ways, including the GI issues. She is not quite there yet, but getting close to similar results to my own. She was never diagnosed beyond it being colitis, but somehow she got a more accurate diagnosis without trying, and I was stuck with the IBS for years, basically making my condition worse by taking some of the medications and following diets that would never work.
All I know for sure is most of the suffering was from the massive systemic inflammation I had, whatever the cause. Once that subsided, I felt much better, but do still have something in there. Going on the Huel diet made it go from a dragon to a mouse though, so it barely phases me. I made an excruciatingly lengthy and overenthusiastic post when I realized what happened. I literally had some difficulty mentally processing such good results after a fifteen year struggle and more tests that I can count, so please forgive the excessive enthusiasm in the post.
I think another key benefit is simply calories. People suffering with IBS or IBD become leery of food, so we eat less and then our body has even less energy to fight. My realy improvement was going above my minimum needs per day. That is when the body starts really repairing, from what I observed.