烹饪与Crohn's: A Chef With IBD Shares His Best Advice
Living with IBD can make eating a daily challenge—but it didn’t stop this man from making his passion for food a career.
Growing up as38岁的青少年患有克罗恩疾病，38岁的人觉得他的道路很清楚：他将成为一个社会工作者，帮助别人他自己的医疗团队帮助他处理慢性疾病的方式。但在该领域13年艰难的岁月之后，Ryan准备好变化并追求他真正的激情：烹饪。
Cooking with a chronic digestive disorder? If you think that sounds tricky, you’re right. But Ryan’s health experiences blended with his food-is-fun attitude have paid off, and he’s now working as a full-time private chef in Chicago with the company he co-founded, Nude Dude Food (yep—their standard uniform is pants and an apron with no shirt underneath).
And not only is Ryan sharing delicious-but-healthy food with the people of Chicago, but he’s using his many powers for good in other ways, too. Every summer, he volunteers as mental-health director at Camp Oasis, a camp for kids with IBD.
We sat down with Ryan to ask him all about his life with Crohn’s and how it's influenced his path as a chef and beyond.
HealthCentral (HC): You’re a Crohn’s patient和a chef. Has living with Crohn’s had any impact on your decision to work with food?
Ryan Van Voorhis:I wasn’t always a chef. I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease in high school, and after many years of treatment, I decided to pursue a career in social work and therapy to give back to others who were suffering, similar to the professionals who helped me through my worst times.
"Not only did cooking healthy meals improve my Crohn’s, it also improved my mental health by serving as a creative outlet."
直到13年后，当我被视为我认为职业变化的社会工作，我被身心和精神上被烧毁。我学会了在父母的早期烹饪基础知识，一旦我被诊断出患有Crohn，健康和健康对我来说更重要。烹饪健康但美味的饭菜是我成年生活中非常热衷的东西。不仅烹饪健康的膳食改善了我的克罗恩，它还通过作为社会工作者的职业生涯作为创意出口来改善我的心理健康。
我的烹饪真的在与我最好的朋友一起赛道后真的开发了，我在高中遇到了谁。我们一起度过四个或五个小时的测试食谱，为自己烹饪多道菜饭，然后是朋友和家人，直到越来越多的人开始注意到我们的烹饪技能。
Health and wellness has always been a focus for us, but we love to be surrounded by people we love and enjoy, helping them lead a healthy lifestyle in and out of the kitchen.
HC: Chef life is notoriously stressful and hectic. Does that ever directly affect your Crohn’s?
Ryan:The beauty of being a private chef is not having to churn out hundreds of dishes a night in a crazy-hot kitchen and putting in insane hours, like most restaurant chefs. I’m grateful to be doing something I love for smaller groups of people, which allows me to focus on precise execution from the kitchen to the front of house—it’s truly a one-of-a-kind experience.
作为私人厨师并非所有的彩虹和阳光。我可能不会烹饪数百人的日子，但我触摸了我业务的各个方面，从采购成分，回答电子邮件，处理会计，擦地板。
它的不间断，这意味着我必须认识到我的健康，并确保我正在照顾自己，所以我可以在我的客户需要的水平上运行。我发现大多数早晨都有workoutincorporating cardio and weight lifting helps relieve my stress and sets me up for the day ahead.
HC：这么多IBD患者与食物有复杂的关系。你会告诉目前正在努力饮食或营养的人是什么？
Ryan:First off, consult your doctor or a dietitian. But as a chef with IBD, I get this question a lot—not only from IBD patients, but clients in general. Nowadays, there are so many food sensitivities and allergies, and we’re constantly making modifications to our clients’ meals.
"I do have to be cognizant of my health and make sure I’m taking care of myself so I can operate at the level I need to for my clients."
As for IBD patients, it can really vary, but there are some foods that cause abdominal pain, gas, and bloating that should be avoided: basically, short-chain carbohydrates and sugar alcohols, also known asFODMAPs（对于可发酵的低聚糖，二糖，单糖和多元醇而言，这是短的。识别触发食物的最佳方法是使用消除饮食，然后慢慢地将某些食物重新加入您的饮食中。
HC: What are your top meal or小吃suggestions for someone who is currently in an IBD flare?
Ryan:Every person is different, so please listen to your body and consult your physician. However, I find when I flare, eating a low-residue diet calms my gut and gets me back on track—things like bananas, rice, toast, and lots of water. It’s crucial to stay hydrated during a flare.
HC：您是否曾经考虑过专门为IBD患者创建书籍或食谱？
Ryan:We’ve definitely thought about creating a cookbook, and it’s something we may consider as we grow as a company. We use cookbooks all the time for inspiration, and I’d love to do a health-focused one for patients with IBD. I guess we’ll see what the future holds.
至于食谱，我们更好地写下它们。食谱的问题是每个人的口味都不同。我们在做饭时，我们不断添加成分和调味，以使风味完美，但它不是理想的食谱写作条件。我们正试图更好地记录我们最喜欢的美食！
如果您想了解有关Ryan和Nude Dude Food的更多信息，请在Instagram上捕获@nudedudefood和 @rvanvoorhis.
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