Brian Austin Green Decided to Change His Diet After Losing 20 Lbs Amid ‘Rough’ Ulcerative Colitis Diagnosis: ‘Such a Battle’
usmagazine.comA necessary adjustment. Brian Austin Green is using his recent health issues to make a major life change.During an interview on Good Morning America, which aired on Thursday, May 19, Green recalled the “real rough experience” of dealing with ulcerative colitis.“Sharna [Burgess] had never experienced it at all,” the actor, 48, said during the joint interview, while the Dancing With the Stars pro, 36, added, “I didn’t realize how debilitating it was until I saw him and watched weight drop off him.”The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum noted that he lost around 20 pounds while battling the illness last month.
For Burgess, who is pregnant, Green’s symptoms “scared” her because she didn’t know what to expect. “Not having experienced this type of thing before, and still learning, I was supportive and loving and [like], ‘I’m here for you,’ and internally fearful for how long does this go on for?” she explained.The Anger Management alum, for his part, revealed that the health scare was a wake-up call. “I try and avoid gluten and dairy as much as possible,” he said on Thursday. “It’s really just dietary, like, as long as I can keep things within my system that my body doesn’t think I’m poisoning it with, then it doesn’t fight back.”Green continued: “I would eat food, and literally it was like, my body didn’t process any of that.
So then, when you start playing catch up with, like, staying on top of being hydrated enough, that’s such a battle.”According to Mayo Clinic, ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory bowel disease that “causes inflammation and ulcers” in a person’s digestive tract.
It affects the “innermost lining” of the large intestine and rectum.The California native previously got candid on social media about being “bedridden”
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