Raw food diet

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has had any success while being on a raw food diet? I want to make some big changes to my diet but am trying to figure out which way to go. I have read cases of raw foods curing people's colitis but it's hard to tell if it's true or if they are just trying to sell some product. Any info on this would be great! :)

Hi,
I am going through the same thing now and it sucks. I have been on a "special" diet for five days now, but still have to go but not as much. I tried organic green and still goes right through me.

I really have to watch the amount of raw fruits and vegetables that I consume. I can barely tolerate raw veggies and can only tolerate a few fruits in moderation. I could never make it on a raw foot diet as I get terrible left sided pain if I have too much raw. I do however try to stay organic and stay away from processed foods as much as possible. I have recently been making smoothies to try to increase my fruit and protein intake.

The folks that tout raw food diets are sincere. They're not trying to sell you anything because they don't stand to benefit financially from you switching to raw food. However, raw food can be extremely tough on a compromised digestion, as you can tell from the posts above. Juicing is the only way you might get around this, but it's not something I've ever been willing to attempt.

I am eventually going to see a nutritonist in my area who works with IBD patients and also regular people. I think this would be the safest route to go. I wouldn't try any fad things that are out there, too risky in my opinion.

Canman,

To give you a more balanced viewpoint food and diet have had a big factors in getting my UC under control. I don't use a raw food diet. I eat a blanaced diet and stay away from the foods that give me trouble namely sugar, red meat and carbonated drinks. Have they cured my UC? Probably not. But diet control and stress reduction have done more for me than the fumblers (ie the medical community) ever suggested.

Experiment. You've nothing to lose!

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You'd think raw food diet was bad for UC. But it's actually not so bad, even when you first start.

Yes, it passes through you. But after a few days you can almost time it when it will come out after you eat it. First part of the diet is all just juicy type of fruits, no roughage or veggies unless it's juiced. So it doesn't hurt your colon flowing through it. You get tons of energy even though when you try getting used to the diet it feels like you're starving (kind of hard to stick to the diet because of the first week hump of that starving feeling.)

If you're bleeding and want to get it under control, this diet seems to help for that. I know alot of people think "Oh man, this wouldn't work I can't digest that stuff" well obviously not, none of us can. But that's not the point. We can barely digest anything, so don't knock it till you try it out for atleast a week or two and see how much better you feel and how much less bleeding you have.

The first time I tried this diet I only tried it for a week and was too hungry so I gave in and had some sandwhiches and for the first day or so after that I had clean formed BMs. Took a day or so until it got messy again and started to have problems and going more often than just eating the stuff that passes through you.

So I can honestly say, if you want to try it. It's not nearly as bad as you would think, long term it could have a healing effect. I'm back on the diet for about a week and a half now. I'll be sure to make a topic after I give it a nice long run. The one good thing about the diet is you can eat all the dates you want for a meal :D Those things have alot of fiber so it gives you a longer time before it comes out.

Just be careful with cabbage, especially raw, it's one of the hardest veggies to digest....can cause alot of gas because of this.


:)