I am about to change your lives

also it don't take long for me (or probably any one with UC) to get out of balance so one test does no good. If I go two or three weeks of not eating foods with beta carotene or magnesium in it my symptoms start to return. trust me, I have experimented with this. It is why I can say it works with confidence. I believe that people that have UC bodies do not regulate these nutrients properly so we have to regulate them on our own
 

Sara14 said...
Glad this has seemed to work for you, but I really don't think you can claim you have found THE cure and THE cause for UC and make such a bold statement as "I am about to change your lives."

I ate lots of spinach (almost daily) and nuts, peanut butter and carrots before I got UC. I've also had all my vitamin and mineral levels checked both pre-UC and since I was diagnosed and all my levels are normal. Have you even had tests to check if you really are/were deficient in magnesium or beta-carotene?

Post Edited (Cfromutah) : 5/22/2008 11:12:57 PM (GMT-6)

I was reading about beta carotene, and evidently the synthetic form of it doesn't work right and even increases your risk of lung cancer.
One website said that it was just as effective as vitamin E in mucosa healing. I think that might be why it works for you Cfromutah. Maybe the beta carotene is healing your gut. There was a study posted here several times that basically said if you heal the lining of the gut, no more critters will get in, therefore no more immune response.

thanks for your posts, and don't get discouraged by others, it happens. People who post a lot also think that corresponds with knowing what they are talking about. :)

I am going to start it today. What do you eat with it? Do you just open the can up and go to town?

Post Edited (DanthaMan) : 5/23/2008 7:09:10 AM (GMT-6)

I bought seven cans yesterday while I was shopping (bonus - it was on sale) and ate one (five heaping forks worth - bleh). I had no blood or mucus this morning in my single stool and it was the greenest thing that I have ever seen come out of me. Given that I have been depositing blood and mucus in every stool since February I was delighted. We will see how the following week goes with the remaining cans. Thanks for the information Colby.

WOW, this is really incredible!! I can't wait to see what everybody's responses will be.

I eat a ton of spinach every day. It has always been one of my very favorite foods. Nuts and such were also daily before UC. Now peanut butter suffices. I'm sorry to say i've never had the positive effects as discussed here. I only wish my love of spinach would help my UC.

Hi,

this questions is for PB4,

you mentioned that bee propolis has really helped you... What kind of brand do you use, because there are sooo many out there!!! Thanks:)

I'll have to wait till they make a spinach pill because I simply can't stand the stuff!

If you have a candida overgrowth - and many folks with IBD do - ingesting alot of peanut butter could make the problem worse. That's been my experience. Other nut butters - almond, cashew - could be options. You can also get sunflower seed butter at health food stores. Nut and seed butters would be easy to digest for anyone who has problems with whole nuts and seeds.

Hi! I dont eat anything with it. I eat it right out of the can.

DanthaMan said...
I was reading about beta carotene, and evidently the synthetic form of it doesn't work right and even increases your risk of lung cancer.
One website said that it was just as effective as vitamin E in mucosa healing. I think that might be why it works for you Cfromutah. Maybe the beta carotene is healing your gut. There was a study posted here several times that basically said if you heal the lining of the gut, no more critters will get in, therefore no more immune response.

thanks for your posts, and don't get discouraged by others, it happens. People who post a lot also think that corresponds with knowing what they are talking about. :)

I am going to start it today. What do you eat with it? Do you just open the can up and go to town?

princesa said...
If you have a candida overgrowth - and many folks with IBD do - ingesting alot of peanut butter could make the problem worse. That's been my experience. Other nut butters - almond, cashew - could be options. You can also get sunflower seed butter at health food stores. Nut and seed butters would be easy to digest for anyone who has problems with whole nuts and seeds.

Hmm, interesting. I LOVE peanut butter. Especially Reese's cups and the like. But I do find myself running straight to the bathroom after eating it. Even when I go to Chick-Fil-A, where they cook all their chicken in peanut oil (tastes AMAZING), most of the time it goes straight through me.

I can't resist peanut butter though, even if it does hurt me sometimes. It's just too tasty ^_^

This post is amazing.  I have thoroughly enjoyed reading all of the messages.  I have already told my wife that she needs to pick up some canned spinach the next time she goes to the store.  She just gave me the weirdest stare you could imagine.

I'll let everyone know what the outcome is!  I'll gladly trade the green coloring for some less urgency and firmness!!!  So the effects should pretty much be immediate?

I want to thank you for posting this information, and for taking the time to share with others something that you believe will help relieve suffering.

I have come across time and again information about Magnesium deficiency, which really seemed to correlate with all variety of plagues that I've had since even before I knew I had UC (one example, muscle twitches all over my body).  I have gone back and forth, kind of along the lines of what the previous poster said, thinking "well, there is not supposed to be an malabsorption per se in UC." 

Well, for whatever reason, I have really wondered about any link between what I have going on and Mg deficiency.

I will try to pick up some canned spinach and ease into it.