UC in remission for years due to veggie juicing

 Hi all,I havent been here in a long time but I feel I was brought here by fate .Ive had uc since I was 14 now 37 and let me tell ya I have been through hell with this uc from 14 to age 20 Im sure anyone with uc knows the battle.Age 19 was my worst flare up ever where I almost died,I was 119pounds and 5'8 and my sking was pale as a ghost.Once I got better from being at nyc hospital and took predisone for a short time but stayed on the asulfazine about 12 pills a day and also took folic acid also while I changed my diet to a more healthy one cause I had no choice in the matter things got better many years with very small flare ups here and there.I stayed away from fast food,soda,dairy,chocolate candies,candy,junk food,fried food,liquor,smoking and trying not to be stressed out so I would try to think positive.I ate boiled cabbage,broccoli,green squash,quaker old fashoned oatmeal,warm cream of buckwheat cearel,boiled eggs and I drank apple juice and water.I also went to the health food store to find more healthy food and snacks.I also stayed away from sugar and enriched flour white bread.I ate whole grain bread or wheatless bread.I had soymilk and soy ice cream dairy-free.I did this from the fall of 1991 at age 20 to 1999 with a flare up in 1996 very mild and fixed fast and another flare up at 1998 but was cleared up quick.I then saw the juiceman jay kordich on tv speaking about making fresh vegetable juices with a juice machine and I bought it fast and he said dont cook the vegetables instead drink them especially cabbage and the green veggies like cabbage,broccoli,green squash,spinach,celery and mix carrots etc.I started doing the cabbage the most and my stomach was feeling better and better.I juiced all these veggies and my bowel movement were better then ever.I was still on the asulfazine reduced over the years to 6 a day and a folic acid pill.When I went for my like always colonoscopy since I was 14 and taking my pillss since 14 the doctor said he is going to lower my pills to 4 a day then as time went on after a year of doing this juicing my doctor said what ever your doing keep it up and he took me off the meds completely.It was 2002 and no more pills.I have been doing great ever since.It worked for me,it might not work for everyone but it worked for me.Now I still juice my vegetables but its better to juice them then to eat them cooked cause alot of the cooked takes away much of the life of the veggie.Eating them raw is great to but I would rather drink them and have it soothe my colon and do well for me.I hope this true story helps at least 1 or more persons.

Jakula, great to hear that juicing worked well for you.

Juicing veggies has helped me a lot too. I was juicing a bag of spinach and a handful of carrots everyday for breakfast. It's a great energy boost and excellent source of nutrition. Also, I was putting the juice through a sieve before drinking so that I was only taking in juice and no residue.

Apetro, stool color turning green if you're eating or drinking a lot of green veg isn't necessarily a bad thing, and is probably expected.

Frankly I'd rather have surgery than eat raw foods my whole life.

qazwsx12,

If you get on a raw food diet, you don't need to stay on it your whole life. I think that goes for most of the diets that many of us are trying. Once you get into remission, you can start adding in other foods gradually.

But I can relate to what you're getting at, as the raw food diet seems like one of the toughest diets to stay on.

I would like a bit more info as well. Perhaps a book recommendation and a juicer recommendation and some techniques that work well with flare ups.

Im afraid that you do need to be on a raw food diet. for the rest of your life. If you dont then the desiese will come back. As these are the foods that cause the deseiase in the first place. Im trying to be vegan but I do occasionly eat lock salmon. It is hard but at the moment I cant even use my asacol at night only occasionaly. Its because my body just doesnt need it. At the moment my colon is happy. Im just trying to get the rest of me to cathch up. for some reason when I was not on raw foods i had a feeling I would get cancer, but at the moment that feeling is gone. I strongly suggest tring this diet. and buy Paul Nisons book. Its all about jucing and raw foods. For most apperantly not for all this will work. Lets see what happens to me?

Quincy- don't even start! I've been avoiding these types of diet/food related posts entirely the past month or so, all the while shaking my head in disbelief & biting my fingers to keep from typing something offensive! Just back away, slowly........

To all Im not saying I am a vegan,all Im saying is right now Im in remission and feeling the best ever.I dont eat my veggies,I drink them its much faster and the goodness of the juice gos right into my bloodstream in minutes and it soothes my stomach and colon.I now eat a regular dinner like spagetti and turkeyballs with sauce,meatloaf and mash potatoes.I sometimes have fast food once in a while.I also drink soymilk with my cearel and cookies and cake.but I do all this in moderation,I got to know when to stop eating to much of the tasty stuff.I juice in the morning or afternoon like a 24 to a 32 ounce glassof cabbage juice with spinach etc.When I eat some junk food,if my stomach is bothering me a little I get a bunch of spinach and some green squash or broccoli drink it down and I feel secure.The juiceman jay kordich says you can drink your juice while you eat if you like.great to here many of you are interested in this veggie juicing.If I had a flare up this is what I would do I would get a head of cabbage juice it and drink it,then a few hours later I would get 1 or 2 or 3 bunches of spinach and mix it with about 4 or 5 green squash and gulp it down.They say big gulps helps you drink it faster then sitting there drinking sip by sip tasting every green taste cause it can taste pretty yuki drinking it slow.Its also good to mix carrots into your juice to better the taste even apples.books Fresh Vegetables and Fruit Juices
by Dr. Norman W. Walker.The juice machine I have been using for 2 years now is the BREVILLE JUICE FOUNTAIN,I bought it in macys for 140.00 marked down from 199.00.Its the best one Ive ever had.good luck to ya feel free to ask more questions,Ive been through alot med free

I totally agree Peety, Qazwsx..... to me, I'd take an ileo or jpouch ANY DAY over eating raw foods the rest of my life. Or being on SCD the rest of my life. Or the Makers Diet. Or any restricted diet! Now that's infringing on your lifestyle....