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Posted 11/29/2009 6:08 AM (GMT 0)
I have been on drugs only since i was diagnosed, where do i start with diet changes?, does alternate medicine work for anyone?
Posted 11/29/2009 7:15 AM (GMT 0)
Check out my sig below...BTW I answered on your "help me" post as well, with details about diet.

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Posted 11/29/2009 10:47 PM (GMT 0)
I recommend a book called "The Makers Diet" by Jordan Rubin. It is not too hard too follow and I think has a lot of benefits.
Posted 11/29/2009 11:09 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Cheify -
I answered your "my story" with what I do about diet. When I'm flaring, I cut back on those "bother" foods more strictly, and when I'm in remission or even just having minimal symptoms I am more lenient with myself. Sometimes the mental boost of having a a possibly troublesome food is worth it, other times it's not!
I have always found pasta to be my friend, thought not necessarily with tomato-based sauce; rice, fish (which is my favorite food anyway!) - not shellfish, regular, fin-fish; chicken, cooked veggies - not gassy ones.
Which foods are gassy depends to some extent on what one is accustomed to. I don't find broccoli gassy because (my kids have always liked it) we've always eaten it at least twice a week. I don't eat beans often, so I find them tremendously gassy - so if and when I do have some, I take the enzymes to help with the potential gas discomfort.

I have no trouble with dairy, though many do. And - probiotics really have helped me enormously!
And, to quote those wiser than I, rectal meds are so incredibly helpful. (Sorry this thread was to be about food.....)
Your questions are great! Keep asking!
Posted Yesterday 1:46 AM (GMT 0)
The diet question is a big, big question!! That's because we have to keep eating no matter what. Also, it takes a long time to learn all about foods if you've just been eating whatever you want up to this point.

For starters I would start eliminating all processed foods. Or at least foods that have a million ingredients listed on the box. For instance ingredients on the rice I buy says: "organic basamati rice" ...and that's it!

Avoid things like soda pop, cheetos, frozen foods, processed cakes, ...and again, all things that have a ton of ingredients on them. Start looking at the labels!!

It's actually a fun hobby once you start. For instance if you buy pasta sauce and it only says: tomatos, spices, celery...etc. it should be okay. If you don't understand what the ingredient is, you probably shouldn't buy it. You may need to buy more things at health food type stores.   Also start eating vegetables!!! You can steam them so they are easy on your body; things like broccoli, carrots, spinach, also try things like fruit.  Just chew really well. 

Good luck and hope you do better,
John
Posted Yesterday 3:20 AM (GMT 0)

An antifungal diet ( includes natural foods only- NO processed foods at all or grains to start) and natural antifungals (olive leaf extract or caprylic acid) helped me get well again. I started to eat to live, not live to eat. Many veggies and berries have natural powerful health boosters. No meds or symptoms now. I also believe strongly in probiotics and I take beta glucan, an immune booster.

Stevia is not an artificial sweetener. It is an herb. I use(d) it with no problems. However, you don't have much cause to use it if you get rid of processed foods from your diet. No reason to use it on whole, natural foods (fruits and veggies) or meats/fish/poultry. You could use honey, limited, for a sweetener, as well.

Posted Yesterday 3:33 AM (GMT 0)
thanks everyone
Posted Yesterday 5:44 AM (GMT 0)
Keep a food journal.

For the first day drink only ginger tea. Do not sweeten it. Do not add milk or cream. Ginger is highly anti-inflammatory, second only to turmeric.

For the second day, eat only white rice with added turmeric powder (enough that you can tolerate) and a bit of butter (for taste). Most people don't have trouble with white rice, and turmeric is anti-inflammatory.

If you see some improvement, then add another food item to your diet--perhaps something like chicken meat. It's high in protein.

If you get worse, try a different anti-inflammatory food. Perhaps something like wild salmon.

Keep adding food items, one at a time, paying close attention to which foods bother you and which ones don't. Avoid those foods that bother you.

Some foods to look out for are:

Pro-inflammatory foods (processed foods, sweets, night shades [tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, eggplant], fried foods, spicy foods, oily foods, red meat, shell fish, eggs)
Diary
Wheat
Gluten
Yeast
Fructose

Many people swear by the spinach and sunflower seed diet. Do a search on this site (HealingWell), and you should find many posts about it.
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