Your most irritating foods

A lot of people have mentioned food diaries and the like but I've noticed very little in the way of specific foods that seem to make much of a different to my symptoms. Foods that sometimes caused me to have a bad reaction before UC and/our outside of flares, such as spicy Asian and Mexican dishes, still have the potential to make things worse, but other than that I've not noticed much. One of the few things I do stay away from these days is popcorn - it seems like the little hulls in it really irritate my colon. On the bright side you can purchase hulless popcorn though I've yet to try any myself.

What are some of the specific foods that you stay away from because they noticeably upset things (as opposed to a diet your on, etc.)

I'm asking both out of curiosity and because I'd like to know about some specifics to be on the lookout for.

When I'm flaring, salad and coleslaw. When I'm not flaring, they're OK. My GI once said to me, "I want you to eat your veggies well-cooked" - but when I'm in remission, I can stray from that.

Popcorn is the ONLY food my son's pedi GI prohibits - and he can eat it in remission.

for me it's chinese food which i used to love but it does not love me any more.

I have gotten sooo much better in the 4 months since I started diet modification that I can eat some things that I could not eat previously. So what do I list?
Here is my current DON'T EAT list: gluten, grains of any kind including corn products and oatmeal, dairy (except for hard aged chese like swiss and cheddar), starchy vegetables such as potatoes, fruit and fruit juices (tart berries like blueberries are OK), fructose and FOS, sugar of any kind except honey, no canned vegetables, no tomato sauce even homemade, no artificial anything. No alcohol. There may be more but this is what comes to mind right now.

When I eat out I stick to steak or broiled fish and salad (oil & touch of vinegar).

I can't tell you how much better my colon has gotten since January. I am pretty close to 100% better (with less drugs and reducing more).
I am a believer in diet controlling UC.

Wow, on one hand I feel lucky to have not noticed many foods that bother me but on the other it would be nice to cut out certain foods and make myself feel better when flaring. I'm feeling a lot better on my current "eat nothing" diet but the jury is still out on how effective it ultimately is. Given that I'm eating nothing inflammatory, spicy, no meat or dairy, and no gluton it kind of covers all of the typical bases. I'm eating (drinking) a tasty apple/mango/banana smoothie right now.

Alcohol is one I should put on my list. It seems to do a number on my gut when I'm flaring. I'm glad I'm not a big drinker as it is. ;)

Artificial sweetners...and i have been staying away from raw vegs. nuts, seeds, and going light on the dairy since i have been trying to get over this flare and tapering the prednisone. When i am in full remission i eat usually anything. Which i miss!! Especially a good salad or a big glass of milk YUM!!

Artificial sweeteners, especially ones that end in "itol," HFCS, foods high in fructose.

Spicy food, which makes me soooooo sad! Sometimes I request medium at my local thai restaurant (thai town in los angeles, authentic thai hot) which at this place is still REALLY spicy, but I know I'll pay the price. Still, gotta do it every now and then...

Also, beer or anything carbonated, even mineral water is a total trigger for me.

"Japanese" hibachi foods, even when I'm not flaring, are murder for me 80% of the time, which I find odd since I can usually eat Chinese without incident. Could be the teriyaki sauce or something, I don't really know. Maybe it is related to MSG... though I also tend to overeat when I eat that stuff since they give you such massive portions. I've also long suspected I might be sensitive to dairy in general but I'm not even close to 100% sure on that. I'm actually having a real hard time today, suddenly out of the blue, and I haven't eaten *anything* but a few select fruits and veggies in two weeks or so now. This disease is so darn frustrating. :(

This just goes to show that everybody isn't the same.

I use about 20 ounces of milk and 2TBS of natural peanut butter in my shakes and doesn't bother me at all.

Also I eat dry roasted walnuts everyday along with cheese and neither one of them bother me either.

Like already mentioned spicy foods kill me which is why I run from them. I don't eat junk carbs, only complex carbs so I'm not even sure what they would do to me. On a side note sweet potatoes bother my stomach also. The sorbitol from my sugar free syrup was bothering me also.

Oddly enough certain vegetables bother my stomach, but I can eat a 30 ounce porter house steak and it does nothing to me.

Asparaus and carrots rip my stomach up. Of course I love eating them but its not worth the risk.