views on foods

foods won't make your flare worse, but that doesn't mean that some foods won't agree with you.

Tapering prednisone always seems to have regression...

What symptoms are you having?

What are e numbers in foods? or what does e stand for?
q

I wouldn't say covering up...it's probably shut down your cortisol production and you aren't producing enough to compensate when you taper.

I would urge you to get on rectal meds.

q

p.s E numbers

like artificial adiditives and preservatives

x

yes ive been on enemas before. they worked the first course then didnt.

was just double checking

yes thanks I am doing reasearch. I am not long diagnosed. infact still waiting on my biopsy results to be sure.

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laura_aimie said...
hi, been syptom free for 2 weeks, on pred. taperin, at 30mg now.
last night woke up sore tummy 2BM's first signs of anything since ive had it and on steriods.

only things i ate different before last night were peppers, and a had a cake with the smallest amount of coconut.

anyone have trouble with these foods? also could be e numbers in the cake?

or could be tapering and my symptoms are just coming back.

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Hello Laura,

We as humans are so far from our natural diets, I wouldn't know where to begin. Coconuts are natural but coconut icing on cupcakes is not. It's great that you are someone who is willing to do their own research. I highly recommend Aajonus Vonderplanitz's books, "We Want to Live," and "The Recipe for Living Without Disease." These books will teach you about our most natural diet and how you may be able to get into remission and be drug-free. (Check out my signature)

You're having symptoms again as you taper down off prednisone because your colitis is not controlled. You will need to find another method of controlling inflammation. Depending upon where in the colon is inflammed (how extensive), you will need to add another form inflammation (either treating from the top down or the bottom up). You should discuss these symptoms with your physician right away and based on your scope results another form of treatment can be started.

 Many on this forum (myself included) advocate probiotics and/or dietary modifications. I would suggest looking into VSL #3 Probiotic and reading about Elaine Gottschall's Specific Carbohydrate Diet. These have been very helpful for me and I wish I had the opportunity to explore these options early on in my diagnosis.

35 yo male

In remission

SCDiet/VSL#3

yeh im keepin a food journal, have since this started. But i havent had much trouble except the other night.

i dont even no if im flaring or not. hoping my symptoms stay away as i taper.
but in my head im flaring but the steriods are giving me a sort of false wellbeing.

i had a night with a sore tummy before and i had a store bought cake that night too. so im more inclined to think e numbers...

my cousins runs his own shop and brings us in hard to resist cakes

but i think il leave it from now on lol

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aww goood glad to hear it, maybe I will be ok with most foods too, im hoping so.

i couldnt give up what most people on here do

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exactly. Im more of the kind of person that would see how it goes for me instead of following diets and cutting out things unneccesarily. but thats not to say I wouldnt try in the future if my way doesnt go well.

I just dont want UC to control my life anymore than it has too.

good idea about trying it at weekends when im off and stuff, so simple yet didnt really think about it. thanks

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My 2 cents on this, based on my research. We definitely have a compromised barrier / leaky gut, so our bodies are definitely reacting to food. Most people react to gluten, but everyone's immune system is different, so different people react to different foods. If one is on any medication that depresses the immune system (steroids, imuran, 6 pm, remicade, humira), she/he will not feel the reaction - that's the whole point of the immunosuppressants and immuno-modulators.
In addition, lots of foods are inflammatory.

The hardest parts are

1) figuring out the reactive foods, although it's easier for the ones that take no medication or only anti-inflammatory drugs and

2) sticking to a diet. It's incredibly hard and requires the strongest will, especially when one has to work, commute, take care of a family etc.

My example - I can have tons of 24-hour yogurt, raw honey, homemade (soaked) beans, rice and corn with no problems, but I react to a teaspoon of sugar, a slice of bread or a 1/4 cup of milk.

Pizza is not human food, neither is beer.

Humans were never meant to eat grains. We do not have gizzards.

Raw meat, fat, raw dairy, raw eggs are what is best for us. Some fruits and vegetables can be used for medicinal purposes. Vegetables are not completely digested by humans. We don't have the enzymes to break down the cellulose. It is best to juice them. (This clears out heavy metals too.)

Beans are not meant for humans either.

By the way, I don't miss anything on my diet. I can even eat ice cream if I want to. I just have to make it myself. That garbage they sell as ice cream in the stores can't compare to it. Mine is made with raw honey and raw cream, and whatever flavor of fruit or cacao or vanilla if you want. This woman who is on the same diet makes Neapolitan, and it is the best ice cream I have ever had.

beachlife said...
Ok Primal. I'll bite. Care to share this ice cream you make? Is it dairy? I haven't had real ice cream in years. If you can share the recipe, I'll make it and report back if my body can handle it

I didn't mean to tease you, but it doesn't work that way. You can't just eat the ice cream and be okay. You have to go on the diet and re-establish your gut flora. Read Aajonus's books, "We Want to Live" and "The Recipe for Living Without Disease."

It's made with RAW dairy and RAW honey. There's a lot to the diet. It will change the way you look at food. You also have to get a raw dairy supplier. You can't keep eating grains and so called "normal" foods. That is, packaged foods you get at normal grocery stores. Although, I get most of my meat and vegetables from Whole Foods. Read the books and you'll see what I mean.

http://www.realmilk.com/where.html