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Posted 10/14/2011 4:44 PM (GMT 0)
Can anyone suggest a good diet book for uc? Thanks.
Posted 10/14/2011 10:35 PM (GMT 0)
Some people like Elaine Gottschall's - "Breaking the Viscious Cycle" or Jini Patel's - "Listen to Your Gut"

I haven't read either fully but I did try the SCD diet for a couple months. I like the concept but I was in a severe flare up and didn't improve.
Posted 10/14/2011 10:47 PM (GMT 0)
The New Eating Right for a Bad Gut is good, and for recipes, What To Eat With IBD is great. Neither are proponents of any particular diet, per se, but they both have a wealth of info re. "safe" foods, things to avoid in general, foods that heal vs. foods that hurt, nutrient needs for someone in a state of inflammation, etc. There have been times when my diet has basically been limited to foods in both those books, & what I ate did not bother me even while flaring badly.
Posted 10/14/2011 11:30 PM (GMT 0)
Ive heard of raw vegan stuff helping colitis, although where I live I couldn't do the diet without going broke... Island up north, fruit is expsensive and cruddy quality :P

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Posted 10/14/2011 11:59 PM (GMT 0)
I highly recommend  What to Eat with IBD by Tracie Dalessandro.

She is a dietician  and she also has Ulcerative Colitis .So she has personal experience with the disease.  It had good advice on what to eat and has recipes in the back. I have tried several and they all tasted good and had no problems. She also give daily meal plans to try in the book.

Posted 10/15/2011 12:55 AM (GMT 0)
I'm going to check these out. Thanks everyone.
Posted 10/15/2011 1:47 AM (GMT 0)
it's not technically for U.C., but check "The China Study" out. it's an amazing book about why we get diseases and how diet is usually the number one cause. it also talks about autoimmune disorders but i haven't gotten that far yet. i'm in the process of reading it now.
Posted 10/15/2011 7:46 AM (GMT 0)
The best diet book is your own, one that was written by you. Keep a daily food journal. We all have different diets based on our digestive issues or non-issues. Listen to your body, not to someone else's.
Posted 10/15/2011 11:27 AM (GMT 0)
Sue - how true, how true. What works for one of us, doesn't necessarily work for all or even a few more. By keeping a food diary (diligently, recording every single thing you ingest, be it vitamins, to candy, to food, to beverages), a pattern will begin to form and you can pinpoint offenders and foods/beverages that soothe your gut.

I decided to google the first book mentioned, The New Eating Right for a Bad Gut. 1 reviewer on amazon said they cannot recommend the book because the author is pushing his supplements.

So buyer beware I guess. I never read a book without checking amazon for reviews. And I never rent a movie without reading reviews on IMDB!
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