Dairies and wheat, are they common triggers?

I haven't knowingly had wheat in 2 years, just didn't want it bad enough to risk poor results. But dairy...especially ice cream, that is my weak point some days, but I know what will come of it, gas and some D the next day. I have discovered that taking 1 Gas-X at bedtime will lessen the symptoms.

Also discovered that only vanilla Breyers or Hagen Das is what I should eat, when I veer off into Chocolate worse things happen. It may not be the chocolate per se as much as the "other" ingredients. Breyers Natural Vanilla with only 4 ingredients and nothing else is best for me.

Weirdly, butter doesn't seem bad for me or super sharp cheddar cheese (small amounts). I'm still not sure what that's about, the lactose or the casein or something else. I've stopped trying to "name" things, just avoid specific foods. Oh and I NEVER eat ice cream outside the house, not worth the stress of dealing with it.

tournevice:

I've been gluten free for about a year and will not knowingly go back to eating gluten products. My symptoms improved greatly as the gluten got out of my body. Not just my GI system, but my joint pain and fog brain and anxiety got much better as well.

I never eat ice cream!! I've given up cheese, and yogurt/kefir sadly. I've known that all dairy makes me much worse for a long, long time. Intensifies gas, bloating, diarrhea, mucus....the whole shebang. I can tolerate a smidge of butter and I still use real half and half in my ONE cup of coffee each morning as I can't tolerate anything artificial in my drinks. I should probably give that up, but this last year has been about giving up so much that I just haven't reached that place yet.

Good luck trying to figure it all out. But really, if I were you, I'd just skip dairy all the way until this flare is quieted down. Hey, its just a suggestion. An MD I once knew told me that when my kids are sick with D, then take away all dairy until 24hrs after the last episode of D and or vomiting. There are very specific reasons for this physiologically and if you want to know more, I can see if I can remember the details.

never for me, but I do get gas from dairy if I have too much.
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Yes I also have eliminated foods, I am caffeine free, dairy free especially cheese but use a little margerine, red meat and pork free, deli meats free, condiments free, juice free apart form either carrot or spiralina, ginger and honey liquid jelly tea from a chinese shop is good for your bowel, sugar free, shell fish free, microwave free, no tinned or canned fish, vegetables or fruit.  I use filtered water, fresh organic where possible fruit and veg, chicken, turkey and fish.  Drink alot of Rice milk and use some supplements a naturopath put me on to help with rejuvenating the bowel.  Make my own Tahini or guacamouli for a treat. I am also medication free and in remission.

Good luck I think if it works for you do it, you know your body better thatn anybody else.

mum of 3

Australia

 

I've never really liked milk/milk products to begin with (except yogurt), so I can't say much about whether or not that's a trigger for me. But wheat/gluten seems to be. I didn't even realize it until going on SCD - I thought I'd indulge a little over the holidays, and wow... did that cause some problems! So I've officially cut it out of my diet. Apparently most people are somewhat wheat/gluten intolerant anyway.

oh alinus what a great idea!
Thinking about it never had any problem with 3 to years old cheddars!
And probably you end up eating less and its more tasty anyway!

great tip thanks

Ive had Ulcerative Colitis for over 10 years and have been able to eat whatever I want without flare-ups unless I over-indulge in things. These are some of the foods I over-indulge in and noticed reactions to:

1. Big, Huge Meals
2. Raw Vegetables like Broccoli or Carrots or Fruits like Apples
3. Chocolate
4. Junk Food (including over-indulging in chips, brownies or donuts, ice cream, etc.)\
5. Caffeine!


The funny thing about this disease is that some days a certain food will cause reactions and some days, that same food won't.

After a recent flare-up that I believe started from stress (car broke down, work stress), I began taking steroids once again. After I was wanned off the steroids, I started on probiotics for a few days and noticed a small improvement straight away and then I thought I would try gluten-free diet this year. I have been on a gluten-free diet for the past 2 1/2 weeks and have not noticed any difference yet. Does anyone know how long it usually takes for a gluten-free diet to kick in? Its almost not worth the trouble of buying expensive food and giving up the foods I enjoy when I am not seeing any difference. People always mention these Gluten-Free diets and SCD Diets, but I have never had a problem with bread-like substances...in fact, sometimes they were my comfort food when I wasn't feeling too well.

Saying that, I think it all depends on the person and their body. Try it and if it works for you, great! If not, then try to do research into something to try that might work for you. Think about when you first started to notice your symptoms (i remember starting to show symptoms for my disease during a stress-ful time I was in and every time I have flared-up, it has been during a stress-ful time).

I'm not happy on the gluten-free diet but am sticking with it for a little while longer just to make sure. Hope you find something that works for you....hope and pray that we all do!

deepblue sea,

Yes, eating grains will promote leaky gut syndrome which can lead to a phletera of auto-immune diseases including UC,Crohns, etc.... slippery slope :(