I miss Chilli in my food

My son is a hot pepper nut. Pre UC we had hot peppers in just about everything we ate. Now, no spice for me...oh how I miss it!

Spice doesn't make me flare...it just makes me miserable for a day. My advice to get your chili fix...have a spoonful to satisfy your craving then walk away. Your bod might forgive a little, but hate you if you eat a lot.

I'm fine with chili.

When I know I'm going to eat food that could be a problem, I prepare a dose of slippery elm powder (2-3 tsps mixed in a few ounces of cranberry or other juice) and drink it down before eating.
It's also my "go to" solution after the fact.

For me, the slippery elm mixture soothes the digestive tract so I use it every night before going to bed.
It's described as Nature's mesalamine at the website cureforulcerativecolitis.com
Hope this helps.

that Gary, sounds like a perfect way to start a 3 day colon rest - i may have to give it a try -

It might be worth a try to make chilli without the beans...may be easier on your system. Did I get that way wrong? were you just talking about the spice, not the dish?

about the colon cleanse, what is the purpose? Serious question.

No, you didn't get that wrong. I was talking about the dish. I hadn't had UC very long and my wife made a batch. Between the chili seasoning, beans, and a bunch of cheddar cheese, it really cleaned out my system.

Regarding the colon cleanse someone else could give you a way better answer than me because that is not my field of interest. But, I will give it a shot anyway. Someone might make corrections to my post. Generally people that believe pathogens or yeasts, etc may be at least partially responsible for UC might recommend a "colon cleanse", which generally gets rid of many toxins, pathogens, etc that are inside your system so that you can restart a more healthy lifestyle through diet changes. You get rid of the toxins first and then do diets which don't promote the life of those toxins, etc. in an attempt to at least improve your UC or possibly even "cure" it. It makes sense as long as that actually has something to do with your UC but if it doesn't you are doing it all for nothing, other than supposedly starting a newer, healthier lifestyle. Since many with UC suffer from weight loss and not being able to get enough nutrients into our systems experts often recommend against doing a colon cleanse. If I remember correctly I believe part of the colon cleanse is a change in diet followed by cleansing of the colon, followed by your new diet.

I eat a ton of it. It depends how you cook it. I usually fry it well or cook it well with lentils in pressure cooker, so no problem. It does light up tail lamp at a times but no UC symptoms as such.

If you could be more precise on how you exactly use chili, may be someone can help. I personally don't like Thai food so don't have much experience.

Since going into remission I have now reintroduced salads and jalapenos/salsa. Love the stuff. No downside. I do avoid TOTALLY the pickled peppers that I used to use in everything prior to UC.

I actually had some mild chili at my brother's recent Halloween party. I knew it couldn't be too spicy because my wife ate a bowl and she hates spicy things (she uses only the mildest salsa). Thankfully, the experience wasn't as bad as garylouisville had experienced the next morning. Instead, it only increased the urgency of my 1st poop, I had an extra poop as well (with no signs of blood or mucus), and overall it was worth it.

Maybe that's the trick is to make a real mild batch (blaspheme to some chili eaters perhaps), my bro said he made the recipe the same but without the strong peppers.

When I'm not flaring, I can tolerate chilies in all forms. Roasted, sautéed, green, red, smoked, in a sauce, dried and ground, any types are all fine.

Mexican, Thai, Indian, Szechuan, etc. cuisines are all fine. When I'm in a flare, I might as well be eating razor blades if I even consider a tiny dash of Tabasco sauce on my eggs, or a couple of mild chicken wings.

It's sad, really.

I love spicy food. Had to eventually give it up with the Crohn's, but I got back into it with the ileostomy. I'm hoping I can get back into it again with the ileorectal anastomosis. Early days, but mildly spicy seems to be okay so far - or at least not worse than everything else. Another thing which makes it hard to eat spicy food is that most ethnic dishes have loads of veggies/beans/nuts/etc. in them.

Tbh, I wouldn't care if eating something gave me diarrhoea. A bathroom trip with watery, painless diarrhoea is over in 10 seconds. I'm more scared of bleeding and abdominal pain. I never used to have pain in the past, but I do now :-(