what foods must you avoid?

I don't avoid anything while in remission. I have always hated fatty meat so I don't eat that but I never really did, even prior to developing UC. I also don't eat processed foods much since developing UC but it doesn't cause me problems if I do eat it. I avoided coffee and soda for years and recently started drinking it with no consequences.

I don't have to avoid any food. I do have to avoid MSG and artificial sweetners, but I don't consider those to be foods.

"Diet is so very individualistic that it varies from person to person. You need to find what works for you and what doesn't. For instance I can eat Doritos while flaring or in remission but for others it kills them."



so you have no foods that you avoid ?

Soystud, The food I avoid now since I'm in remission has nothing to do with my UC. I avoid foods that aggravate my diverticulitis. And since I never really qualified for remission in the past, I can't comment on what foods I avoided. Yes, you read that right - I've had varying degrees of flares for 20 years and the "remissions" I had were very fragile ones.

There was one point where I felt like I was living on air (this is while flaring), it made absolutely no difference in my symptoms. So I pretty much decided that the whole diet modification just doesn't work for me and yes I gave it the ole college try. So, diverticulitis aside, I eat pretty much what I want except minus gluten now because of my itchies not my UC.

I eat whatever I want -- no diet mods -- as I see no discernible affect on my uc. I try to eat healthy when I can. However, I could never give up my red meat, potatoes, and nightly beer so don't even suggest such a foolish thing

Cheddar cheese is a biggie for me. Gives me a problem every single time, but I am developing a strategy for that. The last couple of times I ate pizza I had a major problem, which is really confusing to me because before that I was eating pizza a lot of all different kinds with no problems at all. Since I do eat other kinds of lactose with no problem it is not a lactose intolerance issue. I believe it is a histamine intolerance issue as cheddar cheese, pizza, and a yeast probiotic I took all gave me severe troubles. All of those are high in histamines.

Hey Gary, I was interested in your histamine story. I checked it out and it's a thing in the body. It's not something that you can avoid like a tangible thing like gluten, it's a thing in your body and it's somewhat difficult to reduce and stuff. I saw a protocol to do it, but seems indepth.

If you find a way to reduce it or whatever post it up, I wanna know also.

somedude: I'm not sure what you looked at but there are some foods that are really high in histamines and they have such a thing as a low histamine diet, just like a low gluten or gluten free diet, although I don't know if there is such a thing as a histamine free diet. I think all foods contain some amount of histamine, but there are some which carry very high amounts, including aged cheeses, pizza, yeast, and most alcohol products. It has been proven that many with UC have low levels of the digestive enzyme diamine oxidase, which breaks down histamine in the body. If you eat too much histamine and don't have enough diamine oxidase in the body then you can in effect have an overdose of histamine, which causes inflammation in the body, including the intestines and other areas. It can cause the cramping and diarrhea and inflammation associated with UC as well as regular allergy symptoms. Everyone has different symptoms, depending on how their bodies react to the histamine overdose. I have ordered some diamine oxidase enzyme and it should be arriving today. I am going to take it with meals for several days and then when I get up the nerve, put it to the test by eating a lot of cheddar cheese and see what happens. I read a lot of positive reviews of the product HISTAME (brand name diamine oxidase enzyme). I hope I'm right or I will be in for a very miserable night.

It could very well be that we have multiple triggers. Eat items A, B, & C and you have no troubles until you add D to it. Eat D all by itself without A, B, & C and you don't have any problems. And, some of the triggers, ABC or D might night even be food related but environmental or even something else like meds.

"Soystud believes that UC is linked with food intolerances and stuff and since he actually got better by cutting gluten, grains and such believes that everyone should have the same experience or close to as him, irregardless if it's gluten or some other ingredient, so when he asks:"



sorry dude, but you are 193% wrong - that is what some people believe, that is, that whatever they do, must work for everyone - not me - i honestly believe that like clouds, rain drops, and raisins, no two are even close to being alike - while there are similarities, every individual is different - even if all our body internals were the same (which i think that is pretty much impossible - twins may be an exception), environment, eating habits, drug habits, etc., would all change things - but obviously there are some common problems, i.e., gluten - it does in fact affect a lot of people - but do i think EVERYONE on this forum has a gluten issue ? i wish ! do i believe that a lot of people would be helped by getting rid of it from their diet ? absolutely ! so ya, i would like everyone to have gluten as their problem and for every single one of them to go gluten free and be rid of this crap - simple - but sadlly, it's much more complicated than that -


"so you have no foods that you avoid ?
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he's actually amazed you'd say you don't have any food to avoid. lol"

ya, i assume most people, you know just regular folks with no butt demons like us, still have some issues with some foods - so when someone on this forum says "no issues" , i am a bit surprised -

"hehehe, my interpretation of things."

well, you tried - but wrong !

do i think i've done something incredible to get where i'm at today ? geez no - i just got lucky - period, nothing more - or maybe God decided enough is enough - someday i'll know for sure and you'll be the first to hear the results -

and dude, truly, thanks for being here -

Spicy foods for me absolutely I avoid.  Lately Broccoli has been giving me some issues when it normally didn't. I avoid popcorn and nuts because they are hard to digest and the last thing I would want is pieces of kernal scraping my intestinal wall. :)

It sucks because sometimes you don't know a food is a problem until it is too late! All about trial and error.