Still in Remission from Spinach/Sunflower Seeds 3 Years Later

kerplunk - I wish I knew what to tell you. All I know is that it worked for me, and it has worked for other people. Since this diet hasn't been studied, I can't tell you with 100% certainty that it will work for you. I think you mentioned that you thought you were feeling better. How had your symptoms improved? I'm so surprised to hear you're having blood after not having it all this time.

I'm curious - have you stopped or tapered any medications since you started the diet?

I just wondered if the decrease in your meds may have contributed to the increase in symptoms. Something to consider. I'm glad you're willing to keep going with it, and I am so hopeful you see good results soon.

Kerplunk how long have you been on the diet?

Update day 51:

I have been doing great! I do still take my canasa but I am only taking it now 2 times a week and still have not seen any blood in a while. I am actually thinking of getting some of the natural suppositories but will wait to take them for maybe a month more or so. I am eating alot more raw salads with a mix of baby greens and spinach lately and seem to be able to tolerate it just fine. I have cut back considerably on the sunflower seed butter but eat plenty of cooked and raw spinach daily. I only eat the butter maybe 2 times a week now. I have recently decided to add fresh spinach and blueberry juice specifically to my diet which I will start tonight. I almost forgot to mention that I gained 5lbs back in the last 5 weeks!

I hope everyone is doing well!

Steve

Soy, I will find out soon enough on the taste but think it will be fine. I am not really concerned as much about taste as I am getting these nutrients in me. Spinach in raw concentrated form along with the blueberries are some of the most nutritious foods not to mention the cleansing and antimicrobial and detoxing effects they have. I think this will be the final knockout punch. I plan on eating and drinking this stuff as long as I can aford to and am physically able to..

I do beleive if there is one thing we can do to fight disease is using food as medicine and taking every step to ensure we get what our bodies require daily to ensure that the complex signaling at the cellular level happens. It all starts by feeding your cells with phytonutrients. I will rest easy knowing that I am supplying my body with what it needs on a daily basis. The rest hopefully will happen in time.

Steve

 

I think the blueberries will make it taste nice. It cant be any worst than psyllium seed powder can it? Unfortunatly some of the most nutritious things are horrible in taste.. I actually did smoothies with kale and it is much harder to break down im liquid form and the taste is not very good at all. I think the spinach will break down nicely. I plan on adding some spring water to help it mix and even read that some almond milk will not be bad. I guess I will have to see..Let me know how you make it to taste..

I start tonight.

Steve

OM, thanks I did read those in your other post which reconfirmed my marching forward with my spinach diet and of course now adding the smoothie of fresh spinach in addition. It sure looks promising to me.

Thanks

nope kiss, never added spinich to my soothee (my new word for the day

i am afraid of what might happen if i put a veggie in with my fruitie - OO -


steve - watch out for the carrageenan in store bought almond milk - that's is if you have issues with it -

Post Edited (soystud) : 12/10/2012 11:29:53 PM (GMT-7)

hey steve - the only other thing i would be careful of is the sugar in your green goodness - it has a ton - but then again, maybe sugar isn't a problem for you - it sure sounds yummy -

yes, it is from the fruit - but, sugar = sugar

Yes sugar = sugar. I feel sugar in fruits and berries and such cant possibly be bad for me. I dont have issues so I do eat them myself. As far as using refined sugar or anything but honey and stevia no way..

Soy, I stay away from coconut myself. I hope you feel better.

Steve

Post Edited (twiggs) : 12/11/2012 11:59:54 AM (GMT-7)

I am in remission and have been taking only 2 canasa a week. I havent taken asacol since the begining of last summer! I recently had a 6 month follow up with my gi and he told me since I am doing so well there is no need for him to push asacol on me if I am fine and to continue with the canasa. He did say that it made no sense that the asacol is working but he isnt gonna change something that is working for me. I did tell him all about my summer of growing the vast amounts of salad which I beleive put me in remission last summer. He brushed it off but said maybe the fiber helped..

If you didnt read my past post about this it was a great summer for me and was the first summer I ever grew this gourmet salad in my garden. I had so much of it which I was picking and eating like a few weeks into planting it that I was eating it in large amounts daily. It tasted so good and also I didnt want to waste it so I ate it till it was coming out of my ears.. I soon realized that I was not bleeding and then took a chance and went off my asacol. I did however start by taking half dose and at the time didnt take any canasa as it was prescribed to use on an as needed basis. It was like 2 weeks and I said "oh well here it goes I felt so good I stopped all meds! I lasted over 3 months! What I didnt realize it that it was late summer and my garden was petering out and my salad was the first to seed out and kinda die off. It was but 3 weeks after not eating this stuff I flared again. Keep in mind this past summer I ate and drank beer and etc like a normal person. I truely felt and mostly in my mind I was healed/cured! I realy beleived that. Then one weekend I started to feel like run down and a few days later I saw some blood. I then resumed taking my canasa which I took for about a week straight which nipped the bleeding in the bud. I then began to read about the spinach diet and started that. It was then that I realized OMG. It was all that fresh salad I grew and was eating daily that helped me! I told my wife and she was like yes thats true and right after the garden died and I then started to feel lousy again.

So here I am back in remission but still take my canasa but onbly 2 a week. I plan on trying some of those natural suppositories some of us here are trying that seem to work. Maybe I can get off meds again completely. That is my goal / plan.

Day 2 on the spinach/blueberry smoothie.

I had a perfect movement this am. It was extra hard and noticed a green color. I even noticed It had more smell to it..lol

Funny thing is that prior to getting UC I had a terrible bout of the worst gas ever for like 6 months straight. It wouldnt take much and after eating anything I would have it. Then bam UC a few months later. I havent had even the faintest smell to anything since gas or poo. I notice that alot here had experianced the same. I am wondering if there is anything we can gather from thaty in relation to this disease as it was a pre UC sysmptom..as to my post UC sysmtoms are no smell at all!



Steve

Post Edited (twiggs) : 12/12/2012 5:37:14 PM (GMT-7)

Steve I can hazzard a guess,if you had sulfur smelling gas prior to UC. My son had horrible sulfur gas
about 6 months prior to getting his UC. This might be what sets it off in some people,the hydrogen sulfide and other sulfur gases are toxic to colon cells, the cells get damaged an UC results. As to why we get an explosion of SRB's don't know, as to why there is little smell now not sure. Except that the immune sys has killed off lot of different bacteria,and or possible iron eating bacteria out compete the rest and they dont happen to make too many smelly gases.
Old Mike