Experiences with a low residue diet.

I am wondering if anyone has had success with a low residue diet. I've tried scd and it helped to a point but it wasn't getting me where I wanted to be. I have noticed that fiber gives me trouble. Has anyone gone into remission on a low residue diet or at least experienced some positive improvements?

Welcome to the forum.

No, can't say I've had any success with low residue because most of the stuff on it I don't tolerate at all.

But I have had good results with Paleo - no grains.

Initially when I did Paleo, I only had grass-fed animal products, + fish.

Then I slowly added veggies (steamed), then salads.

 

I've been sticking to a low residue diet while I'm in my flare. It works two ways for me: (1) no roughage to make my symptoms any worse than they already are, and (2) there's less poop to make me miserable. Makes flares more bearable, although it doesn't put me in remission on its own.

I eat low residue when I am my sickest. I stick to homemade mashed potatoes, chicken noodle soup, applesauce, jello, stuff like that

During a flare (where I have symptoms), it helps a lot to eat low residue/low fat diet.
I usually eat low fat chicken fillet, breast (no skin), white fish, tuna, tofu, soy milk, cooked apple (no skin), pumpkin/yam/squash without skin, ripe banana, canned fruit, rice, white bread (no whole wheats!)miso, soy sauce, honey, udon noodles...etc. Eating beans, shirmp, whip cream, cheese I found not very good during flare and my symptoms worsen. Also anything spicy like ginger, garlic, black pepper, chili, coffee, tea, but lots of luke warm water I found to be good. I know its not low fiber but throughly cooked brocoli and soft cooked carrots I found to be very soothing and nutricious. The worst thing I can eat is beans...any beans I can have more blood in my stool... When I am in remission I can eat more fiber like cabbage, raw veggies except raw onions/leeks. My doctor told me to eat more fish than meat.
When I was in flare, tofu I couldnt tolerate...maybe its the fat that is the problem with soy.

Is cyclosporine working? When I was reducing steroid, cyclosporine was another med. dr was gonna put me on, but by injection right? How is cyclosporine taken? He said he knew I hated keep coming back to hospitals so injection or IV form would not work for me...so now I take Prograph in capsule form. They have to measure my blood level so its at the right level, and check my kidney function and other level so that I am ok, but how is cyclosporine taken, does Dr. have to test you for blood level too?

Prograph is in capsule form as well. Yeah I hated steroid to the point I told doctors I dont want to ever be on steroid. If Prograph fails or if my kidney gives up on me, next step is surgery...so I am interested in FMT. The problem is the donor...