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Posted 5/6/2013 10:23 PM (GMT 0)
I have been gluten free for a month, and I ate gluten yesterday and today. What is supposed to happen? :)
Posted 5/6/2013 10:30 PM (GMT 0)
i shudder to think !!!
Posted 5/7/2013 12:47 PM (GMT 0)

Tornado6 said...
I have been gluten free for a month, and I ate gluten yesterday and today. What is supposed to happen? :)

Tornado6, what happens depends entirely on whether or not you have any non-celiac-gluten issues. If you do not have gluten issues then nothing will happen, you'll eat gluten and have no adverse reactions (congrats gluten doesn't effect you!). If you have gluten issues, then there should be a negative reaction from your body which could be noticeable within hours (for some) or by your next morning bm. More immediate reactions are abdominal discomfort, cramping, bloating and so forth which are pretty hard to miss. Next morning reactions are any spike in uc related symptoms that are out of the normal, from blood, diarrhea, increased urgency, and more bms. We all have the occasional bad uc day from time to time, so I would make sure that the same exact things happens for a series of consecutive days. Eliminating gluten from your diet would be advisable if your uc symptoms are worse from it.
Posted 5/7/2013 2:35 PM (GMT 0)
Tornado6 said...
I have been gluten free for a month, and I ate gluten yesterday and today. What is supposed to happen? :)


uh, why did you go gf in the first place ?
did you suspect celiac ?
if it's a gluten intolerance, then in could take days, weeks, or in my case, months to show up -
what are you thinking ?
Posted 5/7/2013 3:16 PM (GMT 0)
soystud months.... how can you attribute something that happens months later to gluten? As months out it could be anything that's changed in your system during that timeframe (which could be a million things by then).
Posted 5/7/2013 3:34 PM (GMT 0)
soystud is sold to the underground GF movement. Whatever he says it's biased and should be taken with a grain of gluten. ;)
Posted 5/7/2013 6:24 PM (GMT 0)
Not to pick on soystud, or any of us here, but I think we all post, in part, to defend and to validate our own decision process we have made and what has worked to better our own uc. He strongly believes in his course of action and he hopes that that will help others here as it has him. And I think we all pretty much feel the same way. Of course, this disease is so individualized results will vary.

But, yeah, this thread has certainly put a testy divide between the diet vs non-diet uc subcommunity here. Somedude summed it up pretty good with the 1st reply that dieters will say because it didn't work for me I didn't do it right, or I didn't eliminate enough things from my diet for it to work.
Posted 5/7/2013 6:48 PM (GMT 0)
hey, i think with very few exceptions, most of us couldn't care less if the deal works or doesn't work for you - it works for me and that's all that really matters - i just try to share that knowledge, just like everyone here - i hope what i do helps you, but the reality is it more than likely won't -


i know it works because i've been down this road before - remember poop, i've been at this a while so i'm pretty tuned in - i was eating glutton, korn, and ryce and then got wacked with a big ass flare - i quit eating those devilish things and w/o drugs got out of the flare - evidence enough ? for me it is -

is it your magic carpet ride to health, whothefudgeknows - worth a try tho, eh ?

 

Post Edited (soystud) : 5/7/2013 3:59:00 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 5/7/2013 8:30 PM (GMT 0)
I've been gluten free for the past five weeks, and while it is a bit of a hit to the wallet, my colon is happy happy lol! I was tested twice and showed i had no intolerance. Why it helped? Who knows. But i can definitly say i am soo happy i finally gave it a try :) I still get those days every now and then where i have a bad bm day, but overall its been really helpful.
Posted 5/7/2013 10:19 PM (GMT 0)
Added to my gluten free diet were gluten free enemas and the latter is what seriously worked. I'm impressed with the smoothies that puree fruits and vegetables and make them easier to digest, but I can't say that removing gluten from the diet did anything. I'm sticking to GF, but I really wanted to believe it was doing something for the UC and it's not.
Posted 5/7/2013 11:07 PM (GMT 0)

soystud said...

uh, why did you go gf in the first place ?
did you suspect celiac ?
if it's a gluten intolerance, then in could take days, weeks, or in my case, months to show up -
what are you thinking ?

It is actually just a consequence of FODMAP elimination. Gluten is not a FODMAP, but fructans, also found in wheat, are. So I've been avoiding gluten for another reason.

The wheat fructans I ate didn't seem to produce any symptoms, but the onion fructans sure did!
Posted 9/26/2013 5:56 PM (GMT 0)
about a week into Gluten free for me- nothing to lose IMHO
Was in a mild flare at beginning- still assessing where I am this week.
a few changes I have notices:
-One BM a day (was having 3)
-D is still there (on and off)
-I really miss bread croutons, pizza and hamburgers : ) the GF stuff is not the same

Time will tell - I plan to to keep GF for 6 weeks minimum.
Posted 9/26/2013 7:50 PM (GMT 0)
Hang in there, tekkamaki. I promise that the craving for these things will lessen. You should go ahead and eat a burger with a GF bun - the joy is in the meat, right? As for pizza, do not yet eat a GF pizza, it will make you too sad. Wait another month, LOL. And croutons? You can make some good ones yourself with GF bread. GF bread is always better toasted.
Posted 9/26/2013 8:14 PM (GMT 0)
The cravings do pass. Unfortunately... 4 months + 2months of SCD didn't help me.
Posted 9/27/2013 6:20 AM (GMT 0)
"The cravings do pass"


yup, they really do - I have no desire for bread per se - I miss bread "things"

French toast
pizza
cinnamon rolls

but honestly, the longer I go without, the more it loses it's appeal - now when I think of bread, images of the big D, running, not making it, everything that make uc uc - DONT WANT IT NO MO !
Posted 9/27/2013 12:44 PM (GMT 0)
I've been on SCD for two years and I can say it helps me tremendously. But it doesn't mean I'm no longer diseased. The biggest thing is to only eat what you need. Over eating, no matter what the food, will wreck your progress. Keep in mind that SCD is more strict than just "gluten free", and it could be all the soy products in gluten free foods that is not allowing for progress. I don't know a ton about all this, but I can say that within 4 days of starting SCD, I had substantially more solid and less frequent BMs. My doctor says that anyone who goes on the diet will feel better(just because regular American food sucks) and the Lialda I take is mostly doing the work. I kinda believe him, but kinda don't. Good luck to everyone on healing.
Posted 9/27/2013 1:15 PM (GMT 0)
my feeling is it takes a while for the body to heal - anything you can do to help it along is a good thing - eliminating known or suspected offenders makes sense and I don't believe nixing gluten or soy will harm you in any way -
Posted 9/27/2013 1:21 PM (GMT 0)

soystud said...
nixing gluten or soy will harm you in any way

. It won't harm you but it might not do anything either and I for one love me some gluten. Just give gluten free an honest try for a month with a healthy bit of skepticism, and see how it goes. Reintroduce gluten and see if you get worse again. If not enjoy gluten like I do; I tried and ruled out gluten as an irritant.
Posted 9/27/2013 1:35 PM (GMT 0)
see, I tend to think long term - I don't think a month or 2 is long term in any way - I don't know when you started this thrill ride poop man, but seems like I've been at it forever - but it has been in fact almost 10 years - who's to say for some it may take years for gluten to cause damage -

my point is I don't think gluten is good for anyone - is it harmful ? only time will tell - i'm just saying if it doesn't benefit you and could harm you, give it a toss -
Posted 9/27/2013 3:43 PM (GMT 0)
My understanding is gluten doesn't harm everyone, as far as medical literature goes, and certainly that's what I've experienced myself. I think it's awesome gluten free works for you, and I think others should try it out and see if the same thing happens for them. I just always add the precaution that gluten free doesn't work for everyone, so a little healthy skepticism is good. There's a certain low percentage of the population who are Celiac and gluten is the enemy for them (eating even a small amount of it has both a quick and bad reaction; so people know if they have it). There others who have a non-Celiac gluten intolerance and they are really the one's who you are talking about here; excluding gluten has an improvement in symptoms as it is an irritant or a slight allergic reaction to gluten. It's the kind of thing eating gluten doesn't give you pain or an immediate reaction but causes inflammation or irritation throughout the gastrointestinal tract which is gradual and not as immediately apparent to the person. Then there's the rest, and majority, of the population that has no effect whatsoever from gluten; me and others here. I think a month was long enough for a sufficient test for me, I might try another test at some point, who knows. The thing is I love cookies, pizza, and beer so I'll take my chances with gluten given they seem not to bother me lol. Yeah you're my senior when it comes to uc, at this since Feb 2012 so like 1.5 years (I do wonder how you long timers put up with uc for so long; it can be hell).

But soyman, we're bound to spar over this from time-to-time because you and I have nearly polar opposite opinions on the matter. I'm a big pharma guy, you're all for natural remedies. Hey it's a weird disease where one thing works for one person, and not for another; go figure. I think it's great to have both of these points of view here and people can try out both and find what works for them. Cheers!
Posted 9/27/2013 5:17 PM (GMT 0)
No matter what anyone says, gluten is not bad for everyone and most medical experts would say that going gluten free if you don't have a gluten problem is actually bad for your health. The antigluten craze is ridiculous. That's like saying nobody should eat strawberries or peanuts because you could have an allergic reaction and die. Strawberries and peanuts are healthy for just about everyone. I agree with Ipoop.
Posted 9/27/2013 5:36 PM (GMT 0)
someone please tell me how gluten is a benefit to ANYBODY -

oh, and what medical experts and how is it bad ?

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