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Posted 4/25/2017 10:27 PM (GMT 0)
So this seems totally counterintuitive. I had a fairly long remission period from 2000 to 2006. I relapsed in 2006 and haven't been right more/less in the last 10 years or so.

I never even thought about this, and maybe it's a complete coincidence, but I gave up soda because of all the sugar and health risks in 2006 after drinking it fairly regularly.

Fast forward to last week and a friend had a Coca Cola slurpee they brought over and I just couldn't resist and drank the last half of it. But oddly the next few days my gut was doing ALOT better and I hadn't really changed anything else.

Could it be my bad gut bacteria could be suppressed by drinking soda?
Posted 4/25/2017 10:34 PM (GMT 0)
Ha! I have read that it's incredibly acidic - I doubt it heals UC or kills all of your bacteria - but I will tell you that caffeine free Coca Cola is the ONE thing that quiets my tummy when it's unhappy. It's literally like medicine for me, and has been for years. I drink one every day, sugar be darned. And yes, I'm sure it's a bit of a placebo effect - but it stops nausea or general indigestion in its tracks for me.
Posted 4/25/2017 11:02 PM (GMT 0)
unlikely sugar because sugar is in so much stuff.

could be carbonic acid, but a few experiments with diet coke an soda water would provide more info
Posted 4/26/2017 1:46 AM (GMT 0)
Hah! This is so good to hear because I have been craving pepsi the last few days! I was never a big soda drinker but sometimes a nice cold Pepsi with lots of ice would stop a headache in its tracks. I knoiw it wasn't the caffeine because coffee didn't work. Nor was it the coldness because any other icy cold drink didn't work either. When I get it entyvio headache next week imay give Pepsi a try!
Posted 4/26/2017 2:11 AM (GMT 0)
don't know the why slayer, but i say screw the rules and down that Coke !
Posted 4/26/2017 2:13 AM (GMT 0)
Yeah soynomore!! Coca Cola Time!! smile
Posted 4/26/2017 10:02 AM (GMT 0)
Could be entirely coincidental or could be something, who knows. Try again and see if it's a repeatable thing or just a one-off. Uc is a funny thing that responds in funny ways. Another poster a few years back said their gut particularly loved popcorn. My gut likes crap food; sodas, fast food, etc. I know the gospel here is healthy eating is the path to enlightenment but not for all of us lol. I try and limit junk food to just an occassional treat mostly because i don't want to be beachball shaped.
Posted 4/26/2017 12:21 PM (GMT 0)
Well back in the day, when I was a kid coke syrup was a home remedy for upset stomach, which might
have been a carry over from when it actually contained cocaine.

Anyhow regular coke is extremely acidic carbonic acid and phosphoric acid, which will increase
your stomach acidity,and help digest stuff in the stomach.

It seems to help dissolve phytobezor's which is a fiber mass that is not dissolved.
Perhaps you are low on stomach acid, and adding regular coke is helping out with digestion,
or all the excess acid is getting through and changing bowel ph.
Old Mike



www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2258404/How-doctors-using-Coca-Cola-treat-painful-stomach-blockages.html

perhaps you have stumbled onto something, all the carbon dioxide will kill aerobic bacteria
it was used for colitis years ago, I will look for more info this is from 1914

/books.google.com/books?id=icfzKTl2V_oC&pg=PA207&lpg=PA207&dq=carbonic+acid+colitis&source=bl&ots=g7x3Bs79Ku&sig=BGyyHqLyfYOw1qUFAuHBZT5F_DY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwivk63Ql8LTAhWM4iYKHVj2DKYQ6AEIIzAA#v=onepage&q=carbonic%20acid%20colitis&f=false

Post Edited (Old Mike) : 4/26/2017 7:05:01 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 4/26/2017 1:02 PM (GMT 0)
Horse colitis.
A possible alternative to coke, might be just plain carbonated soda water, no suger no phos acid.
Old Mike
www.vetfolio.com/internal-medicine/acute-colitis-pathophysiology-and-noninfectious-causes

Post Edited (Old Mike) : 4/26/2017 7:59:03 AM (GMT-6)

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