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Posted 9/9/2017 6:10 AM (GMT 0)
I m 18 yrs old diagnosed with left sided UC 5 months ago. Currently falring up 10-15 times/ a day.cAn someone tell me the exact diet so that I could fight with this condition. I want a diet which doesnot worsen my UC flare. New to UC so please tell me Dos n Donts in this condition.




Thanxxx idea eyes
Posted 9/9/2017 3:02 PM (GMT 0)
Welcome to HWforum,

Unfortunately nobody here can predict what perfection will look like for you specifically (and sometimes even themselves). Experimentation is key.

A good place to start would be easy to digest soft foods like white rice, toast with a bit of PB or jam, mashed potatoes, applesauce, fruit juice, scrambled eggs, bananas or other seedless skinless fruits, if you can do dairy maybe some yogurt or kefir, poached or baked chicken , broiled or grilled fish, steamed or boiled veggies.....stuff like that is usually bland enough and easily assimilated.

Also, if you are going 15 times a day make sure to get extra water and electrolytes....

This is a great place for help, I know how it feels to be newly diagnosed and full of questions.
Posted 9/9/2017 4:39 PM (GMT 0)
A good place to start would be in the main UC forum page, under the heading "Ulcerative Colitis Resources." Under that heading, you will find a basic guide to the various diets touted by members of this forum over the years. You can also search "UC diet" in the search tab and find pages and pages of discussions regarding diet and inflammatory bowel disease. It is a much debated topic.
Posted 9/9/2017 6:29 PM (GMT 0)
Are you on any meds?
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Posted 9/9/2017 7:12 PM (GMT 0)
My doctor has prescribed me with 3.6 gm of oral mesalamine, 100 mg of azathioprine , folic acid , vitamin b12 and calcium. 5 months ago after being diagnosed with UC(through colonoscopy and biopsy report) my doctor started a dose of omnacortil steroid(prednisolone) 20 mg but has tapered and tstopped its dosage last week. I wanted him to continue it because it was still keeping my BMs 5-6 times a day . Before stopping it I was taking it 5 mg/day..
And thankss all of u for replying and helping me in this condition. I wanted someone with same condition to talk eith me and help me fight this disease.

Thanx again.
Posted 9/10/2017 5:34 AM (GMT 0)
Google IBD-AID. This diet has some research behind it, and is a good place to start.
Posted 9/10/2017 11:38 AM (GMT 0)
I find limiting my food intake while I'm flaring to. E really helpful in giving my bowel a rest and reducing frequency. When flaring, I don't eat during the day (which isn't that hard as I feel rubbish anyway) and all I have are big glasses of VSL probiotics in water constantly and then for dinner I have steamed fish, or tinned salmon on bread rolls (bread doesn't seem to other me but I know it does for a lot of people). Low residue foods and protein are good, chicken, tuna, eggs etc. I steer clear of uncooked veggies, fruits or salads, anything that the body has to work hard at digesting.
Posted 9/10/2017 12:07 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, easily digestible is good. In fact for the first several months I used digestive enzymes just to insure everything that passed through was easy.

That may have been overkill, but I believe it helped me by resting my digestive system. I also used intermittent fasting like Worried mentioned. Two big meals once in morning once in evening. I am not much of a snacker anyway though. I felt the in between time was important.

Edit:

Also probiotics and PREbiotics (foods that nourish the probiotics, which are the good bacteria). Green bananas (more green the better) and steel cut oats are good ones that are easy to eat.
Posted 9/10/2017 12:23 PM (GMT 0)
Sounds like a pretty bad flare, i doubt a diet can touch it. Diets help most when you're close to a remission and just need a little more oomph to get into a remission. As when flaring, everything disagrees with you.

You're not on a nightly mesalamine enema like pentasa/salofalk. I'd ask about that.

Has infliximab/ remicade been mentioned? How about humira? Worth considering...
Posted 9/10/2017 1:22 PM (GMT 0)
Raw Milk!!!!! Not sure what state your in but drinking raw
Milk I think cured my UC. I'm 33 guy and was going 15-20 times
A day. Starting drinking raw milk also with bone broth felt better within days. Only meds I was on was Prednisone. Started at 40mg tapered down to nothing. I'm pred free now. Also started Remicade. I felt better after my first infusion and now eating anything and everything. Been on Remicade for 2 months now and back to normal.

I started the raw milk before Remicade and it got me out of the flare. Wish I would have stayed off Remicade but couldn't convince my doctor.

Raw milks the answer. Lialda and Apriso made me worse.

Diagnosed with UC in June. 2017.
Posted 9/10/2017 1:43 PM (GMT 0)
"Only meds I was on was Prednisone. Started at 40mg tapered down to nothing."

just want to point out that for some folks, pred is the ONLY drug that will get them out of a flare -

if raw milk cured you, why are you still taking meds ?
Posted 9/10/2017 1:54 PM (GMT 0)
@RyanC, I am also curious how can you be sure it wasn't the Prednisone that took care of the symptoms?

I tend to give credit to my diet and supplements, too----and then it dawns on me that the whole time I have been taking rx meds. Impossible to separate that.
Posted 9/10/2017 2:13 PM (GMT 0)

MarjieKay said...
@RyanC, I am also curious how can you be sure it wasn't the Prednisone that took care of the symptoms?

Or the Remicade.
Posted 9/10/2017 5:02 PM (GMT 0)
OMG...ryan is cured from raw milk...lol

q
Posted 9/10/2017 5:25 PM (GMT 0)
I'd say it was the remicade not the raw milk that worked. Correlation doesn't equal causation. Studies show remicade to be a very effective treatment for uc. There's no cures, unfortunately.
Posted 9/11/2017 4:01 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you all for helping me. I have started mesalamine enemas two days ago for the first time . Day before yesterday I was able to keep it whole night but yesterday my visit to bathroom just after using it flushed it all.I hope they will work so I will continue them for a couple of weeks. I am a school going kid so no tension for arranging money for the same. I have also started probiotics(6lacs/day) . I was a vegetarian but started eating eggs and chicken 3 years ago. I am not eating eggs because they dont suit me while on a flare . I dont know about chicken, Will it bother me?I have lost nearly 9 kgs(20 pounds).
I am changing my Doctor and having an appointment with him today.
Thanks

Diagonsed with left sided UC in may 2017.
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