what kind of foods do you all eat during a flare??

Hi,

I found i could eat smoked salmon and scrambled eggs really easily . nice and light, easy to cook ,and nutritious. I have recommended it to a few on here and they all found it good to eat during a flare .

Mashed potato was another thing .

good luck

Tab

When in a flare, I find that Chicken, mashed potatoes, carrots go down easily. I have no problem with eggs in a flare either

Janice

The main things I avoid while in a flare are raw fruits and vegetables, soda (can't stand the stuff now) and nuts/seeds. Everything else to me is fair game. We are all different in what we can tolerate while in a flare so you will have to find what bothers you and eliminate it if it is causing you grief. A good way to do this is to keep a food diary. Write down what you eat, when and the reaction it causes you. Record everything even if it's a stick of gum. You might find a common culprit.

As for surgery, I agree that it's a personal decision. Some just don't want to take the chance of using heavy duty drugs to slap them into a possible remission. They just want to start living again and get on with their lives. I personally would like to have the surgery but I have to go by my insurance company's rules - to exhaust all medicinal options first before they will approve the surgery.

Baked or grilled chicken and turkey breast, scrambled eggs, well-cooked (soft) English peas, carrots and green beans, soft, very ripe bananas, baked apples or applesauce, nut butters, Udo's, flax and olive oils.

No grains, no starches, nothing raw or lightly steamed. No nuts or seeds. No dairy other than very small amounts of butter or cheese and nothing too spicy.

during my flare ups i would eat baby food 6 to 7xs a day. its very healthy and easy on the intestines. i had UC for 21 years and i my colon preforated sept 5 07. i had emergency surgery in which they removed my colon. i will be going back for my reversal in dec. im glad to be off of all the medication i was on. i was scared to have the surgery before but i didnt have a choice last month. i'm glad i had to get it done and i now wonder why i didnt do this before. i was scare to have anything taken out of me but now i know i will live a med and pain free life if all goes well. 

Post Edited (scici85) : 10/28/2007 9:06:24 PM (GMT-6)

I ate ramen noodles and drank gatoraide in the beginning of my flare-up. Didn't know what else to do since it was my first flare-up. Since then I started learing more about UC and have given up meat (except for fish) as well as caffenine and stayed away from raw fruits and vegtables, wheat, high sodium foods, deep fried foods, nuts, seeds and everything seems to be coming along okay. I'm doing fine eating Glutten-Free pasta, soup, ceral, rice cakes, vanilla ice-cream and fish. Basically anything soft and low in residue will help.

I also keep a daily jounal of what food I eat and if I had any reactions to it which helps me eliminate certain foods that cause pain during a flare-up. That has helped me a lot.

I guess my approach is not the same. I eat the same when in a flare as when I'm "normal'". I drink about 4-7 bottels of soda a day, and I eat pretty much anything I want, except corn. I eat steak,chicken(fried&spicey), potatos, vegies, and even salad. If after a few days my flare has not gone away, I eat some hot wings, and drink some Guiness beer, and within 2-3 days my flare is almost always gone. I have been doing this since I was dx in 98. I have not really changed anything with my eating habbits since I got dx with UC. Guess I'm one of the luckey ones.

My theory for diet all the time, but more so around a flare is to eat foods which promote good gut flora. So my diet consists of lots of prebiotic foods such as bananas, berries, asparagus, garlic, honey, rolled oat porridge, tomato, onion and greens (except for things like brocolli as it makes me gassy which makes me feel worse and go to the toilet more).

In the way of meats I find that chicken breast and fish are both really good. I can eat small portions of minced beef, but prefer to avoid it most of the time.

Fruits and vegies, unless soft by themselves (such as bananna) need to be well cooked!

On the do-not-eat list are foods such as high fat (deep fried, cream filled, butter covered etc), high sucrose (cane sugar) or carbonated. I have found softdrink to be one of the worst things for my gut.

And finally lots of water - I make sure I get 1.25 Litres of bottled/filtered water a day.

The only other thing I really add during a flare is Sustagen Sport which is a sports suppliment to make sure I am getting an extra "meal in a cup" per day - vitamins, minerals and amino acids.

Basmati sticky rice, pasta, potato, chicken, soda crackers, peanut butter (smooth), nutella.

Food: what ever you can "stomach"!!! Surgery: personal experience, should have had surgery sooner, as all my complications came from being so run down. Life with ileostomy is fantastic, really well and can eat anything, no meds!! L x
Ps well nearly anything, got to watch for blockages.