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Posted 4/20/2009 4:29 PM (GMT 0)
I know colitis is different for everyone but i was just curious about what COULD trigger someone (or even me!).

For me it's: Fried food, processed sugar (so candy),

and i am on this diet called the Makers Diet (there is a book) no pork, stay as natural as possible, no fried, etc. but my parents aren't strick about it (im only in highschool)

So what triggers you? Are you on a diet? 

Posted 4/20/2009 4:50 PM (GMT 0)
Food won't trigger your flares, but it can exacerbate some symptoms while you're flaring.

There is a huge truth to eating with common sense...a well balanced diet.

I'm not on any specific diet.

My trigger for a flare is definitely deep emotional stress that's on a continual basis. Usually while being on maintenance meds. Christmas is not a good time for me because I'm usually fighting a cold or two before it arrives since the Fall.

quincy
Posted 4/20/2009 5:04 PM (GMT 0)
For me it's alcohol and stress/anxiety.

I just try to keep a balanced diet, nothing special for UC. While I was flaring, there were a lot of things I couldn't eat (mostly healthy things ironically enough) and I was losing weight like crazy plus I was feeling sorry for myself, so I was eating a very unbalanced diet (potato chips, chocolate, you name it!).
Posted 4/20/2009 6:05 PM (GMT 0)
This particular flare was triggered by in increased amount of sorbitol (didn't realize it was an ingredient in a supplement I was taking). I know food doesn't necessarily START a flare, but I was never fully in remission to begin with. So the increase in sorbitol sent me in a downword sprial. The initial flare-up started almost a year ago and was triggered by emotional stress.
Posted 4/20/2009 9:08 PM (GMT 0)

Dairy has a big effect on me. I stopped eating dairy for a while and then I started. With in 3 days I had mucus. I also believe I have problems with wheat. I’ve been trying to experiment with raw foods and in the process I gave up gluten products. Although I’m a bit worried about the weight loss I am shocked that I now wake up in the morning and don’t start sneezing everywhere. I’ve done that for most of my life.  I thought the sneezing was because I was asthmatic, and I thought it was genetic as my dad does the same. Maybe it is from wheat, or maybe its a genitc but wheat triggers it. I hope I am successful with this diet. But I find it had and at the moment, I am only on 50% raw foods this week, mainly because of my weight. I’m 5’1 and 105lb. Don’t want to lose any more.

Posted 4/21/2009 2:44 AM (GMT 0)

Here's a link that offers some good tips...it likely wouldn't hurt to follow them during remission times either...Research hasn't proven one way or the other exactly how diet may impact IBD but common sense is important, eating a diet high in inflammatory type foods likely will have some kind of negative effect on someone with inflammatory diseases (possibly even for arthritic people and other inflammatory conditions) so much still needs to be learned.  One thing seems to be common though, stay away from any foods you find bother you (flaring or not) there could be underlying food allergies or intolerances going on that may also exacerbate your symptoms.  There also seems to be some very common foods that have a negative effect on IBDers, seems from reading posts about diet here at HW for over 5 yrs now, popcorn and salad are 2 biggies that a lot of people have issues with but of course it's still very individual for everyone so everyone should do what's best for their circumstances.

http://www.ucsfhealth.org/adult/edu/inflammatoryBowelDiseaseNutrition/index.html

Posted 4/21/2009 2:09 PM (GMT 0)
My last flare, albeit a minor one, was caused by indulging in a combination of wheat (gluten), dairy and chocolate.
Posted 4/21/2009 2:41 PM (GMT 0)
Food no-no's for me:

Milk, Soda, fried foods, pork and onions. These are all somethin terrible for my colon!
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