Diet change

I'm not sure how long it will take but I've been told that it can take more than six months to see a difference after removing gluten and dairy from you diet. Don't be too discouraged if you don't see an immediate effect. Which diet are you trying?

This is a very hard question. It's easier to notice that diet change doesn't help than noticing you are better. Weird but true for me.

I've tried diet modification twice. The first time it didn't work for me. Years later I tried again and saw results that gave me hope.
What I learned is that you MUST pay attention to your own gut and keep a food diary. You may react to different foods than other people. I found that out personally.

It's best to remove everything from your diet for several days except chicken broth and chicken. This is the elimination part and is difficult to do but really important. Keep drinking a lot of water and don't get dehydrated. I also think it's important to make sure the chicken broth has NO preservatives at all, homemade if at all possible.

Then add one food at a time for several days and notice whether symptoms are worse with the new food. One at a time is the only way to determine your personal food problems.

It can take months to self-test every single food. It's best not to have pre-conceived notions (like "No way are potatoes or rice a problem for me") and let your gut tell you.

Best of luck. It is not easy but I would not have stuck it out for 11 months if it didn't work for me. Hope you see some positive results. It can't hurt to try.

For the past week I have eaten roast chicken, roast haddock, apple (peeled), pears (peeled), banana, plain cashew nuts, porridge (with clear honey to sweeten) and toasted wheat/gluten free 'bread'. I've been drinking water and a bit of pomegranate juice.


Yes it is too many foods. You do not have any idea if one of them are the reason you are seeing no improvement.
Possible problems: fructose (pears, pomeganate juice, banana, apple), grains (gluten free bread), cashew nuts (nuts), starches (banana, gluten free bread).

But good that your foods seem non-processed. That eliminates many chemicals.
You really need to eliminate everything first and add one food at a time. If symptoms don't increase (as you've seen with peas, beans and broc) then you can keep it in.

You've made a start with knowing some of your food problems though. Everything you KNOW moves you forward. Best of luck.

I know it's boring/miserable but just eating chicken (and turkey should be OK if not pre-made) and chicken broth and lots of water is a very important part of the "elimination". This is probably the WORST time of the year to try this so maybe just keep it simple right now and start in earnest Jan 2.

So the answer is really "no", there's nothing else you can add. Sucks buts that's why more people don't succeed, it's hard to do.

I just asked myself which was worse, UC or this d*** diet?
But then I didn't have any other solutions so if diet mod. didn't work then surgery was next.

Note: haddock should be OK but some seafood is treated with sulfites so maybe not. Chicken and other meat is not treated with sulfites in US by law.