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Posted 12/12/2010 12:51 PM (GMT 0)
Well here is another way to reduce inflammation in UC, this stuff is found in sweet potatoes, wheat grass and flax seed, plus I guess other foods,including spinach. I had never heard of it before it is a plant hormone.  Don't know whether it is destroyed by cooking or not . This works by a different mechanism /pathway than many other compounds. So if you believe that food types can help UC, perhaps we should look more into which foods contain a high concentration and if they need to be eaten raw.  I did do a quick seach and came up with the sweet potatoes.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20236740

Old Mike

Post Edited (Old Mike) : 12/12/2010 7:14:59 AM (GMT-7)

Posted 12/12/2010 2:08 PM (GMT 0)
Terrific post - I have never come across this before. I will be researching this and trying to include it in my diet.
Posted 12/12/2010 2:28 PM (GMT 0)
Well read the last two paragraphs of this, seems need to eat raw food,appears to be a lot in carrots, I used to juice but carrot juice contains lots of sugar and it was rough on my system. May need to revisit this,or at least eat more carrots. You would think that vegetarians don't get UC but they do,presents a paradox.

http://www.medical-explorer.com/treatment_of_cancer.php?077

Old Mike

Looks like you will have to copy and paste the link it did not come up active when I pasted to this reply.

Post Edited (Old Mike) : 12/12/2010 7:34:14 AM (GMT-7)

Posted 12/12/2010 4:51 PM (GMT 0)
You can buy it online. It is used as a plant pesticide.

I think I will target this thru dietary choices beginning with the article you posted.

www.ehow.com/list_6893266_foods-high-abscisic-acid.html
Posted 12/12/2010 5:43 PM (GMT 0)
Actually this is where I first found info this am, then started to search pubmed,this explains in laymens terms some of the mechanism.
Old Mike
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101209152748.htm

Post Edited (Old Mike) : 11/4/2013 5:50:50 PM (GMT-7)

Posted 12/12/2010 6:57 PM (GMT 0)
Abscisic acid is produced by ALL plants...it has many roles but the one it's probably most "famous" for is abscision of leaves of deciduous plants in the fall. The levels of it fluctuate in the parts of the plant during different developmental periods. I'm guessing you'd have to take mega-doses of it, beyond what you'd be able to get by eating fruits and veggies, in order to see much difference.

I do want to caution you all against trying to ingest anything that's meant to be used on plants. They very likely have things in them that would make them unsafe for human consumption.
Posted 12/12/2010 7:10 PM (GMT 0)
You would think that vegetarians don't get UC but they do,presents a paradox.

I am one of those (former) vegetarians who got UC. It is a paradox until we know exactly what causes UC. If it is a bacteria then not so much a paradox.

Interesting about carrots, one of the veggies that agrees with my gut and the juice too.
Hybridizers seem to be making all veggies sweeter (carrots, tomatoes, corn) to suit palates ramped up by high fructose corn syrup consumption.
Posted 12/12/2010 9:02 PM (GMT 0)
great article. I ate tons of strawberries and leafy greens this summer and felt great, I wonder if this was the reason.
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