Food i should intake

hi there i kinda lost weight since i came back from hospital..my question what should i eat which has good calories. right now i drink Soy milk 3 times and eating cauliflower carrot and broccoli . i also eat oatmeal in the morning. any other suggestion. can i eat eggs and fat free chicken. thanks

If you want/need to gain weight, I'd personally eat higher fat and calorie food than that. I'm also assuming that you were in a pretty bad flare to have been in the hospital, and am guessing that you're not yet 100%. I can't imagine having eaten cauliflower and broccoli when I was flaring, or oatmeal. Too much scratchy fiber for a tender colon.

Please I suggest you not eat red meat. It doesn't digest easily. Also, when I had lost 30 pounds) I had alll this energy to exercise, but the problem with that was I burned too many calories. So don't expend too many calories so you can gain weight.

I can eat wheat just fine, as can many with UC. Some people can't. Nobody will be able to tell you what you can or cannot eat. I can personally eat everything I ate prior to getting UC.

Try not to take in too many RULES and treat them as gospel. Red meat is controversial...I feel good when i chomp on a good steak. Digestion happens in the stomach and small intestines...so chew well. Take digestive enzymes for meat when you eat it...but it's full of good minerals and iron...and you obviously need protein.

Regarding what you are eating...I'd be doubled in pain from everything except the carrots...so, if I were flaring I wouldn't eat anything you are. I eat for comfort, and all that would give me super painful gas.

See what I mean about rules.

Eat more protein, eat as balanced as you can...that includes meat, protein, carbs, veggies and fruits.


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Eggs and chicken should be fine. I'm surprised the cauliflower and broccoli aren't causing gas and therefore discomfort though. I would add a nutrient supplement. Boost and slim fast are examples. If you're looking for more natural foods, Naked makes a great line of protein smoothies that are high calorie.

Yogurt is another food I would encourage you to add.

Other foods you may consider trying:
Avocados (great source of healthy fats)
Fishes/Shrimp (full of omega 3s but watch the mercury intake)
Sweet Potatoes/Potatoes (I suggest not eating the skin til you get 100 percent better though)
Winter Squash (butternut, spaghetti, acorn)
Cooked apples, pears, peaches (skin off)
Rice, pasta, bread
Nut Butters (creamy)

These are all foods that many people find comfortable eating-low insoluble fiber and high soluble fiber content tend to be more comfortable for an injured gut. However, as other people have said, if something bothers you...stop eating. And if something doesn't bother you, go ahead and eat it. I have instances of both for me. Spinach doesn't bother a lot of people while flaring, but if I eat it I'm in immense pain. On the other hand, many people have problems with dairy while I'm kicking back a pint of ice cream and feeling totally fine.

However, as other people have said, if something bothers you...stop eating. And if something doesn't bother you, go ahead and eat it.

This advice may sound flippant but it really is true. As Lucretius said ‘One man’s food is another man’s poison’. Definitely applies to UC. Everyone is different. I recommend browsing our signatures to see what supplements seem to help and what foods we avoid. I think you will find that many here take probiotics, soluble fiber such as psyllium, and vitamin D. The nutritious foods that help or hurt are all over the map.

But there is more consensus about the bad foods we avoid. Many are gluten or lactose intolerant. Maybe you are or are not. Need to discover your own path by trial and error. I don’t know of any other way. It’s a lot of work but worth it.