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Posted 3/3/2011 11:26 AM (GMT 0)
Hiya it seems to me there is so much advice about diet etc.  I am getting confused.  The only diet my doctors have recommended to me is low-residue.  Is this a UK thing or is it just me?  From what I've read on here the doctors in America seem much more supportive.
Posted 3/3/2011 11:30 AM (GMT 0)
Yes im from the UK i do gerald greens anti candida diet. I started out on the raw food diet but could not get rid of the bleeding. So then i switched to this diet and bleeding went. That low-residue diet is the wrost diet i have ever heard of for UC its a bunch of refined flours and gluten. Im not supprised that doctors recommond that diet. I bet a doctor invented it. There is no nutrients in the refined foods; really its really true, gluten is the hardest thing to digest and they recommmond that for us with that diet. Sorry to go on about it but i only recently read about that diet and was shocked.

Any way feel free to contact me any time im in the uk.
Posted 3/3/2011 3:52 PM (GMT 0)
I think one is best to eat as balanced as possible, keep a food diary and make sure one is on the proper meds.

Low residue serves a purpose for a very short time...but one has to keep in mind that with an inflamed gut, whatever is in there will go out in a hurry anyway.

Many of us suggest fibre supplements and probiotics...
q

Posted 3/3/2011 4:14 PM (GMT 0)
If low residue means porridge, rice, pasta, and bread then this diet would cause me to flare more severely in my experience.
Posted 3/3/2011 5:12 PM (GMT 0)

Dizzy-noodles said...
Hiya it seems to me there is so much advice about diet etc. I am getting confused. The only diet my doctors have recommended to me is low-residue. Is this a UK thing or is it just me? From what I've read on here the doctors in America seem much more supportive.

if you want to read about scd diet pm me your e-mail and i will sent elaine's book to you. many of us use SCD diet with good results.
quincy is also right - keep a food journal. it will help you see what foods are offending for you.
Posted 3/4/2011 1:31 AM (GMT 0)
Hi thanks everyone.

HelloKitty-thanks I will look into that one.  It says you're on no medication!  That's amazing :)

Quincy-Is Actimel a probiotic?  I am on that at the moment.

blueclassring-I have been told to avoid porridge, but white bread, white pasta and white rice are allowed (no brown).  Low residue is basically very low fibre.

Alinus-I tried to PM you but could not find a way to do it.  thanks for the advice though.

Everyone seems to recommend a food diary.  The only foods I have noticed which do seem to affect me quickly are cereals and apples, which I used to love but cannot manage now unless cooked to a pulp.  I was stupid once and ate a bag of coconut pieces, which caused a flare-up.  Also large meals of any kind seem to set me off, especially rich ones like Christmas dinner.

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