Problems with beef?

I cannot eat beef due to the fact of all the antibiotics and other crap they feed beef cattle to fatten them up-

Carlie

I would imagine beef isn't the easiest to digest but I haven't noticed it being directly related to my symptoms getting aggrevated. On the other hand, while I am flaring, I eat very light and wouldn't eat much beef - it's hard for me to remember whether it caused me worse symptoms. When I am flaring, any food makes things worse, that's why I eat one meal a day and it's usually soup or a piece of toast. Not the most healthy way to eat but it's the only way I can survive without going to the toilet all day long.

On an aside, I only eat antibiotic free, grassfed beef.

A plain burger with good meat is one of my favorite things to calm down my stomach, so to each his own! I ate a good amount of plain burgers during my recent flare--it was one of the few things giving me any energy, especially with all the blood I was losing. However, I could imagine bad beef (lots of antiobiotics and stuff) could do some damage.

I do well on beef physically, flaring or not. If I'm flaring, I'll have some ups and downs depending on how much food I eat, how many bms, etc.

I would think that some foods during digestion would have the digestive tract working a bit harder....that might be the issue with you.  It doesn't mean it's bad, however.  Maybe more emotiionally upsetting to see the changes, and I can relate  the same thoughts during the first year after my diagnosis.  

You're obviously still in a flare anyway, You might also not be on enough meds?

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Max89,

How was the beef prepared?

What did you eat with the beef?

I have no problems with beef, however I make sure to eat all meats (lamb, beef, bison) and eggs from grass-fed animals vs. grain fed animals. It makes a huge difference in inflammation. BTW organic does NOT equal grass-fed necessarily.

The reason grain fed animal products (beef, chicken, lamb, eggs) are inflammatory is because their omega 3 to omega 6 ratio is approx. 1:20, ideally this ratio should be 1:1, and with grass-fed products is it, thereby anti-inflammatory.

 

For me it would depend on the fat content, seasoning, and how the beef was cooked. I can usually tolerate a lean, lightly seasoned, well-done burger that I cook at home if/when flaring, but I wouldn't risk restaurant beef. Skinless chicken or broiled fish is generally easier for my gut to process, flaring or not. You'll likely do o.k. with it, though, when your flare comes under control. This can take a while so don't let that discourage you. Good luck with the new semester! / Old Hat (31 yrs with left-sided UC; presently in remission taking brandname Colazal)

     Funny you should topic this.  When first diagnosed, I was on the Atkins diet for two weeks.  If you know anything about that diet, it is all protein, no carbs for first two weeks....well....I ate a lot of red meat...boom...mucus, bleeding, urgency.  I swear it was the diet that set me off.  My GI doctor said it was just a coincidence but you can't make me believe that.  Of course, I went off the diet but the damage was already done.  I suffered with IBS symptoms since childhood but never IBD.  Well, I certainly had IBD after the diet.

     When suffering flares try eating baked salmon.  I used to eat it three times a week and it really helps the gut.

     I had surgery in 2010 after all meds failed.

beachlife, 

My pleasure.

I am in the minority too it seems, that I actually do better with eating beef. I love steaks and so does my body. However, I have to be careful how I make hamburgers. If they're fried, they kill me...probably my IBS but if I broil them or bbq them, I seem to do okay.

I don't flare from food but it definitely make things more dicey for me for a day or two until the offending food leaves. I also have acid reflux, IBS and diverticulosis so I have to be careful of what I eat. I find that pizza in general agrees with me IF I have it with very very light sauce, no veggies on it that is hard for me to digest such as onions or green peppers and no pepperonis.

Soy cheese we sell that where I work as I work night fill at a Cole's supermarket ironic I am surrounded by food that I cannot eat LOL..

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