everyone telling me different things re diet

kymomofthree:

One thing I have discovered is that everyone reacts differently to this disease. I can say that personally I tried diet modification and it made no difference. I wish it did because that would be been much more easy to control and deal with. I generally eat very healthy and always have. I don't eat red meat and I eat organic as much as I can - but I did that well before I was ever diagnosed.

I do drink coffee, red wine, and eat cheese... I have never been a big milk drinker but I do eat other diary products. Diet does not affect me. For me it took Imuran to get UC under control. I think many people have both UC and IBS (or are lactose intolerant) which is really tough to deal with. I am lucky I suppose in that I don't seem to have any IBS or lactose issues. I think it is trail and error for each of us with food. It is worth trying diet modification to see what affects you and what doesn't (if anything).

I respond well to Imuran (which is like 6MP) for proctitis.

Hope this helps.