FYI: May not apply much to UC but who knows, perhaps a way to get at hidden virus and MAP.
We take a lot of this stuff anyway,it makes some feel better,so perhaps it is part of the solution.
But arginine makes me worse,perhaps lots of autophagy going on.
Old Mike
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23295687
http://journals.lww.com/ibdjournal/Fulltext/2013/01000/Nutrient_Modulation_of_Autophagy___Implications.25.aspx