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Posted 10/20/2013 4:11 PM (GMT 0)
Hey ya'll just trying to post some info here for people to try. It won't hurt you so why not. I have had UC for 17 yrs. Was diagnosed 10 yrs ago. Tried the drugs, and the clueless gastroenterologists. Finally, 5 yrs ago I took a pro-active approach. No meds, and a diet free of MOST chemical toxins such as MSG and it's derivatives, artificial food dyes, etc. I have been in remission for 5 years thus far. My last colonoscopy showed NO evidence of UC. My doctor thought that I was lying about being diagnosed with it. Took the blood test for it and it showed that I still had the factor for it so I wasn't lying. Every now and again I post on sites such as this and get nothing but negative remarks. It has been FIVE years now, and it is only healthy to try this diet. It takes a little research because MSG - the worst culprit - is "hidden" in many MANY products..with names such as "sodium inysolate" (sic), and "hydrolyzed protein". You will feel better eating more healthy, staying away from fast foods and eating more fresh foods. There are a few diets being thrown about, but what it all measures down to is a healthy diet void of most of the toxins that are in processed foods. Good luck.
Posted 10/20/2013 4:43 PM (GMT 0)
The reason you get negative remarks is that posts like this come on to a site claiming they know the "cure" for UC. Something different works in everyone. Most all of these sites have many people who have gone down this road already and not been helped so it is not new information. Sometimes something like this works in certain individuals. Many times it does not. It is kind of insulting to many people here and on other sites when someone comes on almost arrogantly announcing that they and they alone have discovered the cure for UC. There are also many people on these sites who were already going down the health road and that's when they came down with UC. In fact, some people had an unhealthy lifestyle, changed to a healthy one, and wound up coming down with UC after just changing to a healthy lifestyle. Heck, there is literally tons of scientific factual evidence that smokers who quit smoking came down with UC after quitting smoking and get "cured" by resuming smoking again. There is no one simple solution to this disease as your post hints at.
Posted 10/20/2013 4:53 PM (GMT 0)
I think it's great you were able to fix your disease with diet! I know what Gary means though. So many of us have done that exact diet approach so it's old news and we are still flaring miserably. Just depends if you get lucky and your disease goes into remission. I've found there really is no rhyme or reason sometimes. I think we'd all love to not need medications and just follow a diet forever. If diet put everyone in remission, we wouldn't need the tons of UC medications out there.
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