RESISTANT STARCH or NO STARCH? UC and AS.

franny19

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Posted 1/2/2014 1:15 PM (GMT 0)

My son has UC and AS. The AS diet is no starch and one of the suggested diets for UC is resistant starch. So which to do? We need to sort both diseases. Any ideas? Thanks

imagardener2

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Posted 1/2/2014 2:51 PM (GMT 0)

I was starch-free for several years until my gut got better. Now it's happy with potato salad but not beans (too much fiber for my gut) or rice (not sure why but I tried rice and not so good).
Since you have both diseases to deal with "starch-free"might be the place to start.

RS may help UC but it's not totally necessary. Add RS later (my 2 cents).

TheAnswersYouSeek

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Posted 1/2/2014 7:20 PM (GMT 0)

Treat the Klebsiella excaberating the AS and then you can treat the UC and experiment with RS

franny19

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Posted 1/2/2014 8:38 PM (GMT 0)

Thanks guys - anything else in your opinions he can do for the AS? The UC and the AS seem to flare together so he's in and out of the loo too. The consultants want to put him on an anti-tnf but we are trying to resist it. So any ideas gratefully received.

Bacon Girl

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Posted 1/2/2014 9:47 PM (GMT 0)

isn't AS also an autoimmune disease?? it would make sense to do a diet that strengthens the gut since that's where most of our immune system is. i believe that resistant starches accomplish this.

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