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Posted 4/8/2014 4:11 PM (GMT 0)
Hello,

I'm not very good about nutrition (I know the basic) and I need more understanding. Therefore I may have odd questions...

In anyway here is my question. I have always believed that when you flare you have to avoid any beverage with alcohol. My question is could craft beer in small amount be good or not bad for the flares ?

This week-end I had about 4 oz. of a beer from a micro-brewy ( Indian Pal Ale). I was afraid it would make me go to the bathroom even more, but then again I didn't want to again say no I can't ( it is such a bummer to always say no I can't this or that) again....

I was so chocked not to have any bad side effect from it the morning after. So have I started researching about beer yeast.... Did I not discover that it contains B2 and other good B vit.

To the ones that understand more about nutrition what do you think of it ? Not that I want to start drinking graft beer as a treatment. Just do you think It should be avoided in any ways ?
Posted 4/8/2014 5:19 PM (GMT 0)
Sometimes it doesn't have anything to do with nutrition. Many UC'rs are low on the digestive enzyme DAO, which helps metabolize excess dietary histamines. Yeasts (and therefore almost all alcohols) are high in histamines and if you ingest more histamines than you have DAO available, you will in effect have a histamine overdose, which can greatly increase UC symptoms as the result. This is probably what is happening in those UC'rs who have bad reactions to alcohols. Not every UC'r is low on DAO but many are.
Posted 4/8/2014 7:17 PM (GMT 0)
Ok that clears as to why I didn't react badly to that small glass of beer.

I thought it might have been because it was crafted beer and contained good yeast. It probably has to do my the digestive enzymes and it must be why we all react differently.

In anyways, I now know, I can have a small glass of beer from time to time. Not that I'm much of drinker but it nice sometimes to do like the others.
Posted 4/8/2014 7:26 PM (GMT 0)
Homemade and microbrewed beer has living yeast and spores in it. Commercial beer has it filtered out
Posted 4/8/2014 11:18 PM (GMT 0)
Azyooper,

Would living yeast and spores be good ? Kind of probiotic ?
Posted 4/8/2014 11:49 PM (GMT 0)
Might be. Brewers yeast has been used as a supplement for a long time.
Posted 4/9/2014 1:13 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks, I will not start drinking ;) but if I do have a small glass of beer I will pick micro brewed one.
Posted 4/9/2014 4:32 AM (GMT 0)
Stop being such a pu$$y, go drink some. If you end up getting symptoms then stop drinking, or you can not give a crap and have a stone anyways. Its not rocket science. Ignore the bull crap peasant science on here, none of their BS is scientifically sound. Its literally personal preference.
Posted 4/9/2014 4:58 AM (GMT 0)
Rodzilla, why are you interested in this forum anyway ? ( read your other post)

As for my self I'm interested in finding ways to deal better with my flares...

That being said I'm a pu$$y trying to monitor my body reactions to different foods.
Posted 4/9/2014 5:17 AM (GMT 0)
Good for you, did it take you a forum post to realize the common sense? BRB Im going to figure out if drinking water will make me have a flare.
Posted 7/31/2014 5:00 PM (GMT 0)
We suspect that the live yeast in craft beer may have been the factor that triggered my daughter's first ever flare. Some people with IBD have a severe allergic reaction to brewer's yeast. Wondering if anyone else has noticed a link between brewer's yeast/craft beer and onset or severity of symptoms.
Posted 7/31/2014 7:01 PM (GMT 0)
Yeasts are high in histamines. Many UC'rs are low on the digestive enzyme DAO, which helps eliminate dietary histamines. For any UC'r having this histamine intolerance yeasts and all other high histamine foods and drinks would trigger this reaction. I take DAO before eating or drinking high histamine foods and they now cause me zero problems. As to this actually causing UC, I'm not so sure about that. I'm guessing something else brings on this process.
Posted 7/31/2014 9:13 PM (GMT 0)
I love craft beers and I haven't noticed any issues. I think the only time. I would avoid them would be if I were battling candida and even then, it's more the sugar In Alcohol than the yeast.
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