Salad

Roughage is not good for you. Too many people think that eating healthy has got to be good for UC. Sometimes it is the exact opposite.

I havent had a raw veggie since july 2013. Put me in the hospital. I avoid most veggies like the plague and cook the heck out of the ones i do eat.

low residue while flaring. later reintroduce fiber with things like oat bran and fiber capsules.

Id say the same as deb and I also had the same experience with lettuce when flaring in the past.

Now, no troubles unless it's combined in a meal with something else I have an intolerance to - then it does not get digested and passes right through, haha. But when I eat it on it's own with say salmon and certain vegetables on top which I know are "safe" foods for me, I have zero issue digesting it at all.

This food stuff is enough to drive one nutz.

Canada Mark said...
Id say the same as deb and I also had the same experience with lettuce when flaring in the past.

Now, no troubles unless it's combined in a meal with something else I have an intolerance to - then it does not get digested and passes right through, haha. But when I eat it on it's own with say salmon and certain vegetables on top which I know are "safe" foods for me, I have zero issue digesting it at all.

This food stuff is enough to drive one nutz.

I did have a meal with the salad so I am guessing I just need to avoid lettuce for a while. I like salad, but not that much

sncz said...
I feel for you - lettuce, tomato and onions all seem to really hurt me - I've had similar experiences where it's come out like 30 minutes later... oh how I've longed to eat a salad, broccoli and artichokes; surprisingly most well cooked beans (except lentils) seem to be ok for me.

I like bans but I am too scared to try them now. Maybe down the road.

Just shows you how different people can be - I love raw veggies, I have recently started a raw food vegan diet and I feel great. More energy, better skin, better sleep, no bloating. Lots of green smoothies, fruit, veggies and raw salads. I lightly steam some veggies for diner but apart from that, its all raw.

Jonny_Murray said...
Just shows you how different people can be - I love raw veggies, I have recently started a raw food vegan diet and I feel great. More energy, better skin, better sleep, no bloating. Lots of green smoothies, fruit, veggies and raw salads. I lightly steam some veggies for diner but apart from that, its all raw.

I have never had issues with veggies until now. I used to be a vegan too. I am hoping once I get this flare under control I will be able to try salads again. I don't think I will ever go back to vegan though.

ya jm, I would definitely stick to the raw salads - I tried cooking one once - not good ;-)

just a thought - I was a 15 year vegan when I acquired this lovely nasty uc sh1t -

now I eat meat in copious amounts -

just make sure extra virgin raw vegan is what your body needs - sometimes it's a nice break but not necessarily good long term -

I'm waiting for AZYooper's rebuttal to Gary's post, but I just don't think he cares anymore.

I certainly can these days... after 4 years of not being able to. That tells a story does it not?

Apart from lettuce being hard to digest it can be quite dodgy too, all my family were very sick recently and we managed to pin it down to the lettuce, I never touched it thank goodness, and was fine.

I can expand on this to say that off the top of my head I don't remember even one person who was able to eat salady type stuff while flaring but there have been several who were able to resume once they were at or close to remission. Most of the problem is that while flaring the colon is damaged enough where it is darn near impossible to eat this stuff but when the colon is more healed it is easier.