Inflammation free - my daily routine

wouldn't corn be considered vegetarian ? what else would cows eat ? pork chops ?

I'm always glad to hear of people doing well with UC.

While I understand the distinction you are drawing, I would say staying on the anti-inflammatory turmeric for life is in some ways equivalent to staying on the anti-inflammatory mesalamine for life - except there is more control of quality with the prescription. OF course, the tumeric is cheaper and you do not have to pay a doctor.

I have seen studies that food-based anti-inflammatory did as well for many people as a maintenance regimen as lower-dose mesalamine. This seems consistent with your experience.

To my mind, either way it is a lifelong condition, and stopping the maintenance regime would risk symptoms returning. You seem to count having to use tumeric for life as not having the condition any more. I don't see the logic there.

I was not clear on the bit about corn and vegetarian-fed animals. I assumed you meant grass-fed instead of feedlots using grains and/or corn.

What do you figure the lemon juice is doing?

Whoops, apologies I meant grass fed. I really only try to consume proteins that were fed natural diets that they would typically be eating in the wild. With chicken, my biggest concern really is to just avoid corn fed since America loves to feed everything corn.

The great thing about turmeric is that it has it's own benefits in regards to colon cancer and cancer prevention. Personally, i'd much rather sprinkle turmeric on all of my food instead of sticking canasa up my bum and then having to deal with wet gas in the morning. UC or not, I honestly will continue to use turmeric because I actually love the way that it tastes now.

DBwithUC - Deff cheaper that's for sure. I would say that I just like to maintain a different perspective. I definitely don't disagree with your statement. This is the viewpoint that I like to hold - Just because a doctor is unable to currently cure me, that doesn't mean that it is uncurable. Not to sound corny, but our state of mind really does impact our actual health. If you're told that your condition is for life, and you then agree with that statement, you are basically affirming it to your body that this is the new norm...similar to a self fulfilling prophecy. When I use turmeric, i'm not thinking "o man I have to take my dose", it doesn't even remind me of UC to be honest because I just really really enjoy it now (it's just a healthy habit of mine now). I like to think that as long as I am taking care of my body, making the right choices, then my body will return to optimal health which I honestly feel like I can say that I am almost at that point already. I am completely aware of the other possible outcomes...but I choose to stay positive. One thing I also like to consider is the fact that our bodies are always changing. Just because I could easily handle sweets and alcohol when I was 19/20 doesn't mean that my body can handle it anymore. That doesn't necessarily mean that it's disease related, our bodies simply change and we need to adapt and simply learn what works for our bodies currently. I also try to convince myself that my UC was caused by me eating about 5 servings of peanuts every other day prior to when I first got diagnosed (which I now learned I am very sensitive to)....but who knows!

I started drinking warm lemon/lime water for a few reasons. My body was pretty acidic. I really do eat ALOT and a majority of the food that I was eating was acidic so I wanted to help balance my body out since lemons are extremely alkaline once inside of us. It's also antibacterial and helps flush out toxins. I actually enjoy it more than morning tea to be honest. If you haven't tried it you should. There really is no harm in giving it a shot, I don' t imagine it making anyone worse but we are all different so i'd start off with only half a lime or lemon. I'm crazy now because I actually carry turmeric and lemons with me wherever travel haha.

imagardener2 - Thank you for the heads up! You should try food grade here and there and see how you now react. I personally think you'd tolerate sprinkling some turmeric on your food better than taking the concentrate supplements. I tend to sprinkle it on all my food (eggs/chicken/beef/sweet potatoes/avocado/white rice etc). I feel like taking a lesser amount but much more frequently has worked better for me. I tend to have my biggest amount though in the morning about a half hour after I finish my lemon water, I put it on some organic whole eggs.

I also have digestive enzymes that I take if i'm eating a bigger meal or if I know i'm eating something that I really shouldn't be eating which has helped me.

Citrucel has also helped me in the past. Sometimes I'm in a rush and only prepare white rice for the day to go with all my meals so on days like that I like to just take citrucel.

Thank you all for the replies and hope you are all doing okay. When I was at my worst I was able to find a lot of great advice so I just wanted to share my experience.

Hi broncofan18, yeah when I was at my worst I had insane urgency. If I had to go then I had about 15 seconds to get to a bathroom. Urgency was always my biggest worry for obvious reasons, but the urgency feeling began to fade as I did this routine.

I'd say that it was a gradual improvement. It definitely wasn't overnight but each week I was noticing that I was actually feeling a little bit better until I reached the point that I'm currently at.

I have tried a few brands but I mainly use the turmeric by Simply Organic, I never cook with it I always sprinkle it on after. I have some at home and some at my work to put on my lunches.

Feel free to reach out and ask questions.

imagardner2, I think you mean 95 Curcumin.

From what I gather, organic turmeric contains a higher percentage of curcumin. Turmeric in its complete form also contains turmerones which is itself an anti-inflammatory and peculiarly good for the brain. I take one 500mg curcumin with Vitamin C or multi-vitamin (higher absorption) and use foodgrade turmeric.

Thanks OP for sharing.

isleman said: imagardner2, I think you mean 95 Curcumin.

isleman you are correct that what I took was 95% curcumin capsules (made from turmeric) 2 to 3 gm daily but I did not take brand name Jarrow 95 Curcumin, just to be completely clear. I tried that brand and my gut hated it. I took a brand (not from Amazon) from turmeric-curcumin dot com after trying about 3 other brands. That one did not upset my gut.

I'm going to use turmeric in the future on food and not overdo it. My gut did really well with 95% turmeric capsules, too bad my skin did not.