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Posted 5/14/2017 1:14 PM (GMT 0)
Hello everyone, was doing a bit of reading on the UC. Found this article & others that promote butyrate to lower inflammation & resistant starch to lessen diahorea.

https://selfhacked.com/2016/05/07/health-benefits-butyrate-derivatives-sodium-butyrate-phenylbutyrate-trybutyrine-butyric-acid-butyrate-prodrugs-butyrate-producing-bacteria/

Wondered has anyone tried to supplement either of these? Was there an improvement?
What do you think?
Posted 5/14/2017 1:25 PM (GMT 0)
Potatoes have been very beneficial for my UC symptoms, calms my gut down, makes it happy.
I prefer to get my supplements through food not by pill or powder but others here have used butyrate successfully.

The best place to see reliable information is from scientific studies.
I typed "NIH starch ulcerative colitis" and many references came up. here's one of many.
/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17936196
NIH is National Insitutes of Health and is reliable.
Posted 5/14/2017 3:15 PM (GMT 0)
Won't hurt to try.

Are you on any probiotics and fibre supplements at all?

q
Posted 5/14/2017 3:16 PM (GMT 0)
I got less bleeding during end of flare with oat bran to promote butyrate fermentation. I settled on a product "triple fiber". At the height of the flare - I did not use fiber.

I also get less D and firmer stool when I eat cold rice. My favorite is a chinese fried rice leftover eaten at room temp.
Posted 5/14/2017 8:35 PM (GMT 0)
My gut loves oats and beans of pretty much any kind. I take a tablespoon of organic potato starch every morning when I wake up with half of my probiotics. It seems to make a big difference for me.
Posted 5/14/2017 10:01 PM (GMT 0)
I drink potato starch in water daily. I believe it helps... Can I prove it? No. But I don't see a downside to taking it even if it does nothing beneficial, unlike some other supplements out there. It is not costly either.
Posted 5/14/2017 10:03 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks everyone, good to know.
Quincy - I'm not on any at the moment, I have purchased vsl3, waiting on its arrival. Looking into l glutamine at too, just not decided on what brand.
Started adapting the gaps/scd diet loosely until I receive the book. Just contradicts the startch findings when no rice or potatoes are allowed.
Sometimes there's so much contradictions in what may "benefit" it gets overwhelming on what to stick to.
I've never really supplemented or followed any particular diet. So it's a trial at the mo, in hope of longevity in remission.
Interesting the startch is helping.
Thanks for the article, will have a read.
Posted 5/14/2017 11:51 PM (GMT 0)
If starch is helping you try one of my latest faves: rice noodles (I like Joyce Chen's from grocery store but any at Asian restaurants have been great too). When you put them in chicken broth it's exactly like chicken noodle soup.

Regular cooked rice is hated by my gut (and I tried 6 different kinds) but rice noodles are fantastic.

SCD did not work for me but parts of it were beneficial.
Posted 5/15/2017 7:03 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks, will give it a try!
Posted 5/16/2017 6:06 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Mia,

I like the things you are thinking about trying, but I feel I should mention proceed very cautiously/slowly. Changing your diet and adding supplements at the same time is just a bad idea. Something like VSL-3 or resistant starch can dramatically change the makeup of your micorbiome. You could find yourself feeling better or throwing yourself into a flare with VSL-3 before you have time to react. At least with resistant starch you can start very slowly and let your body adjust. So give each of your ideas some time to work individually otherwise if something goes wrong you will not know what didn't agree with you. Best of luck!
Posted 5/17/2017 7:07 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the advice Boris, I have that in the back of my mind & worry that it could happen. The probiotics arrived yesterday, I am currently concentrating on the diet & feeling ok. So I will take my time to introducing the probiotic in very small amounts.
It's always the case where you don't want to rock the boat, as it's an unpredictable disease most of the time. Other side hopes the probiotics will aid & maintain a longer remission hopefully. Dilemmas...
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