Diet and recurrent aphthous stomatitis (aka mouth sores or canker sores)

Hi,

Have been diagnosed with mild ulcerative proctitis in Sep 2017. Threated with Pentasa suppositories. Then had a flare in November switched to Asacol. Now in remission. Before the colitis outbreak had mouth sores for a number of years. And lately in May 2017 mild eye inflammation (most probably Meibomian gland dysfunction aka dry eye).

Doing some diet experiments using my mouth sores as a gauge. I.e. trying to find a diet that will not produce mouth sores and see what it’ll do with my colitis. The following diet has not produced any canker sores so far. And before that I would have several sores a month. Can someone in remission with similar symptoms try the following diet and tell the results?

The diet is quite simple:

• Dairy (yoghurt, milk cottage cheese, butter) and vegetables are main sources of protein
  
• Protein intake 0.8-1g of protein / kg of weight. I.e my weight is 73, so I target 60-75g of protein per day.
  
• Meat, fish or eggs once a week only
  
• Low in fat and high in carbohydrates (especially fiber-rich like bananas, porridge, full-corn pasta etc)
  

Cheers

Yep, I understand that. But if someone is tired of mouth sores and experimenting anyways here is one diet to try out. Should have put a disclaimer

Consider getting tested for celiac disease, which can also cause mouth sores. You can have more than one autoimmune disease.

http://www.cureceliacdisease.org/screening/

Also, Scripps in La Jolla California recently published a study on IBD patients who stayed in their meds, but went on an AIP diet. There was a 77% remission! Pretty amazing!

https://journals.lww.com/ibdjournal/Pages/ArticleViewer.aspx?year=2017&issue=11000&article=00021&type=Fulltext

Congratulations on find a diet that can help you!

Post Edited (cyclinglady) : 1/17/2018 8:26:24 AM (GMT-7)

Cyclinglady said...
Also, Scripps in La Jolla California recently published a study on IBD patients who stayed in their meds, but went on an AIP diet. There was a 77% remission! Pretty amazing!

https://journals.lww.com/ibdjournal/Pages/ArticleViewer.aspx?year=2017&issue=11000&article=00021&type=Fulltext

Congratulations on find a diet that can help you!

Post Edited (cyclinglady) : 1/17/2018 8:26:24 AM (GMT-7)

Hey cyclinglady, this deserves it's own thread! Although it is a small study, its yet another one showing the benefits of a "natural" diet along with the IBD-AID and SCD studies. You may have just inspired me to get back on SCD, or something similar. Thanks for sharing.