Has anyone else treid home made kefir yet?? Kefir has really helped my intestines and also has help one person from this forum that I sent kefir grains to. Kefir is a great probiotic and is worth a...
Has anyone tried kefir ? Not the store bought but home grown. I started drinking it in January and got off my meds in March. Symtom free ever since. Exept the massive hemmies I think they will always...
Polution is another cause of bacteria die off. /community/emoticons/skull.gif Also being a vegetarian is not healthy. If humans stopped eating meat 1,000 years ago we would have birth defects that...
I drink a half gallon of home made Kefir a day....
Got off meds in 91 soon had major flare that last years. No meds helped my flare for years. Been on meds up until Feb of 2008 and stopped taking meds. I am taking about a half gallon a day of the...
Do a search on KEFIR. More probiotics in home made kefir then anything you can buy. Do a search on here and the net. The probiotics in Yogurt feed the good bacteria already in you gut but the good...
YES YES YES in my opinion. Longer and more colds. Sometimes I will get a cold, almost get over it then back to having a cold again. Doc's now say 80% of our immune system is in our digestive tract...
Hopefully you will get some relief soon. Your Doc sounds very busy. Find someone you are happy with cause lifes to short. My but has seen many many Docs over the years....
When I tapper off a high dose of Pred then Doc will start me back on other drugs....
I was always afraid if I got my colon cut out then my UC would turn out to actually be Crohn's....
I took that stuff back in the 90's and was no help. But it may help someone else so give it a go. /community/emoticons/yeah.gif ...
Here is a link to an all natural probiotic you can make at home and is free except for what you grow the bacteria in. If you do an internet search for kefir you will come across some articles that...
Try Kefir. It has been around since recorded history . Kefir has many more friendly types of bacteria (probiotics)and yeast then you can buy in a pill. The good bacteria will colonize in your colon...
The best, least expensive, the most, all natural and free. I have previously posted this. Info from this site http://users.chariot.net.au/~dna/kefirpage.html#morelinks Free KEFIR grains are at this...
Did anyone try getting Kefir grains yet? I have been drinking that stuff for 2 months now and feeling good....
Is anyone besides me drinking kefir for a probiotic?...
I hope you have a very long remission, but I do not think it is related to landmark in anyway. My UC has a 20 year history of changing directions. It is the nature of the beast. Probably the meds...
Raw goat milk from grass feed goats has a ton of very absorbable potassium...
You lucky devil. I would love to get of meds but complete remission is ever so illusive....
Info from this site http://users.chariot.net.au/~dna/kefirpage.html#morelinks Free KEFIR grains are at this web sight. http://www.torontoadvisors.com/Kefir/kefir-list.php Typical Microflora Isolated...
Stay on meds and try the other route as well....
It's called exactly breath. Your breath smells exactly like your bottom....
Thats great! Hope you improve all the way to remission....
Statement one OK. Statement 2 and 3 BS. People have been put into remission with the anti fungus approach. That leads me to believe some UC'rs have a internal yeast infection or bacteria imbalance....
Major migraines. Deathly sick with alcohol. That stuff just made me sicker yet I was on it for years. Call Doc ask for something else. If is not helping you then you shouild try different med....
asulfad ?spl I got a bad reaction to booze when I was on that stuff. There was about a five year stretch of of pred, rowasa and asacol where I drank like a fish. I was on the T all the time anyway so...
KEFIR Kefir grains grow in milk over and over. Over 20 good bacteria and over 10 yeast in the KEFIR. It has all the mentioned above and more of it. No probiotic pill you buy has the numbers kefir...
Long car rides are horrible. Most people have no Idea that we just can't hold it....
All women should chew like baseball players. THATS HOT!...
icanrace, Last time I got off asacol was in the 1990's. Shortly after stopping asacol I had a severe flare for 4 years and then, on off severe flare for the next three. Thats 7 years of pain because...
yes i do...
When I was in a long major flare it was the same for me. I really hope you two find relief SOON. Life is good and eventually the flare will simmer down and you will be enjoying life agian. Just don't...
Juicing made a difference in my UC. Before that my flares were next to impossible to control. When guts are calmed down and simmering along sometimes I go on health kicks and try to eat much raw....
That's cause disco ducks are just plain crazy. ...
Male 40 years. I have a well above average drive. Always have and looks like I always will. No meds effected it. But when I was single and flaring bad for many years I would avoid all dating and...
Welcome aboard sorry you have to be here. As you can see there are great people here with a wealth of info....
Joint pain yes many years. Sometimes so bad it hurts to drive and sometimes I can jog ten miles. Also it can be from day to day. Steve...
That's great1! I hope you achieve complete remission. Updates would be great....
I also read that the bacteria in Kefir colonizes in the colon but not the same for yogurt. We have bacteria by the pounds in our digestive tract so I do not think 1 or ten pills that weigh in at...
eeeeeehhhh aaaaaaaaawww. I love stories of remission and may it be long and prosperous....
Line undies with pads works pretty good. Depends scare me....
To bad the hair loss did not effect everone. I would have a laugh and give some to my wife and watch her freak out. She is a tad paranoid about her hair falling out. I know that would not be playing...
If I was 61 and smoking put me in remission you can bet your bum I would be puffing away. I am an X smoker but it never gave me any relief....
From what I have read and what the Doc's tell me side effects from asacol are rare. I have been taking every day for roughly 15 years and never had a reaction that I know about....
What type of UC do you have? Pan, left etc. Did he go into any detail like depth and legnth of ulcers? Or how many? My entire large intestine has been inflamed more then once during a colonoscopye so...
Sounds like you got combo number three from McNature. Hopefully you get the happy meal soon. Take care...
I do not know what a detox diet is but a healthy diet is a good idea for anyone and may be a great idea for UC and alike type people....
Kinda of sad for us. UC goes hand and hand with so many other problems. Did mother nature not think UC was bad enough on it's own....
Yep, I also believe genetics play a role in Cancer. Jimmy Carter (x pres)and his family are proof af that. Look him up. But also bad diet, and habits can not be ignored. I want the odds in my favor...
It is harder and harder to find a yogurt with out sugar and corn syrup....