Old Mike, Look into cis-urocanic acid, that has an immunomodulatory affect from UV exposure. And I was wondering if you could write a quite note on what your diet and lifestyle modifactions are. You...
Some people claim fasting helps them. I've heard of people doing like a 20 day fast and their colitis going away completely....
I find kale, collard greens, or turnip greens in a juicer works great for energy and keeping my gut immunity in check. I then eat a rice based diet (boring as diets can get) with small amounts of...
What did you eat instead of gluten and diary? Cause those actually could have made you worse....
They won't give antibiotics because its not in their treatment protocols because its not proven for colitis, yet! Push for more research! Go into drug trials....
Amino acids are in protein... If you eat minimal protein through out the day, your amino acids are just fine. Save your money. Read into melatonin first before IMO. Mother nature would recommend it...
I'm a guy, in my 20's. A guy who says "its going to fast, i just want casual" actually means "i dont really wanta be with you, but ill stay until i find a better girl"... You did the right thing,...
Buy an auger juicer and juice greens. 100 mls of kale/collard green/turnip greens is pretty potent, in taste and GI health... Let us know how it goes if it helps!...
If you're really desperate get into green juice. 100 mls of kale juice/collard greens keeps my gut safe from the bad bacteria and inflammation. Sorry to hear of your situation. I understand your...
Go to emerge and tell them your having withdrawal symptoms from running out of your perscription prednisone. They will treat you with prednisone, easy!...
Yeah, I doubt that it's the sax that's inducing colitis flares... Although I heard piano if beneficial for colitis (lolz)... It's probably just coincidence, stay on the meds and eat clean!...
Yaeh, low fat helps my gastritis a ton... Only eat, oats, potatoes, rice, sardines and broccoli no flavors except a bitta salt and pepper. Tastes like garbage but after a week the pain will be...
I squat on the toilet seat with my socks. Much easier to have a poop with the rectum wide open.. Only downfall is that your bum bum is a lil higher and makes a bigger splash. And definitely isn't...
"In the present study compounds inhibitory to enhanced toxin production by a C. difficile strain were examined. Increases in biotin concentration from 0.05 nM to 50 nM accelerated growth and...
Fred, what research do you do? Are you a primary investigator or a lab assistant? Old Mike, good find... If you can quote direct connections into the forum here rather than posting solely posting 14...
Everyone here will see the social stigma before the science. Start with seeing if your test is low by asking your doc to test. Then get prescription T and see how it helps your disease. T does have...
Decreased anti oxidants and increased oxidative stress (as in UC) so in theory, yes, it can make you age faster. Is it significant, dunno... Should you stress about it? No cause you can't change it :P...
I don't think its published yet... I havn't seen it in any journals. Maybe is slipped out of my view! Cabbage has S-methylmethionine (vitamin U) which has some potential in wound healing of...
My take on it is that it is just more variety of biological drugs with just as many and maybe even more side effects in the long run... Maybe with personal medicine the variety will be useful in...
I had a similar story. I was on high dose protein, eggs, meat and dairy were my staple. That's when I was first diagnosed. Than in remission for 4 years on 5-asa for 2 years and then 3 years of no...
Old mike, read about Aryl hydrocarbon receptor, it is activated by 3-indole carbinol which is in cruciferous vegges like cabbage. This could be more of the beneifit from cabbage than vitamin U. So...
I've taken arginine supplements and that's when I've been the healthiest I've ever been. Are you on a synthetic no protein diet? Because I hate to tell ya but, you get arginine in food......
Not psyllium husk capsules... Get a container of unsweetened, no coloring added, all natural psyllium husks and take a heaping teaspoon two times a day. The capsules contain so so little of it to...
Percocet is some addictive stuff... I was on it, and I found myself taking it even when I wasn't in heavy pain. Careful with it! Silly that docs will perscribe oxycotin but not cannabis......
I'd take 1000mcg of vitamin B12... Fixed up my fatigue in 3 days, felt high on life. Its pretty common with IBD to be low on B12, Japan and Europe have higher cut off points than America for the...
Work less, spend less! As for cheap UC safe food, stick to bulk bag rice and canned sardines. Cost like $1.50 for a big meal that will fill you for hours. Of course, live with less. Try and get a job...
A good blast of UV radiation will help suppress your immune system naturally! Enjoy your time there and hope your symptoms cool down after your trip, or even before!...
Nope. Why worsen colitis? Why spike blood sugar and triglycerides? Many people never eat ice cream and their life is just as fulfilling. First question you can ask yourself is, "do I want to the...
Why l-threonine? No research... L-arginine has research with colitis! Look it up on Pubmed and decide if you'll invest in it. I dunno why everyone is talking about L-threonine after one person who...
You havn't tried everything... I'd try 4000 ui of vitamin D, melatonin, low fat rice based diet and kale juice (or some sort of cruficurous juice). That's the best advice I have. Keep searching!...
The melatonin before bed will help you sleep. But then again, melatonin has more benefit and research than LDN for colitis, so your great results might be from melatonin....
I don't eat butter and I'm not dead, so, skeptics please hush. Ghee is only pure fat rather than butter which has proteins and other stuff still in it. Butter and ghee are both bad fats that aren't...
It can be mucilogenic, and can firm up soft stools. I use it with great success, 3 teapsoons throughout the day keeps the D away! Why are you taking a B complex? Higher intake of vitamin B6 is proven...
I did paleo with great success... Using salads as my staple, 3 times a day and fruit. And a small amount of meat for lunch and supper. 66% plant food and 33% meat (mainly fish), apparently that's the...
Is it PSC liver transplant?...
Old Mike, Asia would be loaded with IBD/IBS/overgrowths and America would have the lowest if low fat diets caused bacterial overgrowth. Rixfixamin can be used for IBD, check out this study....
This article didn't mention something right in front of our eyes... Read the ingredients, and most breads add extra gluten to make it chewy instead of stiff and crumbly. Gluten supplements increase...
Make sure the psyllium husk is not artificially sweetend and that magnesium doesn't exceed 150 mg. Sucralose and aspartame can feed bacteria and yeast cause the body doesn't absorb it but the little...
Might suggest melatonin for the sleep assistance. Non addictive, natural chemical over the counter. Studies prove it to be beneficial to inducing remission in colitis and IBS. Look into it! No one...
Youre exposing your inflammed colon to whole food antigens. You could develop an immune response if your white blood cells decide to react to the proteins in these grains. Why not just eat it? You...
For sleep and gut problems. Melatonin!!! Lots of studies for colitis and IBS. Non addictive, cheap and works. Also acts as an antioxidant and keep cancers away....
Yup, not to mention the lactose that will be a nice fermenting agent for bad bacteria....
The role of milk sialyllactose in intestinal bacterial colonization. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22585928 Discuss! I know that diary doesn't bother me too much but in the long run, staying off...
These omega 3 studies are about omega 3 rich diets right? Does not mean we should make ourselfs deficient. And assuming we eat standard diets (lacking oily fish daily), we should take fish oil...
Quincy, just because it is alternative medicine story of healing doesn't mean it's a spammer. Many of those things in humaworw are beneficial and credible, nice to see a supplement that has it all....
You don't get cyanide which reduces systemic H2S, and you don't get carbon monoxide which surpresses your white blood cells. So, technically its not as good for UC but its a safer alternative to...
A life long journey with colitis has lead me to live a healthier live and to learn about the science of the human body as much as possible. This has lead me to be healthier and more fit than all my...
Like I said, I'd prick myself with needles and lay still for an hour... Its free and not a waste of 80$ (unless you're rich)... And most accupuncturist would ask about your UC and suggest diet stuff,...
Nice find Old Mike!...
I'd save the 80$ per session and just prick the first layer of skin with needles myself... There is no benefit other then relaxing without moving an inch for 45 minutes. If you think different, show...