happily i am past that point now. it's true that the first year there were obsessions and cravings, but not now. i found it more and more enjoyable....
two years on SCD is a long run?...
This is off topic and is not relevant to Uc. If you have any comments or questions, send me an email. My email is under my user name....
it's a good one :)...
in my country almond flour has same price as raw almonds (about 10 $ per kg). so i am lucky i guess. but i only use almond flour once a weak, for a nice pancake made with blackberries. when i need a...
why don't buy raw almonds, skin them - it's been posted on the forum - and then grind them? much cheaper....
@mindoverbutter please keep in mind that there's no CURE. there are ways to manage your condition and to keep you into remission. do not have high expectations, because the higher they get, the...
@tournevice if you can explain me why SCD is a commercial diet, and with arguments, I will drop the diet the next moment even if it was the best thing for me in the past 2 years....
well, sometimes stress is worse than diet. if you felt incomfortable and seen no light at the end of the tunnel then you probably did the right thing. i know the feeling you have - i've had the same...
i could not sleep because of colon pain when i was flaring. and in the morning yes, my colon wake me (not necessarily a bowel movement, but enough to put me out of bed). now...my colon wakes after my...
we are talking about home made cottage cheese... try find elaine's book and read it. it will help....
i do not think allergy causes U.C. but there could be foods that can raise inflammation levels in a U.C.-er, since we do not digest their proteins as normal people do, and due to the fact that our...
your weight problem will solve in time. but it will take some time...i've had 105 kg when i've started scd. my lower point was 74 kg. now i have around 80-82 kg and the trend is to gain back what...
i will pass, believe me. walnuts with honey are my best treat now. could not eat walnuts 1 year before. they would go out as they came in...but now... uh! how i love a bowl with walnuts&honey.......
stress, western diet, genetics, quiting smoking...i believe they all played their part in my case. but diet helps me. as antidepressants helped when i needed them. same for the mesalasine. i cannot...
insulting is bad. arguing? well... why not? keep on locking threads and people will do not have where to release their pressure... and there's a lot of pressure on UC'ers isnt'it? any why locking a...
my diet is mostly no starch/no complex sugars (complex means more than glucose/fructose) diet. i believe i could do well on a low starch diet/SCD if i would only have UC, but i also must control my...
i do no see the point of deleting threads unless people start shouting insults to one another. and i mean real insults. if a discussion becomes harsh, so what? in real life don't we argue? it's not a...
a couple of years ago i've had the same symptoms - colonoscopy showed that my rectum was flaring......
it is a well written article from what i see. there's a lot of good sense pros and cons there. i do agree with most of them....
@sara i believe trojen thought to ask who consumes grains withouts issues - and his UC is in remission. this questions is more appropriate i think. didn't you trojen?...
i cannot answer your questions, because there's a lot of data that can contradict both point of views (grains or no grains). most probably theres more data that will advertise grains. i can speak...
i do not know what's the IBD rate in japanese population, if you have the data, please post it. should be really interesting to know. if i remember well IBD is mostly spread in northern hemisphere...
not everything elaine recomended works for all of us. you should keep the principle - starch at minimum, no sugars, no processed foods and make a diet that suits your needs and your symptoms....
if home made and properly made should be legal. but for me it does not work.instead i do well on hard cheese....
my email is in my profile, see the icon under my name. @mary A. fish oil has different effects on UC'ers. I for one, cannot take it without irritating my gut. And i've tried several brands. But it's...
i believe you will be taken off asacol since sulfasalazine contains 5-asa and sulfapiridine. the asacol also has amino5acetilsalicilic acid... but. if you are doing SCD and you believe it helps your...
i use raw honey. but one sould keep in mind that honey used at high temperatures becomes a little bit toxic....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinutrient this is what antinutrient means. strange, when i googled on the subject, the first thing goold returned after writing down antinutr... was - antinutrients in...
cure? off course not. remission? possible. probable? i don't really think so. but possible....
my point on this diet is to keep it simple. our digestive system did not changed in 20.000, but our foods did. 500 years ago there were not crackers and bisquits and pancakes. so i eat what make me...
we do not cook for me in my house. exception: once a week my wife makes me an almond flour pancake. and that's all. the vegetables are eaten raw and the meat i can cook it myself very easy - a couple...
not necessarily, but most probably. and yes, hurry up and make your urine and blood tests. it's good when you catch this problem as early as possible, because kidney functions can be restored better....
ok. so there is AS, and there is sacroileitis, wich is another auto-inflammatory disease and this one is more common in UC'ers. the principle of the disease is the same as in AS. anyway, DR-A - you...
80 % of AS'ers have microscopis lesions of their colon that mimic UC, quincy. Related, yes. My point - take care of the colon first and you will see your joint pain diminish. I lived it, some others...
@kazbern you are right. UC can cause mechanical dysfunction in SI joints. also lumbar spine for those who also have AS, like in my case. And the SI joints inflammation can trigger sciatica. but the...
ankylosing spondylitis here :) diet helps. in fact i fist feel the joints when i eat something offending and only after the gut problems. starch, sugars, nightshades, beer are the most offending...
sorry, i havent't been reading verry carrefully your first post. when yoo'll start poping out on the other side i belive you'll not feel the need to eat :) at least this is what happend to me the...
as far as i know 24 hours before colonoscopy no solid food is alowed. only liquid diet....
haha, yes. true. first time when it happend i was pretty scared....
chronic inflammation like it happends in UC can also lead to depression. you wrote you don't wanna see a specialist. my belief is that this is the bigest mistake you can make. i battled depression...
good luck :)...
i boil it....
@ mom of 3. i am sorry, but the thread got closed mostly because of you :) colitis_sux might have been sceptical but she has her point: there can be relapses even with the diet. and yes, she is...
careful with oranges -they are too acidic and will probably attack your colon mucosa if you tend to overeat them. don't know about the bruises, did not happened to me...you should ask your doctor...
i've spent my share of money on supplements - some seem to work, but did not, some i am still using sporadically, some made me feel worse. yes - there's a lot of money involved in this industry. a...
i would not talk so little about depression - it's not an easy disease to handle. i know, because i've been there. when your body reaches high inflammation points and the serotonin level drops low...
for diary i highly recommend old cheese. it's expensive, but it does not contain lactose nor casein......
i guess we humans are also the ones who invented greys :) don't lock it, let's wait for the greys. it's a forum of discussion in the end. so in a debate there has to be some disagreement. unless it...
well... i solved this problem in a verry simple way: i've told anyone i know: hey peple i have UC. they said: what is that? i've said: i shi-t faster and harder and more than any of you can. this put...