Crohn's Disease & Ulcerative Colitis Support Group
Crohn's disease is a systemic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) of unknown cause, that results in chronic inflammation of the intestinal tract. It can affect the entire gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, and can also cause complications outside of the gastrointestinal tract. There is no known medical or surgical cure for Crohn's disease, but there are many medical...
The first I threw up was after a trip to Burger King. I decided after my doctor told me I had and ulcer ( with out running any test) that the acid in the soda pop most have been the cause of my being sick. So I stop drinking soda pop, and I havent drank any since. I was unable to ignore the true cause until 15 years ago.
I was also going through what turned out to be 9 months of testing to find out why I was having stomach problems. During that time period it was suggested that I find out what foods I was sensitive and which foods I wasnt sensitive to. I had the diarrhea and cramping in my stomach under control, because I was fallowing a basic vegetarian diet, and adding one time at a time to see what food were causing my the most problem. Simple beef breakfast stake sent me into a 12 hour bout of stomach cramps and diarrhea as my body tried to get ride of the offending food item. Eating beef would become a no! No! in the face of the reality that I had Crohns disease of the stomach. It would turn also be something my mother would remove from her diet in the face of the reality that she had Crohns / Colitis. In fact, once she had removed beef from her diet, she gained control over the bleeding of colitis that ruled her life at the amazement of her doctor.
Why was eating beef causing so much misery, compared to other meats we ate on a daily bases. First of all beef is the hardest meat to digest for a person with out intestinal problem. It take a normal intestine 4 days to digest beef. And that to their daily consumption of beef, and it doesnt take long to realize that they better be adding a lot of fiber to their diet . But a person that has intestinal problem, beef doesnt digest it rots, in the intestinal track causing excessive gas, diarrhea, and cramps. And to those of us who have push our intestinal limits to the edge, our body will simple rebel against eating beef and find ourselves living in the bathroom.
I do know about you, but I would rather give up a favorite food than have to live with the misery after words.
I was also going through what turned out to be 9 months of testing to find out why I was having stomach problems. During that time period it was suggested that I find out what foods I was sensitive and which foods I wasnt sensitive to. I had the diarrhea and cramping in my stomach under control, because I was fallowing a basic vegetarian diet, and adding one time at a time to see what food were causing my the most problem. Simple beef breakfast stake sent me into a 12 hour bout of stomach cramps and diarrhea as my body tried to get ride of the offending food item. Eating beef would become a no! No! in the face of the reality that I had Crohns disease of the stomach. It would turn also be something my mother would remove from her diet in the face of the reality that she had Crohns / Colitis. In fact, once she had removed beef from her diet, she gained control over the bleeding of colitis that ruled her life at the amazement of her doctor.
Why was eating beef causing so much misery, compared to other meats we ate on a daily bases. First of all beef is the hardest meat to digest for a person with out intestinal problem. It take a normal intestine 4 days to digest beef. And that to their daily consumption of beef, and it doesnt take long to realize that they better be adding a lot of fiber to their diet . But a person that has intestinal problem, beef doesnt digest it rots, in the intestinal track causing excessive gas, diarrhea, and cramps. And to those of us who have push our intestinal limits to the edge, our body will simple rebel against eating beef and find ourselves living in the bathroom.
I do know about you, but I would rather give up a favorite food than have to live with the misery after words.
Different foods tend to have different reactions on those of us with CD/UC, some of us can eat popcorn and others are in agony afterwards(this includes me).
It's a very strange disease but good luck in cutting out the evil stuff!
I get constipated when I eat beef. I can eat well-drained home cooked hamburgers and at a few local diners. I cannot eat chain burgers. I pay for days. Roasts and steaks I eat only a few times a year with a salad to keep it moving...
Fish and chicken give no problems however. Try eating it baked or broiled rather than fried. I had to mostly give up frying anything.
The faux-foods, veggie substitutes for bacon and burgers, are an absolute godsend for me.
Pork of any kind is a no-no for me. Within an hour I have cramps and bloating, gas, then I spend the next few days in our favorite room.
Hang in there, once you get a grip on what hurts, and avoid it, life does get better.
Ambrose Stapleton
Oh, and popcorn (my favorite!!!) is also something I can no longer eat.
One thing that I've noticed is when I'm starting to not feel well I get a craving for spicy chicken wings. I can't figure it out!
I just had a small wendys value menu burger which is probably only the 3rd time I ate a little beef in 2015. I don't know why, I just wanted it.
But normally I don't miss it anymore.
I live mostly on chicken and fish and I can eat pork thank God. I do miss my burgers though, turkey burgers just aren't the same, lol and whatever is in garden burgers makes me sick but I have to watch my spices too, everything is dull dull dull, lol