I tried the liquid/ soft food diet and it helped me a lot. The whole key behind it is to give your bowels a break from breaking down foods from solids. I still drink smoothies with soy milk, keifer, honey and whatever else you want to put in them. I actually put fries, hamburger and ketchup in a blender and basically drank it. Potatoes, white rice, tuna, sweet potatoes anything you can imagine that is soft and without any added coloring, preservatives etc. Stay away from whole grain breads, nuts and anything else that woulkd be abrasive in your guts. Give it a shot and you may be surprised. I will try and remember some good recipes and post here again. Also drink lots of water to flush the nasties out of your system. Good luck. Charlie

I've been flaring 2 years with my UC. Just started SCD five days ago and so far - amazing. It's very limited. Just dry curd cottage cheese (farmers cheese - hard to find in st louis), broiled fish, plain hamburger patties, homemade yogurt, homemade jello. But I'm thrilled that i know what I can eat. I've been eliminating so many foods anyways, at least this way I have some sort of guide. Not sure what will happen when I start adding other foods, so it's a little too soon for me to really recommend it I guess.

Best of luck to you. Hope you feel better real soon.

Thank you for your advice. I have heard good things about the SCD and may give that a shot. A liquid / soft food diet may be a bit easier to try for now though. We will see.

I have tried liquid diets several times this past year to give my pouch a rest as I deal with cuffitis. I am always very happy with the results and never get too fatigued. I stick with coffee/creamer, jello, gatorade, chicken/beef broth and water. After the 3 days, I slowly introduce very bland, pureed foods in small amounts. This has not been recommended by my doctor but I am always in better shape after. I hope you find something that works for you.

I am the protein shake queen and my GI today said they aren't good for what I am trying to accomplish. I am trying to calm things down so he told me that anytime you blend anything you are taking in a lot of nutrients all at once- and it makes your system have to work harder. He told me to stick to bland, warm food. He wants me to give my body a rest by eating broths and dry toast and home made applesause. So if I was trying to add nutrients to my diet, maybe it would be okay.

The point of this is who would have thought? I wouldn't put yourself on any diet before talking to your doctor. You should have a plan with your GI and work together to achieve goals. There is no reason to put yourself through anything for no reason.

Fascinating. Liquid diets have always made me feel like hell, and this would explain it.

I wonder if this is similar Ashley- last week, I did something really stupid, without thinking. I took my normal vitamins in the morning after breakfast- multi vitamin, fish oil, folic acid, calcium-magnesium, vitamin D. Never had a problem with taking those.

BUT, I also added one of those Emergen-C packets in my water because I was feeling a little run down, like I was coming down with something, and so I was drinking it while taking my vitamins. Within a half hour, I had diarrhea (which I rarely get any more, even when flaring) and my mouth IMMEDIATELY went dry. It was the weirdest thing. I felt instantly sick, sweaty, nauseous, etc. Well, duh, I'm sure I completely bombarded my system with all these vitamins and minerals at once and I wonder if I had a little mini overdose or something. I felt like hell for a couple of days after, despite my UC being in remission right now.

By the way, I love those Emergen-C packets.

I know! Here I am thinking I am awesome with my protein shakes and vitamins and minerals and my doctor is like "why the heck are you taking all that stuff!" This warm food thing is so far so good. Plain dry toast (you gotta get the good bread for that) and mint tea for breakfast and pain- yes but no throwing up! I may avoid the hospital after all.

This is a good lesson for me. I think there is all this information out there, plus all of us here who are exchanging information, and we forget that this disease is not only different for everyone, it can change from year to year personally! I hadn't seen my doctor since June and I need to be better about that!