Treat yourself better than anyone else, cause no one else is going to.
I retreat to soft foods. Soft boiled eggs for protein, bananas, probiotics, aloe vera juice. I'm sure you'll get many more replies

Hi Jon, great question. I am looking forward to seeing others replies. I am having trouble at the moment as well. I thought I would share this with you and see what you think. I have been eating bannanas as I thought they are part of a bland diet. Yet, a good friend told me they are inflamatory and possibly making things worse for me. She also suggested taking Tumaric (sp?). She told me that it is a spice known to have anti inflamatory benefits. So I am going to look into it and maybe give it a try.

hi snowkitty,
i used a book before called selfhealing colitis and crohns, where the author advocates using bananas, for healing. i used his method and healed quite well, after nearly having my colon removed.
how long does a flare up usually last for you?
thanks,
Jon

Hello mate,

I've had the disease since last year so I'm in the same boat as you, pretty new to it too.

For me scrambled eggs, potato waffles, mashed potatoes (especially smash for some reason), bananas, papaya juice are all good when you're struggling to get food in you. Milk kills me but mature cheddar cheese is ok.

Mint tea is great for settling the stomach for me if I'm rough, especially first thing.

What does me a world of good, I've never seen anyone mention it here so it might be just be me, is to clean myself out. I drink prune juice or something similar to make myself go to the toilet, but other than that fast for a day or two. Letting my bowel clean out and have a rest from food for a couple or days can settle it down for ages after for me.

Hi Jon, my flares have varied over the years. The past two years I am in a flair more than in remission. I'm not sure I have actually truely been in remission the past two years. I have had to take prednisone way too much. The banana thing is interesting. My friend was told this by a MD who has a wholistic practice. It surprised me so much when she told me this because I eat bananas almost every day as I have had low potassium. It sound like others eat them when ill as well. I think they are the B in the brat diet! Anyhow, I am willing to try anything so its helpful to hear what others do.

OOPs, forgot to ask you about the book. Do you still find the recommendations helpful?

Hi Jon,

I agree with sneakers, a fast can really help. Also, chicken broth (if you can make it yourself it's even milder), bananas, eggs, tea, honey is nice. Anything that doesn't require your system to have to work too hard. I also drink 1/2 water/ 1/2 juice mixes (as long as there isn't any sugar in the juice - I find sugar, dairy and high-fiber foods really make me uncomfortable and contribute to the big D.) Oh, and Pomegranate juice too.

Hope this helps,
kdc

hey guys,

thanks for all of your replies. for me i think that anxiety/stress plays a big role. ive suffered from anxiety since i was 11 and im now 24. i used to get a lot of panic attacks(had doctor call to house a few times). and have a constantly churning/tension in stomach.

because ive always had tension in my stomach for years and years every day, i think that it is no surprise that i now have an illness in that area. the cause of uc is unknown so maybe this is my cause.

snowkitty the name of the book is self healing colitis and crohns, by david kelin. he advocates a vegan diet, mostly raw to help people overcome the illness.

i done his healing phase diet for 2 months and healed very well managed to get of the steroids, also my acne scars went and my skin has never looked better and so soft(like a peach).

there is another guy who has a book advocating a vegan diet called paul nison, he laike klein used to suffer.

he(nison) has videos on youtube if you wanna check him out.

regards,

Jon

The best advice I got was to go on a high protein, low "residue" diet so basically low fibre, try slippery elm to coat

The best advice I got was to go on a high protein, low residue diet. High protein to help heal the gut wall, take slippery elm to coat the gut and let it health. Low residue so basically have a low fibre diet, not to say omit fibre completely but cook all your vegetables really well and to not eat the skins of apples etc. Then take a really good multi vitamin and have a good yoghurt with probiotics in it. If I get any feeling of a flare coming on I automatically switch to this for a couple of days and I have found it helps. Alternatively omit solids completely and drink fortisip because its nutritionally complete, lactose and gluten free with a low fibre content....peppermint and/or chamomile tea also help :)

I agree with "luvnitlykdiz " I was just diagnosed with UC about 2 weeks ago. While I was in hospital for a week, I had a dietitian come and talk with me and this is what she said. Eat small meals 5-8, high protein at each meal, low residue, potassium enriched foods ( OJ, bananas, baked potatoes

Hmmm not sure what happened but only posted part of what I wrote! Let me finish...Potatoes have to be baked...no skins, Yogart, No caffeine, no alcohol, and drink a lot. Take a good multivitamin and calcium. These all helped me...I was unable to eat for 4 weeks while they were figuring this out. Steroids have helped me a lot.

Everyone is different and react differently. But this site is great!

I also keep a journal. I write down everything I eat and drink even the time of day. That way I know if I ate something that didn't agree with me.

I'm still turning the corner with all this stuff and learning a lot. But this site is GREAT!

Hope you feel better soon!
~DawnZoo~

Dear Jon -
I agree with what DawnZoo wrote.

For my hubby, during his flare up (which is still somewhat happening) he is on a low-residue diet. So far, he hasn't eaten many cooked veggies at all (even though according to some websites, COOKED Veggies with no skins or seeds are "included" in a low residue diet.) For him, he sticks with the white rice, mashed potatoes, white bread, some simple pastas (not too much tomato sauce) and proteins like chicken, ground turkey, and some fish. Oh, and Jello... and "Boost" which is a bottled-supplement-shake product that has lots of vitamins, minerals and protein...

he drinks lots of water. lots of juice... he takes iron supplements too (since he has been loosing lots of blood in the bms)...

Hope this is all helpful to you...

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