Ok everyone, I need your advice....I am on an elimination diet for 4 days so far (plain chicken, rice, peppermint tea, banana, applesauce), and I STILL have crazy diarrhea. My Dr. also started me on Asacol which I have taken for about a week. I am beginning to believe my body just doesn't like food. I am 5'8 and down to 118. Please, if anyone has any advice I will be eternally grateful.
Thanks, Leann
Elimination Diet Question # 2 (Ha Ha, # 2)...
Moderators: Rosie, Jean, CAMary, moremuscle, JFR, Dee, xet, Peggy, Matthew, Gabes-Apg, grannyh, Gloria, Mars, starfire, Polly, Joefnh
Hi Leann,
It's very unusual to see significant results in only a few days. Unless you establish control of the symptoms with an anti-inflammatory drug (such as Asacol), it typically takes at least several months on the diet for enough healing to take place to allow significant improvement.
Please be aware that it typically takes at least 2 weeks to a month or more for Asacol to work, though the time can vary widely. And since for anyone who is sensitive to NSAIDs (which is many of us), mesalamine (the active ingredient in Asacol) can stimulate the production of leukotrienes, (which are highly inflammatory), many of us cannot tolerate Asacol — it either does not help, or it makes our symptoms worse. Entocort (budesonide) is usually a much better treatment choice, if you want to take a medication while giving the diet time to work. Entocort usually begins working within a few days to a couple of weeks or so.
Good luck with your treatment.
Tex
It's very unusual to see significant results in only a few days. Unless you establish control of the symptoms with an anti-inflammatory drug (such as Asacol), it typically takes at least several months on the diet for enough healing to take place to allow significant improvement.
Please be aware that it typically takes at least 2 weeks to a month or more for Asacol to work, though the time can vary widely. And since for anyone who is sensitive to NSAIDs (which is many of us), mesalamine (the active ingredient in Asacol) can stimulate the production of leukotrienes, (which are highly inflammatory), many of us cannot tolerate Asacol — it either does not help, or it makes our symptoms worse. Entocort (budesonide) is usually a much better treatment choice, if you want to take a medication while giving the diet time to work. Entocort usually begins working within a few days to a couple of weeks or so.
Good luck with your treatment.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Hi Leann,
Your diet sounds correct for a flare up. Like Tex said, it takes more than 4 days for the inflammation of the intestines and colon to heal and if your Doctor could prescribe Entocort (or it's generic Budesonide) that is what helped me. It worked quickly. While I was on the Entocort I ate like you only I also added mashed potatoes, well-cooked carrots, squash & pumpkin, and green beans from a can. And beside the Peppermint tea, I drank Ginger tea & Green Tea. I am sensitive to NSAID's and when my family doctor had me on them my situation grew worse. It wasn't until I went to a GI doctor and got on the Entocort that I began healing. Hope you'll be able to stabilize soon and gain some weight back. Bet your hitching up you pants like I do when I lose weight in a flare up.
Best,
Cory
Your diet sounds correct for a flare up. Like Tex said, it takes more than 4 days for the inflammation of the intestines and colon to heal and if your Doctor could prescribe Entocort (or it's generic Budesonide) that is what helped me. It worked quickly. While I was on the Entocort I ate like you only I also added mashed potatoes, well-cooked carrots, squash & pumpkin, and green beans from a can. And beside the Peppermint tea, I drank Ginger tea & Green Tea. I am sensitive to NSAID's and when my family doctor had me on them my situation grew worse. It wasn't until I went to a GI doctor and got on the Entocort that I began healing. Hope you'll be able to stabilize soon and gain some weight back. Bet your hitching up you pants like I do when I lose weight in a flare up.
Best,
Cory
CoryGut
Age 71
Diagnosed with Lymphocytic Colitis Sept. 2010
On and off Entocort(Currently Off)
Age 71
Diagnosed with Lymphocytic Colitis Sept. 2010
On and off Entocort(Currently Off)
Leann,
I went on a similar diet three years ago and got worse. I found out through MRT testing that I was intolerant to chicken. I can't eat any of the foods that are recommended for an elimination diet: bananas, rice, applesauce and chicken. I'm an unusual case, but you should be aware that not everyone can eat the foods recommended.
Gloria
I went on a similar diet three years ago and got worse. I found out through MRT testing that I was intolerant to chicken. I can't eat any of the foods that are recommended for an elimination diet: bananas, rice, applesauce and chicken. I'm an unusual case, but you should be aware that not everyone can eat the foods recommended.
Gloria
You never know what you can do until you have to do it.
.jpg){kind=avatar}
I cannot eat chicken or rice either. Enterolab testing showed this although I already suspected chicken was a problem. We each have to find what foods are safe for us. Its just good to keep in mind that although most people can eat chicken and rice (or apples and bananas) not everyone can.Gloria wrote:Leann,
I went on a similar diet three years ago and got worse. I found out through MRT testing that I was intolerant to chicken. I can't eat any of the foods that are recommended for an elimination diet: bananas, rice, applesauce and chicken. I'm an unusual case, but you should be aware that not everyone can eat the foods recommended.
Gloria
Jean
Elimination Diet Question # 2 (Ha Ha, # 2)...
Thank you all for your responses. To those of you who cannot eat chicken or rice what DO you eat during a flare?
Re: Elimination Diet Question # 2 (Ha Ha, # 2)...
There's nothing sacrosanct about chicken and rice. It's just that a lot of people seem to be able to tolerate it well. My go to foods when things are acting up are ground meats (pork or lamb) and bone broths (pork or lamb also).Leann wrote:Thank you all for your responses. To those of you who cannot eat chicken or rice what DO you eat during a flare?
Jean
Hi Leann,
I am new at this too. So far, I am eating baked turkey breast and baked sweet potato with an improvement in my symptoms. Silk Almond milk is working for me as well. My gastro put me on Asacol, but now I wonder if I should continue taking it.
I hope you feel better soon. Read the book Microscopic Colitis, which you can buy on Amazon. The book has made me feel empowered and that I will be able to get better.
Sarad
I am new at this too. So far, I am eating baked turkey breast and baked sweet potato with an improvement in my symptoms. Silk Almond milk is working for me as well. My gastro put me on Asacol, but now I wonder if I should continue taking it.
I hope you feel better soon. Read the book Microscopic Colitis, which you can buy on Amazon. The book has made me feel empowered and that I will be able to get better.
Sarad
sarad