Hi there,
Just wondering if there is a 'basic recovery diet' that can be followed in the initial stage of recovery when the symptoms are at their worst? I believe I am gluten intolerant, but I'm not too sure about lactose yet.
Thanks!
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~Norma
First signs of illness began in high school (mid 80's). Diagnosed with collagenous colitis in 2000.
Still looking for relief.
First signs of illness began in high school (mid 80's). Diagnosed with collagenous colitis in 2000.
Still looking for relief.
Hi Norma,
When we are reacting, we usually respond best to a simple, bland diet that minimizes fiber and sugar, and excludes processed foods and all artificial sweeteners. IOW, we eat meats, maybe one or two peeled and overcooked easy-to-digest vegetables, such as squash, potatoes, sweet potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, etc.. If you want to include a grain or two, rice is the safest grain, and most of us can tolerate corn. It's best to avoid fruits, because most fruits contain significant amounts of fructose and sugar alcohols, which tend to be poorly digested while we are reacting, so they ferment in the colon, producing gas and bloating. Fruits also contain a lot of fiber, especially in the peel. An exception is banana — most of us can tolerate bananas as long as we don't overdo it. Most of us fine tune our own safe diet, based on experience, so that we know what to rely on when we experience a flare, but the foods I mentioned are a good starting point. Chicken soup with rice was always my go-to food when I was severely reacting, especially when I also had nausea.
While the majority of us can typically safely eat these foods, please note that these selections do not necessarily work for everyone, because we are all different, and a few of us are sensitive to some of these foods, so we have to avoid them.
Tex
When we are reacting, we usually respond best to a simple, bland diet that minimizes fiber and sugar, and excludes processed foods and all artificial sweeteners. IOW, we eat meats, maybe one or two peeled and overcooked easy-to-digest vegetables, such as squash, potatoes, sweet potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, etc.. If you want to include a grain or two, rice is the safest grain, and most of us can tolerate corn. It's best to avoid fruits, because most fruits contain significant amounts of fructose and sugar alcohols, which tend to be poorly digested while we are reacting, so they ferment in the colon, producing gas and bloating. Fruits also contain a lot of fiber, especially in the peel. An exception is banana — most of us can tolerate bananas as long as we don't overdo it. Most of us fine tune our own safe diet, based on experience, so that we know what to rely on when we experience a flare, but the foods I mentioned are a good starting point. Chicken soup with rice was always my go-to food when I was severely reacting, especially when I also had nausea.
While the majority of us can typically safely eat these foods, please note that these selections do not necessarily work for everyone, because we are all different, and a few of us are sensitive to some of these foods, so we have to avoid them.
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.
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Gabes-Apg
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Anytime I feel poorly, (whether it is MC related or not) my low inflammation easy to digest meal is gooey rice and chicken
cook the rice in 1/2 water, 1/2 home made broth, with minced chicken in it. it is like a gooey stew/thick soup.
at times when unwell I ate this 3 times a day for a week....
My main meal that I have made and eaten since Dx is stew, mixture of minced meats (lamb, beef, pork, veal) browned then simmered in home made broth, with my 'gabe safe' veges (cauliflower, sweet pot, parsnip, peas) this simmers for about 3 hours
I make batches of this and have this 2 x a day.
the meats have the iron, B12 etc that I need, the home made broth has 60% of the amino acids we need, the veges have Vit C and other nutrients.
and it works out about $4 per serve so it suits the budget.
I always have at least a weeks worth of the stew, home made broth and uncooked chicken in my freezer, that way if I become unwell, I don't have to shop, and preparing meals is pretty easy.
cook the rice in 1/2 water, 1/2 home made broth, with minced chicken in it. it is like a gooey stew/thick soup.
at times when unwell I ate this 3 times a day for a week....
My main meal that I have made and eaten since Dx is stew, mixture of minced meats (lamb, beef, pork, veal) browned then simmered in home made broth, with my 'gabe safe' veges (cauliflower, sweet pot, parsnip, peas) this simmers for about 3 hours
I make batches of this and have this 2 x a day.
the meats have the iron, B12 etc that I need, the home made broth has 60% of the amino acids we need, the veges have Vit C and other nutrients.
and it works out about $4 per serve so it suits the budget.
I always have at least a weeks worth of the stew, home made broth and uncooked chicken in my freezer, that way if I become unwell, I don't have to shop, and preparing meals is pretty easy.
Gabes Ryan
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama