Could too much exercise cause a flare up or is it more likely something I ate. I have been exercising a lot lately and yesterday I did a 72 mile bike ride when my usual route is 45 miles after doing a 45mile ride on Saturday. Per Entrolad I need to stay away from both Gluten and rice, I have been have a little rice here and there, and a small sampling of Gluten once a week, without any real issues, but last night I had real issues. Yesterday I found out that the meatballs I had for diner had some bread crumbs in them.
Could too much exercise be part of the problem?
Exercise causing stomach pain
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Hi Doug,
If your EnteroLab test results showed that you produce antibodies to gluten, and you continue to eat gluten, then your flare is almost surely due to your dietary indiscretions.
Having bread crumbs in our diet is somewhat similar to sprinkling a little arsenic on our food. As long as we don't overdo it, it won't kill us, but the pain and suffering we go through is part of our body's attempt to send a message to our brain — it's saying, "DON'T DO THAT!"
Tex
If your EnteroLab test results showed that you produce antibodies to gluten, and you continue to eat gluten, then your flare is almost surely due to your dietary indiscretions.
Having bread crumbs in our diet is somewhat similar to sprinkling a little arsenic on our food. As long as we don't overdo it, it won't kill us, but the pain and suffering we go through is part of our body's attempt to send a message to our brain — it's saying, "DON'T DO THAT!"
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.
I've noticed something similar, when I do longer or more strenuous bike rides lasting 2-4 hours, it is not uncommon for me to have loose stools about an hour after the ride. I don't change my diet much, so I was thinking it may be related to the stress of the exercise. I have found that Immodium helps to calm things down.
Donna
Diagnosed with CC August 2011
Diagnosed with CC August 2011
It's not necessary to have MC in order to experience D from an exercise workout that exceeds our current physical ability. Overdoing any exercise can cause D (that's part of the normal stress-related fight-or-flight response), but that doesn't really have anything to do with MC, and it shouldn't trigger a relapse of MC symptoms, unless it's a chronic problem (IOW, unless one overexerts during their exercise program regularly).
And of course, when our body is suffering from the effects of an inflamed gut, the energy burned in fighting the inflammation is very significant, and it has to be subtracted from our total reserve supply. IOW, MC can reduce our current physical ability, which in effect, lowers our safe threshold for our total exercise capacity.
So from that viewpoint, yes, MC can cause us to overdo the exercise sooner, because we may exceed our (lowered) limits sooner than we are accustomed. The bottom line is that we have to adjust our workout to match our ability, with or without MC.
Marathon runners have even been known to develop ischemic colitis (a life-threatening condition) due to exceeding their limits during a race, because the body may eventually shut down the blood flow to the gut, in an effort to protect the brain and the rest of the body from the excessive blood/energy drain caused by the physical exertion. I believe that's commonly called "runner's colitis".
Tex
And of course, when our body is suffering from the effects of an inflamed gut, the energy burned in fighting the inflammation is very significant, and it has to be subtracted from our total reserve supply. IOW, MC can reduce our current physical ability, which in effect, lowers our safe threshold for our total exercise capacity.
So from that viewpoint, yes, MC can cause us to overdo the exercise sooner, because we may exceed our (lowered) limits sooner than we are accustomed. The bottom line is that we have to adjust our workout to match our ability, with or without MC.
Marathon runners have even been known to develop ischemic colitis (a life-threatening condition) due to exceeding their limits during a race, because the body may eventually shut down the blood flow to the gut, in an effort to protect the brain and the rest of the body from the excessive blood/energy drain caused by the physical exertion. I believe that's commonly called "runner's colitis".
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.