Hi everyone, it has been awhile since I last posted. Hope everybody is feeling well! I looked in the archives about this topic already but didn't find too much. Has anyone had good luck with a vegan diet? I am interested in trying something new. Meat feels so heavy for me to digest even chicken or turkey. Fiber is the only issue because eating too many fruits or vegetables causes D. I have even thought about just having meat for one meal instead of lunch and dinner. If anyone has any thoughts I would greatly appreciate it!
Thanks!!!
Leanne :)
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Leanne,
The problem with the vegan diet for someone who has MC is that extra protein is required in order to heal the intestines, and that's extremely difficult to do with a vegan diet when soy (and usually most legumes) is one of the food sensitivities. But maybe someone here has found a way.
Tex
The problem with the vegan diet for someone who has MC is that extra protein is required in order to heal the intestines, and that's extremely difficult to do with a vegan diet when soy (and usually most legumes) is one of the food sensitivities. But maybe someone here has found a way.
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 Leanne.........
I followed a vegan diet for many years. One day I picked up a chicken breast to cook and was aware of the fat stuck to my hands. In an instant I stopped eating meat, chicken all dairy, eggs etc. My body just said no and there was no way I could touch animal products - that lasted fifteen years.
I slowly, because of pressure from my partner, started eating fish for the Omega 3 and very recently added small amounts of red meat - beef and lamb.
What can I tell you about being a vegan........I ate vast amounts of spinach and green leafy vegetables. In those days I made my own tofu and soya milk. The shops and supermarkets weren't selling it then. I adopted a Japanese style of eating / diet. I still keep Japanese groceries in the store cupboard, use only Sushi Rice and mix it with Rice Wine Vinegar. I buy fresh wasabi from a local farm. My diet was mainly home made tofu, small amounts of fruit, lots of miso, seaweed, and some vegetables, sticky rice and a very wide variety of foods in every meal. My dinner and lunch were miso based soups with greens and sticky rice. I loved it - still love it!
At the time I was a vegan I didn't have MC. Please feel free to ask what you want about my past vegan life. I became very toxic before the vegan diet from mainly the meat and poultry that was fed hormones and stuff to hurry their growth. After a year on the vegan diet I started to feel better, more energy and less toxic.
Jen
I followed a vegan diet for many years. One day I picked up a chicken breast to cook and was aware of the fat stuck to my hands. In an instant I stopped eating meat, chicken all dairy, eggs etc. My body just said no and there was no way I could touch animal products - that lasted fifteen years.
I slowly, because of pressure from my partner, started eating fish for the Omega 3 and very recently added small amounts of red meat - beef and lamb.
What can I tell you about being a vegan........I ate vast amounts of spinach and green leafy vegetables. In those days I made my own tofu and soya milk. The shops and supermarkets weren't selling it then. I adopted a Japanese style of eating / diet. I still keep Japanese groceries in the store cupboard, use only Sushi Rice and mix it with Rice Wine Vinegar. I buy fresh wasabi from a local farm. My diet was mainly home made tofu, small amounts of fruit, lots of miso, seaweed, and some vegetables, sticky rice and a very wide variety of foods in every meal. My dinner and lunch were miso based soups with greens and sticky rice. I loved it - still love it!
At the time I was a vegan I didn't have MC. Please feel free to ask what you want about my past vegan life. I became very toxic before the vegan diet from mainly the meat and poultry that was fed hormones and stuff to hurry their growth. After a year on the vegan diet I started to feel better, more energy and less toxic.
Jen
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Elimination Diet Start : 1/9/15
Hi Gabes......
I'm on a very strict basic diet at the moment that does not include miso at this point, not even on rice yet although that might be next.
There are different types of miso, but yes, most of it is soy based. Miso is essentially fermented soy and or different grains. Miso can be made from chick peas without soy, it's not readily available commercially as far as I know. Fermenting your own is an option - it takes a full year though.
A vegan diet is challenging under normal circumstances, and more difficult with MC because one needs to eat second class proteins in combination in order to achieve the same result as a first class protein we find in meat.
Jen
I'm on a very strict basic diet at the moment that does not include miso at this point, not even on rice yet although that might be next.
There are different types of miso, but yes, most of it is soy based. Miso is essentially fermented soy and or different grains. Miso can be made from chick peas without soy, it's not readily available commercially as far as I know. Fermenting your own is an option - it takes a full year though.
A vegan diet is challenging under normal circumstances, and more difficult with MC because one needs to eat second class proteins in combination in order to achieve the same result as a first class protein we find in meat.
Jen
Psoriatic Arthritis
Hypertension
Hashimoto Thyroiditis
Allergies
Severe Atopic Reactions
HIT
Elimination Diet Start : 1/9/15
Hypertension
Hashimoto Thyroiditis
Allergies
Severe Atopic Reactions
HIT
Elimination Diet Start : 1/9/15
Hi Leanne,
Things would be very difficult for me if I had to remove meat from my diet. I've recently learned that some of us have problems with B12 absorption, especially the type of B12 in fortified foods and standard vitamins. Meat and fish are naturally high in vitamin B12 and B12 is important. And of course, protein is important. I looked at your food sensitivity list. It seems that you have difficulty with alternate protein sources as I do. As someone who has been at this for about 2 1/2 years, I can say that I am mostly unable to eat prepared foods of any type or eat in restaurants and I do a LOT of cooking and food preparation. I can't imagine the complication of eliminating meat on top of everything else. Also, when I have flairs, I increase my meat intake and reduce everything else to regain my balance.
Good Luck!
DJ
Things would be very difficult for me if I had to remove meat from my diet. I've recently learned that some of us have problems with B12 absorption, especially the type of B12 in fortified foods and standard vitamins. Meat and fish are naturally high in vitamin B12 and B12 is important. And of course, protein is important. I looked at your food sensitivity list. It seems that you have difficulty with alternate protein sources as I do. As someone who has been at this for about 2 1/2 years, I can say that I am mostly unable to eat prepared foods of any type or eat in restaurants and I do a LOT of cooking and food preparation. I can't imagine the complication of eliminating meat on top of everything else. Also, when I have flairs, I increase my meat intake and reduce everything else to regain my balance.
Good Luck!
DJ
I guess about the closest I came to following a vegan diet developed out of desperation. I was beginning to experience extreme stomach attacks and pain, where I would be running to the bathroom without exaggeration every 10 minutes all day and into the night. It didn't happen everyday but more often than I cared. It wasn't a healthy situation at all, and was thinking if this continued I wouldn't be around much longer. Out of desperation I began a rice cereal diet. I only ate a rice cereal I bought at a health food store that was similar to the snap crackle and pop cereal. I would eat it with Rice Dream. It worked as after around a month my gut was normal and I was looking healthy, relatively speaking. I ran into trouble later once I began expanding my diet. Figure that was due to the gut not being fully healed and having difficulty with digestion. Later though, while not vegan, I developed a turkey diet as I jokingly called it, as I ate turkey with rice, pineapple and a few other items. I suppose Thanksgiving is a good holiday for me.
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Hi,
I don't check in to this site very often anymore, so I just saw your post. I have been a vegan for quite a few years and got my CC diagnosis about 2 1/2 years ago. I also had intestinal damage that was indicative of celiac disease but blood tests were negative. I finally went gluten free about 2 years ago and have slowly been healing. I have normans on a fairly regular basis. My solution to too much fiber was to add pysllium husks to my diet, 3 times a day. Although this is fiber it is insoluble and can slow down intestinal transit time and bulk up your stools. I also eat only well cooked veggies-usually steamed- like broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, sweet potatoes,etc. When I am having a veggie that is hard to digest- peppers, onions,etc - you know which ones are a problem for you-and when I have my protein source-usually beans or lentils- everything is ground up into a mush or a pureed soup. The mush is used in tortilla wraps or a baked pasta dish. I also add extra protein with hemp powder. It is a bit limiting but I think of it as helping your body digest your food for you. I stay away from foods I find hard to digest, for me mushrooms and corn especially. I have not had any problems with soy or legumes so I have been fortunate in that regard.
Hope this helps.
Tonya
I don't check in to this site very often anymore, so I just saw your post. I have been a vegan for quite a few years and got my CC diagnosis about 2 1/2 years ago. I also had intestinal damage that was indicative of celiac disease but blood tests were negative. I finally went gluten free about 2 years ago and have slowly been healing. I have normans on a fairly regular basis. My solution to too much fiber was to add pysllium husks to my diet, 3 times a day. Although this is fiber it is insoluble and can slow down intestinal transit time and bulk up your stools. I also eat only well cooked veggies-usually steamed- like broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, sweet potatoes,etc. When I am having a veggie that is hard to digest- peppers, onions,etc - you know which ones are a problem for you-and when I have my protein source-usually beans or lentils- everything is ground up into a mush or a pureed soup. The mush is used in tortilla wraps or a baked pasta dish. I also add extra protein with hemp powder. It is a bit limiting but I think of it as helping your body digest your food for you. I stay away from foods I find hard to digest, for me mushrooms and corn especially. I have not had any problems with soy or legumes so I have been fortunate in that regard.
Hope this helps.
Tonya