Diet During Tapering

[Mlb64]

I'm currently tapering on Budesinide (3 mg daily) and been trying to incorporate more vegetables into my diet for microbiome diversity. I haven't experienced any WD but I have noticed about a 5 LB weight gain. I've been GF/DF for a couple of years, so I don't think that is it. I normally see a weight gain when i start eating food that makes me retain a lot of water. I'm assuming that this is a signal that it's inflammatory but maybe just not enough to cause D. I want to make sure I'm healing during this time and not consuming food that will prevent that. I read on another blog that the UMass IBD-AID has helped a lot of people with MC get into remission. Has anyone tried this diet and does it fit with the knowledge of this blog for gaining remission? Here's the link to the food list https://www.umassmed.edu/globalassets/n ... .2019.pdf.

Thanks,
Michelle

[tex]

I've been GF/DF for a couple of years, so I don't think that is it.

Kids' intestines heal within a year. Published research shows that it takes adults from 3 to 5 years for their intestines to finish healing from gluten damage, and even then, they usually don't heal completely. So yes, it's the diet that's causing the healing, and the resulting improved digestion is causing the weight gain. We gain weight from ingesting calories, so I doubt that vegetables are causing any weight gain (because vegetables contain precious few calories). They do contain many vitamins and minerals, of course.

If you're just now in the process of tapering a budesonide treatment, this is not the time to be experimenting with adding new foods to your diet, unless you just love the excitement that taking risks can create. It's much safer to experiment with adding new foods after you've been completely off budesonide and stable for at least a month or so.

Personally, I've never heard of the UMass IBD-AID, and when I click on your link I get a server error. I seriously doubt that it offers any benefits over the treatment protocol that we recommend here.

Tex

[Mlb64]

Thanks Tex, I didn't realize the healing took that long. I don't think the weight change is actually a gain but more of an inflammatory response to the food. When I scale back to a very limited diet again I will loose up to 5 lbs fairly quickly. As you suggested, I think I should stay away from most veggies for awhile until I don't experience this reaction even though it doesn't seem to produce WD. I had my blood work done a couple of weeks ago and the good news is that all my inflammatory markers where very low, so what I'm seeing in my weight doesn't seem to effect those results.

Another interesting phenomena is that I will experience the same weight gain when I exercise too heavily. I think it may be too overwhelming with all the other assaults going on for my body to handle that also. I am reading a book right now - The metabolism plan : discover the foods and exercises that work for your body to reduce inflammation and drop pounds fast by Recitas, Lyn-Genet. It explains how to measure your bodies reaction to a food by taking your temperature. The foods that she describes as being the highest in inflammation production don't match exactly from what I've seen, but I think it's interesting to consider when I'm not sure where the inflammation is coming from.

[tex]

There's a simpler way than checking your temperature to detect food sensitivity issues. Just check your heart rate (pulse rate) a few minutes after eating something. A small increase in postprandial heart rate is normal. But if your heart rate goes up more than 10 %, you're probably having a classic allergic reaction (IgE reaction) to that food. And of course, if you have diarrhea 4–6 hours later, you're having a food intolerance reaction (IgA reaction) to that food.

Tex