Hello,
For one week I've followed a strict diet of meat (fish, poultry, beef) and well-cooked green, non-starchy veggies (spinach, asparagus, green beans) plus 100% veggie juice. My stomach feels calmer but I'm still experiencing D. How long did it take those of you who used diet to get better to heal? The book, Life Without Bread, claims chronic D typically takes two weeks to clear up on a diet like this one.
I'm also taking my usual battery of supplements: fish oil, probiotic, L-glutamine, zinc, folic acid, vitamin D plus Cortef for adrenal fatigue. I've tolerated these well in the past, so I don't think they're the problem (unless Cortef causes D?).
I guess I need some encouragement to stick it out!
I'm thinking of adding hard cheese, since I tested negative for sensitivity to all the proteins in cow's milk, casein included.
Thanks,
Magyar
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Celiac (gluten-free since 2000), Lymphocytic colitis since 2000.
Hi Magyar,
Please stick with it. I think that most of us using diet alone, required months, before we were able to get rid of the D. A few of us took a year or longer. A few people are fortunate enough to achieve remission in only a week or two, but I believe that most of us here, have taken much longer.
If you are feeling better, you're definitely on the right track. It can seem like a long tough battle, but perseverence pays off. Remember that Dr. Fine points out that a negative test is not always iron-clad proof, so if you start noticing any adverse symptoms, after adding the cheese, you might need to cut it back out of your diet, again. Adding it back in this soon, may make it much trickier to pinpoint a reaction, though, since you are still reacting something else in your diet.
Tex
Please stick with it. I think that most of us using diet alone, required months, before we were able to get rid of the D. A few of us took a year or longer. A few people are fortunate enough to achieve remission in only a week or two, but I believe that most of us here, have taken much longer.
If you are feeling better, you're definitely on the right track. It can seem like a long tough battle, but perseverence pays off. Remember that Dr. Fine points out that a negative test is not always iron-clad proof, so if you start noticing any adverse symptoms, after adding the cheese, you might need to cut it back out of your diet, again. Adding it back in this soon, may make it much trickier to pinpoint a reaction, though, since you are still reacting something else in your diet.
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.