Yesterday's menu

[Erica P-G]

Hi Lambchop,
Have you been able to try Yellow or Red Potatoes? Or even Yam or Sweet Potato? If you can get either of those they would be good to introduce now.

Can you eat Pork? a porkchop works nicely with sea salt.

[tex]

Hi Lambchop,

Welcome to the group. In addition to what Erica suggested, all wild-type meats are safe (except bison — all bison now contain domestic cattle DNA due to cross-breeding over the years). IOW, it's safe to eat venison, duck, goose, quail, pheasant, emu, ostrich, alligator, rabbit, etc. Also, unless you were previously allergic to them, shellfish such as shrimp, prawns, clams, oysters, crawfish, lobsters, etc, should be safe to eat.

Again welcome aboard, and please feel free to ask anything.

Tex

[lambchop]

Hi Lambchop,
Have you been able to try Yellow or Red Potatoes? Or even Yam or Sweet Potato? If you can get either of those they would be good to introduce now.

Can you eat Pork? a pork chop works nicely with sea salt.

Hi Erica
thanks for the reply I used to eat red Irish potatoes but gave them up last year and my osteoarthritis has been much improved, however I have been thinking of eating them again as I miss them so much and hate rice. I can tolerate a very small amount of sweet potato.
I can't eat pork chop or steak as they really upset my hiatus hernia.

Thanks again :)

[lambchop]

Hi Lambchop,

Welcome to the group. In addition to what Erica suggested, all wild-type meats are safe (except bison — all bison now contain domestic cattle DNA due to cross-breeding over the years). IOW, it's safe to eat venison, duck, goose, quail, pheasant, emu, ostrich, alligator, rabbit, etc. Also, unless you were previously allergic to them, shellfish such as shrimp, prawns, clams, oysters, crawfish, lobsters, etc, should be safe to eat.

Again welcome aboard, and please feel free to ask anything.

Tex

Hi Tex
thanks for the ideas, I have been watching the forum for a while and have your book on Microscopic colitis, don't know how I would have managed these last two years without it.
I can't eat pork chop or steak as they really upset my hiatus hernia, my main problem with other meats is that I was a vegetarian for 30 years and find it difficult to even try new meat textures. Thanks again and for the book :)

[Gabes-Apg]

Welcôme,
You might interested that I was able to heal a really bad hiatus hernia via low inflammation eating and the right supplements, things like Vit D and magnesium.

It can take time to adjust to new flavours, new textures. 3-4 weeks, start slow, small amounts.

This is a long term adjustment.

Happy healing

[henrym]

Hi Lambchop,
Have you been able to try Yellow or Red Potatoes? Or even Yam or Sweet Potato? If you can get either of those they would be good to introduce now.

Can you eat Pork? a pork chop works nicely with sea salt.

Hi Erica
thanks for the reply I used to eat red Irish potatoes but gave them up last year and my osteoarthritis has been much improved, however I have been thinking of eating them again as I miss them so much and hate rice. I can tolerate a very small amount of sweet potato.
I can't eat pork chop or steak as they really upset my hiatus hernia.

Thanks again :)

Hi Lambchop,

Welcome to the group!

Just wanted to comment on the white rice hate ;). Believe it or not, there is actually really yummy white rice available. Look for good quality Japanese or Chinese (Taiwanese) rice. Since I’ve moved to Thailand from China I really miss the Chinese rice! It’s something else!
Another thing what people already have mentioned. Make sure you take enough magnesium and vit d3! For me beef bone broth also works well. I freeze it in an icecube tray so I can add it easily to my dishes.
Don’t worry about the entocort. It’s good that you are taking it slow. Keep on using one a day till you stop having problems, only then go for one every other day.

Good luck!

[Bethraines]

Hi everyone. This is such a lovely support site. I have had cc for 10 years. Up and down with flares but have been in one for about the last week. I just don’t know what to eat anymore. When I’m well I can eat salads and all different things but now everything just turns to water. It’s extremely upsetting and I feel fairly hopeless. What do u suggest for a daily diet. I’m hungry but every time I eat I feel like it just leads to diarrhea and rumbles. Thx for listening. I have been taking pepto for the past day or so

Beth

[Gabes-Apg]

Hi Beth
And welcome to the group,

If you check out our guidelines to recovery section we have suggested eating plans that reduce inflammation and optimise healing.
https://perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=79

It will seem a bit extreme/out there at first but with time and improvements you will see benefits.
Another good area to do some reading is member success stories area, to see what others have done, what worked, what didn't etc.

Hope this helps - happy healing

[tex]

Hi Beth,

Welcome to the group. MC is a very persistent and depressing disease. When in remission, we can eat almost normally (except for any of the foods that cause our immune system to produce antibodies). That is, we can eat raw vegetables, fruit, salads, fiber, sugar, spicy foods, etc. But if we fall into a flare, all of those items are off-limits, and we have to go back to a basic bland, healing diet. We may even have to stop taking all supplements in order to get out of a flare. In other words, we may have to go back to square one for a while in order to overcome a flare.

What makes the disease really frustrating is that we can be very strict with our diet and think that we are doing everything right, and we can still suffer a relapse due to stress or some other factor beyond our control. But no one ever said that life was perfect, so we pick ourselves up, assess the situation, and do what we have to do to regain control of the situation, because if there is one thing that MC teaches us, it's patience. MC can be a debilitating disease, and a constant threat to tranquility in our lives, but at least it's not terminal. And with the proper treatment, it can be controlled. We can learn to live with it. The same can't be said for many diseases.

Do you have any idea what caused this flare, in the first place?

Again, welcome aboard, and please feel free to ask anything.

Tex

[Bethraines]

Tex...you are so sweet and wonderful in your response. Thank u!! I think I’ve been having a great deal of personal stress which may have done it. The tough thing is it’s always hard to tell if it’s cc or did I pick up a bug or eat something not good. So it’s very puzzling. U are totally right:)). When I’m well I can eat pretty much fruit fiber raw vegetables etc and now back to square one. So I stopped all gluten. Trying only cooked veggies and protein like fish. Also having bone broth. Hopefully it rights itself. It is not terminal. As my husband says we have indoor bathrooms so just use them. Fortunately I work from home but it can be very depressing wondering if u can go out to the store or not. It’s so lovely being able to share this with those who truly understand. Do u have thoughts about meds. My GI was raising the issue of enterocort

[tex]

Entocort (budesonide) will provide control for some MC patients, without a diet change. Others have to avoid gluten and in some cases other foods in order to make budesonide work. It doesn't work for everyone, however. If it works, it will sometimes allow a pretty much normal lifestyle. The problem is that when the drug is discontinued, at least 85 % of cases relapse, unless they have been following the GF diet. Many members (the more difficult cases) use a low dose of budesonide as a long-term maintenance dose along with the diet, in order to remain in remission. If we keep our vitamin D and magnesium levels up, low doses of budesonide do not cause the osteoporosis risks that corticosteroids usually do at full rates. But most of us can remain in remission indefinitely without meds if we permanently avoid gluten and other foods that cause our immune systems to produce antibodies.

Tex