MICROSCOPIC COLITIS SUPPORT

Maximus -

Thanks for the quick response. I have been using only yellow using yellow crooked-necked squash and zucchini..all is going well but There is something that creating a looser stool and I wondered if the problem might the flat white soft good-sized seed, it it similar to the white immature seeds you see in watermelon. So, if I understand you correctly, in the original post by Gabe’s that shows this list, though sh lists zucchini also as courgette and Swede, that all the squash families are okay...peel and take the seeds from all the winter squash varieties, summer varieties can be cooked skin and all, but both types need to be overcooked so the are easily digested.

Glad to know this is all working for you! I’m so grateful to have found this site. I was on Budesonide steroid for 9 months, tapering every 3 months, and the off as of 2 months ago. I too am following the Level 1 plan completely...a couple of missteps, but quickly fixed the next day.

You're on the right track Linda. Praying that your remission comes sooner than later.

Linda
thanks for the suggestions.. I will modify the listing etc.

After reading this, I see I am on the right track. My doctor put me on cholestraymine powder and I tool it for awhile and it helped some, but I still had problems. After two years, when I went in for a checkup, I asked him what I had. He told me it was collagenous colitis, and when I got home, I looked it up and read everything I could find about it. Several articles said it was usually aggravated by gluten and sometimes milk or other foods. I went on the Gluten-free diet and I started getting better. Also, I took the Cholestraymine when I was having the diarrhea problems, but since I got better results by stopping the gluten, I stopped taking the medicine. I controlled it as well with Immodium, and it doesn't have a gritty feeling like the other medicine. It is still a problem, but is not a bad and can be one day on and one day off. I am also off Dairy now for the last couple weeks, and waiting to see if that helps too. I am reading labels now for ingredients more than I did when I became diabetic. I control my diabetes with what I eat by counting carbs. I am trying to do that with the gluten free, but I have to work out the count when baking or cooking from scratch. I am working hard on trying to find things I can eat in cookbooks, and have three gluten-free cookbooks. I hope to get more settled into cooking gluten-free pretty soon. This information on here has been helpful and encouraging. Thanks a bunch! Sandra

Wow!! Very informative discussion.

How long do you stay on Stage One diet? What determines if you are ready to move to Stage Two? Have a poo - move to Stage Two?

We encourage people to stay on stage one for at least 2-3 months....

Healing rates are different for everybody.

I am currently on relapse from my first round of Budesonide after my diagonosis of CC after taking NAIDS. Thank you for this enlightening and helpful list of foods and guidelines to follow. I am now on my second round of Budesonide and will follow these guidelines and hopefully on my slow but steady way to healing. I wish my GI had given me more direction the first time around. Would you recommend L glutamine to help as well? Thanks again

Hi there

Glad the eating plan is providing valuable guidance to you in your wellness journey


As per the other topics and discussions in this section, the key supplements/nutrients for recovery is Vit D3 and magnesium. Next important is the active B’s as these are key for methylation, balancing histamine levels and various other key functions in the body


There is lots of information and products on the internet about various nutrients /herbs that will ‘heal leaky gut’ my personal experience and observations of many here over the past 8 years.
No one thing will heal your gut. If you follow the low inflammation, gut healing eating plan including good quality bone broth, this will give you multiple key ingredients such as collagen, amino acids, minerals that will not only heal the gut but optimize cell health and wellness in the body.

Does anyone take a good pro-biotic along with the bland diet? If so , which ones are the best, if you know? Thank you

Hi,

Welcome to the forum. A few members take a probiotic and claim that it is helpful, despite published research that shows that probiotics are not beneficial for most people, especially microscopic colitis patients who are still trying to recover. Our experience here over the years shows that they cause many relapses and prevent remission for many (not all) MC patients. We have been recommending against their use for many years. Even the American Gastroenterological Association Institute began specifically recommending against the use of probiotics for the treatment of microscopic in December, 2015.

After we are in remission, we are much better able to tolerate them. But of course after we are in remission, we don't need probiotics, so why take them? Research shows that they are just an unnecessary expense for the vast majority of users. I can cite references to published medical articles that support my statements if you wish to see them.

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

Tex

Thank you for your response on the pro-biotic. Do you let the bone broth cool in the fridge and skim the fat off before you eat it? I would think that would be the best thing to do as fat is difficult to digest. I am new to this. Thank you so much.

Many leave the fat in there in order to get more calories, but if you feel that the fat is causing symptoms (and it might be while you are still recovering), skim it off.

Tex

Tough going, for me, for past two months; chronic explosive D 10-15 bouts nightly. Then I increased Imodium to five times daily with one tsp slippery elm powder in water in morning which slowed gut motility to five to seven bouts D during day and 1 to 2 nightly. Also revamped diet to include hot rice cereal with rice milk with dash of maple syrup for breakfast and for lunch/ dinner there’s baked turkey breast and or best-quality wild-caught salmon in bpa-free can and baked Japanese yam and a few spear tips of steamed asparagus or freshly steamed spinach. Snacks include one to two bananas and or ricecake with a smear of sunflower butter and grape jam. Lots of water daily and just started drinking hot ginger tea from fresh ginger root. Seasoning with only salt. All foods are organic and turey is organic, kosher, and humanely raised. Just ordered and received bones of pasture-raised cows to make bone broth. What’s missing seems to be Vit D3 and magnesium, which I will order online. However I haven’t a clue what brand of Vit D3 to order. Would someone provide brand name of Vit D 3? I will order a topical magnesium
Spray or oil because tolerance issue with oral form. Otherwise I would welcome anyone’s suggestions about ways my diet could be improved or any other suggestions for healing /caring for my gut. I am new at this and eager to learn so I can get out of the house. BTW, I also meditate one hour plus daily. Yuan you for the plethora of info posted on this site and Waye, for your book which I have and read.

Hi and welcome to the forum,

You seem to be on the right track, so the inflammation should be calming down and your intestines should be healing. It will take a little time for the healing to restore your digestive system health, but you should be well on your way.

I take Doctor's Best brand of vitamin D3 (5,000 IU gelcells), one per day in the winter and one every other day in the summer. But there are many other good alternatives, you just have to make sure the label is safe for you.

Again, welcome aboard, and if you stay the course, you'll recover. The meditation should help — keeping stress levels as low as possible is important.

Tex