Suggested Eating Plan - Stage ONE

[tex]

It takes most of us about 6 to 8 weeks to show significant improvements on the diet, because when we begin, our immune system is hyperinflamed, and it takes a long time for it to return to anywhere near normal sensitivity. And in addition to this, the intestines will only begin to heal after the inflammation is suppressed below the trigger threshold, and research shows that our intestines heal very slowly when the damage is due to inflammation.

Assess your symptom improvements on a weekly or monthly basis, not a daily basis. A lucky few can see improvements in only a few days, and those of us who have more severe damage (or long-term damage) usually take from six months to a year to see significant improvement. In other words, we are all different, due to the differences in our lifestyles, our degree of intestinal damage, our level of inflammation, and other things. And to add insult to injury, as we get older, our intestines heal much more slowly.

But patience and perseverance wins the race, so don't give up just because things may look discouraging, occasionally.We all have setbacks now and then. Remission may be right around the next corner. We know this works, because thousands of us have been able to get our lives back by doing it.

This is a tough disease to beat, especially for some of us, but if you're dedicated, you'll succeed.

Tex

[GoingAndGoing]

Hi All
I’m in stage 1. I’ve had CC for 12 years but struggled to go gluten free and had settled into a pattern of accepting 4-5 WD a day since I work from home - that was an improvement over the 10-15 when I was diagnosed. I had 2 or 3 rounds of Budesonide in the first year of my diagnosis. I started to flare again last August & had another round of Budesonide. It of course came back as soon as I finished. I’m finally making a gluten free diet work. It’s been 3 or 4 weeks. I’m only eating chicken, steak, rice, rice Chex with almond milk and apple sauce. I take pepto bismol once or twice a day. I’m down to one 5 on the Bristol scale per day the last 2 or 3 days. I ordered the Enterolab tests last Thursday after confirming via blood test that my IgA response was normal. Hopefully that will provide some insight as to what I can reintroduce and what I should avoid forever.
Thanks, Dana

[tex]

Hi Dana,

Welcome to the group. You appear to be well on your way on your journey to restore your health. It's good to see that you're responding so well to the diet.

Hopefully the rest of your recovery journey will go smoothly, but if you have any questions along the way, please feel free to ask.

Tex

[GoingAndGoing]

Thanks Tex. Would a collagen supplement aid in healing? I know bone broth is advisable but it would be easier for me to use a supplement.

Dana

[tex]

The only supplementsit's we've found that are actually helpful for intestinal healing are vitamin D, magnesium, and the active forms of the B vitamins for those of us who have methylation issues.

Tex

[GoingAndGoing]

Thanks
I do have the MTHFR mutation, was just checked. My multivitamin has the active form of the B vitamins & I supplement vitamin D as well. Even though I have magnesium glycinate it seems to cause symptoms so I can’t take it every day.
All the broth I’ve found so far have vegetable components that probably aren’t safe for me. Main interest in it is to help heal leaky gut.

[Gabes-Apg]

Making your own broth is not difficult

Slow cooker
bones of safe meats
cook with water and salt
promptly freeze in portions to minimise histamine

[tex]

Here's a link to a newsletter the Microscopic Colitis Foundation published in 2017 that lists Gabes' bone broth recipe in more detail:

https://www.microscopiccolitisfoundatio ... 892303.pdf

Tex

[GoingAndGoing]

Thanks