The Inflammation Factor?

I know I eat foods on the both sides of the IF rating.  If I added every thing that I ate (which I won't , but I got general running total in my head)  I would be on the + side of the scale everyday.  Staying away from the big negative foods is always easy to do.

With my diet already restriced to control my UC I'm not about to just limit everything to the + IF side of things.  My diet as well is becoming just my UC diet.  Everyone is different.

Great post Elizabeth.

Cheers

Pat

Hi Elizabeth,

Thanks for the post - it's always good to get more information on foods that might be UC-safe.  But I think you make a good point about having your own diet that you have learned will work for you.  Sometimes the foods I can or can't eat don't seem to make any sense when compared with other supposedly UC-friendly diets, which over the years has really led me to believe that there is no single fool-proof diet for UC patients.  Sometimes that frustrates me, but I have learned to accept it!  While I still haven't perfected my own diet, I'm getting pretty good at predicting how different foods will make me feel.  I'll probably check out this website, and perhaps try altering some parts of my diet (for example, trying substitutes like wild salmon in place of farmed salmon, as you mentioned).

Thanks again!

ali

I can relate to your misfortunes. 20 yrs. of UC & countless azulfidine,mesamaline,cortenemas,etc. The doctors only give you enough meds to get you through for short times & then flare-ups hit, no meds! I been trying Sherry Brescia Great Taste No Pain, it seems to help. After 20 yrs. of this, I'll try anything. This is a very embarrasing disease with no known cause or cure. I'll continue to read your writings, they are inspiring to us who have lives trying to function normal activities.  

I have had UC for 5 years, and been managing it with diet only due to really bad health insurance.  Like the other folks commenting here, my diet has tended towards the + side (and interestingly enough, was STRONGLY negative prior to diet modifications).

What I find more interesting is that foods that doctors and others have told me should be good (bananas, cashews, quinoa) cause me problems if I eat more than a little.  I also found that I do much better with steak than chicken, which didn't make sense to me since they are both basically straight protein and fat.  But the IF has chicken as a small negative, while almost all steaks are strong positives.

I'm going to use that site all the time ... maybe you've pointed me in the direction to go from feeling 90% myself to 100%.  THANK YOU!

just started reading about I F.  apricot kernels top out at +535 amazing!