Food items have to avoid for Crohn's disease

[krishna]

Hi Friends,

I have crohn's disease from last 10 months. Recently I have undergone through surgery.

Particularly what kind of food items have to avoid when having Crohn's

Thanks
Krishna

 

[Mattie]

Well, food intolerances vary from person to person, so the only way to find out which foods to avoid is to do an elimination diet.

However, an awful lot of people with Crohns find that all gluten foods and all dairy foods make their condition worse, so avoiding those would be a good place to start.

 

[DJW]

Hi. Its best to keep a food journal. Everyone is different. You may find some safe foods cause problems.

Common problem foods may include nuts, popcorn, raw veggies, fruit with skin on.

I typically only have major issues with raw veggies.

 

[krishna]

Is Bread contains Gluten

 

[Mattie]

Yes, gluten is found in wheat, rye and barley and, personally I would avoid corn and oats too. So, anything made from the above grains should be avoided Krishna.

 

[theOcean]

Crohn's is very individualized, and symptoms and sensitivities vary from person-to-person. I personally only have issues with lactose and red meat. My father has no food sensitivies. Like others on here: I recommend keeping a food diary.

 

[UnXmas]

I've always done best avoiding eating too much fibre. I didn't used to have particular "bad" foods - it was just the overall fibre content of my diet that could make things better or worse. Now I have an ileostomy, and limiting fibre is even more important. Since my stoma blocks so easily, I avoid entirely all the foods known to be the most likely to cause a blockage.

Keeping a food diary is harder than it sounds, as reactions to food may be delayed, and you may react to the overall content of your diet rather than to specific foods. Also the act of eating in general may provoke symptoms, so you may get symptoms after eating one food, but it wouldn't necessarily mean that if you'd eaten anything at that point you wouldn't have got the same symptoms. Finally, remember that symptoms often occur without any factors within our control influencing them, so it's very hard to know if particular foods are giving you problems.

I would look at your overall diet, long-term, and only decide it's worth avoiding a food if it consistently causes reactions. You could also be tested for lactose intolerance to see if that's a problem. You could eliminate foods which are known to be the most common offenders for a few weeks and see if you notice any significant improvements, but the difficulty with this is that nearly every food is labelled as one of the worst offenders by someone, so if you give up all the foods you're told are bad, you'll probably end up giving up practically everything needlessly.

 

[krishna]

So I hope Vegetable curries, rice, egg and chicken won't do the harm.

Also I am having Bread with Jam, Is it ok ?

 

[DJW]

Bread and jam should be alright. But try it and see.

 

[UnXmas]

So I hope Vegetable curries, rice, egg and chicken won't do the harm.

Also I am having Bread with Jam, Is it ok ?

Vegetable curries may not be a good idea. White bread and jam should be ok. You may want to stick to seedless jam to be on the safe side.

 

[krishna]

Guys thank you very much for your info. And thanks to this forum too.

 

[krishna]

Friends, please advice is it fine if we eat chicken with less oil and less spicy

 

[Mattie]

Yes, plain chicken should be fine. Food affects each person differently so the only way to be sure is to try it and see. Although if you are avoiding gluten which you seem to be, then bread is not OK.

 

[krishna]

Tea is the most common in India. Is there any problem If we drink tea

 

[Mattie]

The only way to find out if tea is OK is to try it Krishna! Personally I can't drink it, or coffee, because I am intolerant of the caffeine in it. You might be OK with it though. We are all different.

 

[theOcean]

Tea should be fine, but ideally you should avoid tea with caffeine in it. Rooibos is naturally without caffeine and I think it has natural anti-inflammatory properties to it if I'm remembering right, too. Green tea is also super healthy but it's caffeinated.

 

[Discobry]

So far what I find WILL flare me up for sure is
Anything even slightly spicy
Coffee
Fried food chips bacon ect
Too much dairy - can only take a little

But then again I've been eating sensibly and woke up in terrible pain every day

Handy to know what flares diffeRent people tho

 

[krishna]

Thanks for your reply.

Try Vegetable salad, fruits, juices, eggs, lentils etc