Wasn't sure how to title this thread. I'm not completely well. It remains a work in progress. At this point though I'm considerably healthier due to dietary changes made, along with supplements taken. I'm well to the gut around 75% of the time I'd estimate. With that thought this a good time to record my diet, & thoughts as I'm likely to begin adding new foods to the diet soon.
For my story, I was diagnosed with MC around 20 years ago. The condition started out relatively mild. I lost a good amount of weight early on, 30 to 40 lbs, but had good energy overall, and wasn't in much pain. As the years went by the condition worsened to the point where I could have flares causing me to use the bathroom around 50 times a day and be in excruciating pain. (Happily that extreme didn't happen often!)
Today, with diet modifications, I'm well to the gut most of the time. My energy levels are not great at this point, and appearance has not returned to normal. (Before the big flares began I had blue eyes and clearer skin) Figure with time as I continue to heal I'll return to what I remember as being normal. I've already begun to see appearance changes over the last few weeks.
My current limited diet started in December includes:
Beef grass fed
Turkey
Oranges
Spinach
Sweet Potatoes
coconut oil
coconut water
chocolate which uses beet sugar.
cheeses (Asiago, gouda, edam, cheddar)
Tuna
Salmon
Olive oil
garlic
Probiotic rich Yogurt
bottled spring water
Imodium, the 5th food group
Vitamins include:
Vitamin D
Kelp tablets
Fish oil (Barleans lemon flavored liquid)
Krill oil
Magnesium
Coq10
Pregnenolone
Curcumin
vitamin K2-7 and K2-4
Melatonin
Foods I'm concerned about today, and will be testing at a later point:
- Grains (wheat, corn, rice)
-Pork/gelatin - I've been avoiding pork gelatin, cutting open vitamin capsules and squirting the contents into a vegetarian capsule.
-Chicken, eggs
-Turkey - as strange as that sounds since I've been eating it off and on of late. Since not completely well I've sometimes wondered if turkey is a mild stomach agitator for me. Hopfully not, but everything is under suspicion.
-Pumpkin seeds (I probably will not test this one. The reaction in the past to pumpkin seeds was severe.)
-Fiber rich foods. Imagine this will be less of an issue food with time.
- Nuts. Imagine this will also be less of an issue with time.
- cinnamon
- cane sugar
- tap water
- Mint genus family (mint, basal, marjoram, oregano, rosemary, sage, thyme, savory)
I've been pretty good at being able to stick with this limited diet. In the near future I'll begin adding new foods, recording how I feel. With a little luck I'll be able to expand on this list soon.
For my story, I was diagnosed with MC around 20 years ago. The condition started out relatively mild. I lost a good amount of weight early on, 30 to 40 lbs, but had good energy overall, and wasn't in much pain. As the years went by the condition worsened to the point where I could have flares causing me to use the bathroom around 50 times a day and be in excruciating pain. (Happily that extreme didn't happen often!)
Today, with diet modifications, I'm well to the gut most of the time. My energy levels are not great at this point, and appearance has not returned to normal. (Before the big flares began I had blue eyes and clearer skin) Figure with time as I continue to heal I'll return to what I remember as being normal. I've already begun to see appearance changes over the last few weeks.
My current limited diet started in December includes:
Beef grass fed
Turkey
Oranges
Spinach
Sweet Potatoes
coconut oil
coconut water
chocolate which uses beet sugar.
cheeses (Asiago, gouda, edam, cheddar)
Tuna
Salmon
Olive oil
garlic
Probiotic rich Yogurt
bottled spring water
Imodium, the 5th food group
Vitamins include:
Vitamin D
Kelp tablets
Fish oil (Barleans lemon flavored liquid)
Krill oil
Magnesium
Coq10
Pregnenolone
Curcumin
vitamin K2-7 and K2-4
Melatonin
Foods I'm concerned about today, and will be testing at a later point:
- Grains (wheat, corn, rice)
-Pork/gelatin - I've been avoiding pork gelatin, cutting open vitamin capsules and squirting the contents into a vegetarian capsule.
-Chicken, eggs
-Turkey - as strange as that sounds since I've been eating it off and on of late. Since not completely well I've sometimes wondered if turkey is a mild stomach agitator for me. Hopfully not, but everything is under suspicion.
-Pumpkin seeds (I probably will not test this one. The reaction in the past to pumpkin seeds was severe.)
-Fiber rich foods. Imagine this will be less of an issue food with time.
- Nuts. Imagine this will also be less of an issue with time.
- cinnamon
- cane sugar
- tap water
- Mint genus family (mint, basal, marjoram, oregano, rosemary, sage, thyme, savory)
I've been pretty good at being able to stick with this limited diet. In the near future I'll begin adding new foods, recording how I feel. With a little luck I'll be able to expand on this list soon.
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