Bob, It’s so nice to meet you. I was diagnosed with microscopic colitis. My Ileum gets inflamed. Not
Crohns. I don’t have fibromyalgia, but I do have gout. I eat a fodmap diet. certain sugars bother my colon. I can have maple syrup but not sugar. I’m off wheat, most dairy and certain fruits. For protein, I mostly eat chicken breast and fish.
No more spicy foods. Being from MN, ketchup is considered a spice.
I will keep the elemental diet in mind. Some times I hurt so bad that I will try anything to feel better.
Hello- nice to meet you too- a friend of mine has what you have- she really suffers terrible from it too- Sorry to hear that you have it- no fun for sure-
I just learned about the elemental diet a few days ago- i had been on something very similar when i was young, and it really helped, but i didn’t know there was a diet outside the hospital setting that was like it-
I’ve tried many many things over the years- in desperation- spent way too much money on one promised ‘cure’ after another- I’m now very jaded about claims- I’m going to give this elemental a try though- one last ‘hail mary’ attempt at healing so to speak, and the only reason I’m even willing to give this a try is because it is claimed to ‘give the digestive system a rest’ just like the enteral diet i had i n the hospital did, and it just makes sense to me that the digestive track needs a rest, and i need better nutrition, easily absorbed nutrition as my condition prevents good nutrition, and that may have been what eventually caused my exhaustion and weakness- it’s like the body hasn’t got enough fuel to keep the energy going throughout the day- there’s a breakdown somewhere along he food to fuel process, or from the fuel to energy conversion (there are some conditions like glucose storage diseases that can’t turn the fuel into energy, but those are rare- s i doubt that is the problem with me)
Doc claims i have fibro- but i don’t have any of the tender points that fibro patients are supposed to have- so i have my doubts about that diagnosis -
Anyways- I’m gonna give it a try- supposed to do the diet under medical supervision- but meh- whatever- I’m gonna just do it on my own- one last try- I don’;t have high hopes- but we’ll see what happens-
Yeah i gotta avoid spicy foods too- i can eat sugar though- but probably would feel better if i didn’t- Though i did go sugar free for 8 months once- but didn’t feel much improvement-
Hopefully soem day they figure otu how to tackle these diseases- Hope this article’s protein will one day help a lot of folks who suffer from various autoimmune issues- woudl be nice-