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Hi everyone,
I've been in and out of a flare since October, and this time around I have a feeling that the digestive enzymes and the probiotics that my naturopath recommended recently are the problem. I think I'm going to stop them for several days and see if that makes a difference. One of the issues I'm noticing, though, is that as I keep having flares, my diet becomes more and more limited. Garlic seems to be completely out of the picture, and now cooked onions seem to be a problem. Also, I've always thought I had a problem with rice and have been afraid to try it again since I got really sick back in 2006. But as I was skimming through past messages, I didn't see anyone who had a rice intolerance. Is it normal for most of us to be able to eat rice?
Thanks!
Elizabeth
Rice?
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Elizabeth,
I do think many can tolerate rice (white probably better than brown), however some attempt to be cave dwellers and avoid all grains. I've never had a problem with white rice but I avoid brown rice.
Onion and garlic are in the same food family (lily) - sometimes people are intolerant to all foods in a particular family. Asparagus, chives and leeks are also in this family.
Mary Beth
I do think many can tolerate rice (white probably better than brown), however some attempt to be cave dwellers and avoid all grains. I've never had a problem with white rice but I avoid brown rice.
Onion and garlic are in the same food family (lily) - sometimes people are intolerant to all foods in a particular family. Asparagus, chives and leeks are also in this family.
Mary Beth
Hi Elizabeth,
Sorry to hear about the persistent flare. Of course, we're all different, but I once tried enzymes when I was healing, and they made me sick as a dog. I've been afraid to try them again, ever since.
Two or three members have noticed benefits from probiotics, but most of us either have adverse reactions to them, or don't detect any benefits.
Many of us seem to have problems with garlic and onion.
Also, as Mary Beth mentioned, most of us tend to tolerate white rice quite well. The difference between white rice and brown rice, is the hull. With the hull removed, white rice is less nutritious, but it is much easier for us to tolerate, because most of the fiber is in the hull.
Good luck - I hope you can get back on track soon.
Tex
Sorry to hear about the persistent flare. Of course, we're all different, but I once tried enzymes when I was healing, and they made me sick as a dog. I've been afraid to try them again, ever since.
Two or three members have noticed benefits from probiotics, but most of us either have adverse reactions to them, or don't detect any benefits.
Many of us seem to have problems with garlic and onion.
Also, as Mary Beth mentioned, most of us tend to tolerate white rice quite well. The difference between white rice and brown rice, is the hull. With the hull removed, white rice is less nutritious, but it is much easier for us to tolerate, because most of the fiber is in the hull.
Good luck - I hope you can get back on track soon.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Garlic? That sucks! I've never thought about that one. I haven't eaten onions since I was about twelve years old. I'm pretty sure they trigger migraines, and I really don't like them enough to "test" to confirm. Garlic, on the other hand, is another story. What do you all use for flavor?
I have taken probriotics in the past with no adverse effects. They seemed to help while I was on Flagyl for C-Diff treatment last summer. I haven't noticed dairy to be a problem for me, so I eat yogurt and that seems to help (except for the ones with artificial sweetners ugh!)
I've been feeling pretty crappy this past week. I noticed that Barbara has what appears to be a flu bug. Hope you feel better real soon! I wonder at times if symptoms are MC or something else. I am exposed to a ton of germs due to my line of work. Who knows??
-Rebecca
I have taken probriotics in the past with no adverse effects. They seemed to help while I was on Flagyl for C-Diff treatment last summer. I haven't noticed dairy to be a problem for me, so I eat yogurt and that seems to help (except for the ones with artificial sweetners ugh!)
I've been feeling pretty crappy this past week. I noticed that Barbara has what appears to be a flu bug. Hope you feel better real soon! I wonder at times if symptoms are MC or something else. I am exposed to a ton of germs due to my line of work. Who knows??
-Rebecca
Rebecca,
Sometimes it's difficult to tell the difference between an MC flare and the flu. Back when my symptoms first started, for a year or more, I had episodes of about a week or 10 days, and they were spaced out roughly every month, more or less. All that time, I thought that I was the unluckiest son-of-a-gun in the world, and I was either getting food poisoning, or relapses of the flu.
Then one day the D started, and wouldn't stop, and it finally dawned on me that something else was going on. 
I'm lucky, and I can tolerate garlic, (now that I've been in remission for about 6 years), so I use garlic salt a lot. I'll have to leave the suggestions on what to use for seasoning, to the better cooks on the board.
Tex
P. S. A lot of us react to artificial sweeteners, especially aspertame. I even react to the sorbitol in fruit, if I eat a significant amount, but the tiny amount of sorbitol in many vitamin supplements doesn't seem to bother me.
Sometimes it's difficult to tell the difference between an MC flare and the flu. Back when my symptoms first started, for a year or more, I had episodes of about a week or 10 days, and they were spaced out roughly every month, more or less. All that time, I thought that I was the unluckiest son-of-a-gun in the world, and I was either getting food poisoning, or relapses of the flu.
Then one day the D started, and wouldn't stop, and it finally dawned on me that something else was going on. I'm lucky, and I can tolerate garlic, (now that I've been in remission for about 6 years), so I use garlic salt a lot. I'll have to leave the suggestions on what to use for seasoning, to the better cooks on the board.
Tex
P. S. A lot of us react to artificial sweeteners, especially aspertame. I even react to the sorbitol in fruit, if I eat a significant amount, but the tiny amount of sorbitol in many vitamin supplements doesn't seem to bother me.
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Tex- You crack me up! Those thoughts crossed my mind too. I would think a lot about how I could be catching everything and asking myself why my immune system was not kicking it up to take care of every single strain. I hate to admit this, but I actually asked my husband if he was poisoning me. Jokingly, of course, but obviously it crossed my mind. He told me I watch too much t.v. That was about the time it hit me that something was just not right. Boy, was that ever true.
