Top 3 supplements for UC

ok so like many of you I take what seems to be a million sups, the money is no issue, but which sups are your top 3 for keeping colitis in check and or stopping a flare?

heres what I take, im on predisone now battling a flare it is improving, and im on simponi which they called today and found almost no levels left so I gotta do that 2x a month now which is fine.

sups: dgl licorice, glutamine when I remember on empty stomach 10g, boswellia, turmeric, vit D when I remember it, digestive enzymes every meal, ACV, probiotics , multi vitamin, whey isolate no lactose zinc carnosine


thanks all

I gotta be honest I have no idea what’s working if anything

iPoop said...
Do you know as a fact that each of those supplements actually help you? Have you tried stopping one for a few weeks and see if you get worse? A lot to take and you should make sure they're effective.

That was my experience with meds. They kept piling on and in the end none of them really made a difference. Only speaking for myself here.

^ Interesting you mention sulforaphane, I'm interested in trying that.

My top 3 supplements right now are: DHEA, pregnenolone, and L-tyrosine. They've changed my life.

Mk677 does speed up gastric emptying time specifically but that is minor in the grand scheme. It's a ghrelin mimetic which causes it to increase growth hormone secretion as well as reduce multiple inflammatory interleukins and a handful of other positive effects. This reduces inflammation and increases intestinal healing directly. You can search the forum for my ghrelin post if you want to see what lead me there. It increased the type of foods I can eat pretty greatly. It does make me very hungry though. It's upstream enough to be sustainable too.

Sinmiedo-wow thanks for sharing man, I will begin again tonight . I’m actually a professional bodybuilder that is almost retired every time I compete I go in remission then when I go into offseason every year a flare starts and I’m on prednisone most of the year until it calms down. I’m on 30 mg now and tapering

Ok excellent!

I always struggle with supplements. Hard to know what's really making a difference and helping to keep things calm, especially in remission. My biggest takeaway from all the reading I'm doing on UC is it is such a personalized disease...what works for one won't necessarily translate to others. Means worth trying a number of suggestions and seeing how it suits you. The one I am looking to try next is CBL...the benefits seem to go beyond just UC health. But need to find a good quality brand to order. Let's see. Otherwise I'm currently taking:
- Bone-Up (thought I'd help with Calcium deficiency from all the steroids), plus Magnesium to help absorb.
- Vit D - for some reason 5000 iu upsets me, so only taking 1000 per day for the moment.
- Isatis Cooling - pill form (similar to Qing Dia) - Seems to help with my GERD.
- Others - Vit E, PepZinGI, Lycopene
- Oil of Oregano and Curcumin - recently added.

Would love feedback from anyone on these.

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Male 47, Proctitis since 1997, then Pancolitis 2005
Rx: Asacol 4x800 maint, 9mg Budesonide
GERD: 40mg Pantoprazol
Flare every 6 months now, may be moving to immune suppressant TBD

I posted a while ago about this I ordered bpc 157 in rats it’s shown to heal colitis anyone tried it?

I have tried BPC 157 from the patent holder so I know it is the real deal. It has helped me with soft tissue injuries like a torn meniscus, thru subcutaneous injection. I have used it orally too, and it did have somewhat of a soothing effect at times like l-glutamine does for me, but it did not "cure" me. I still have to live my "bubble boy existence" of preparing my own food fresh every meal at home that is safe for me and take my supplements.

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UC for over 40 years. Skeptical about the drugs and enemas that never got me well. Now: 1 BM per day, and seem to have things locked down for past 2 years. I follow a histamine intolerance diet now. Key meds and supplements: NAG, Grape Seed Extract, DAO enzyme, Enzymedica Digest Spectrum, Chia Seed fiber and Benadryl for emergencies. Probiotics: MegaSporeBiotic

that's good to hear Boris! maybe pbc hasn't cured you but I'm sure something will turn up soon that will be a cure for all of us. Is pbc157 something new on the market? strange, I dig into the uc subject almost every day and It's only today that I have read about it in Csantamaria's post.

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Ewa, 24 yrs old from Warsaw
Left-sided colitis, diagnosed in September 2012
Current meds: 2x2 Asamax (500 mg) and Salofalk enemas (twice a week)
Mutaflor or VSL#3

thanks for the info, I'll have to do some more research, I tend to buy too many supplements which eventually I don't use

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Ewa, 24 yrs old from Warsaw
Left-sided colitis, diagnosed in September 2012
Current meds: 2x2 Asamax (500 mg) and Salofalk enemas (twice a week)
Mutaflor or VSL#3

iPoop, I'm perfectly aware of it but when I hear about some "miracle drug", I switch off logical thinking and convince myself that I should give it a try. There's even an idiom in Polish that describes this way of thinking, it says that a person gets a "monkey's brain". It's very much unjust because after so many failures, an average monkey would be much more intelligent than me

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Ewa, 24 yrs old from Warsaw
Left-sided colitis, diagnosed in September 2012
Current meds: 2x2 Asamax (500 mg) and Salofalk enemas (twice a week)
Mutaflor or VSL#3