venus fly trap tablets & triphala

Asacol is a well documented med for treatment and maintenance of UC and CD.

I'm missing the point of what you're putting up with.....has your doctor not prescribed any rectal meds yet? I would enquire and request them. Since you're on Asacol, I would suggest a 5ASA retention enema.

I wouldn't consider a venus fly trap whatever pill touted as a replacement for asacol.

quincy

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Bad bacteria are inside you ALL the time. It's whether they cross the mucus barrier that is more important. Taking a supplement because it has anti bacterial properties is foolish and is a waste of money. Whose to say it's always a bacterial problem anyways? Could be viral, could be genetic, could be so many different causes that just looking at it as a bacterial etiology just shows a lack of understanding of what UC really can be caused by. Anti bacterial things I've taken orally have always made me worse.

Triphala is an antioxidant and there are much better antioxidants than this to take and antioxidants aren't the only thing to take either.

You being so new I'll cut you some slack. :) I'm a LONG time veteran of UC and think I have an exceptional handle on the various types of UC and what has been working and not working from hanging out on these varous boards for so many years plus all my trials.

I'm a stickler for proof when someone says something and I like to see medical references or something similar to back up theories and suggested treatment protocols. So many people have to wade through a mountain of misinformation and opinions on how to treat this disease that it becomes almost a futile endeavor to discuss it at any length with anyone without including some factual references from credible sources like medical research. When I say that taking antiboitic type supplement's in hopes that it will help treat UC in some small way just shows me that they are a newbie is all. We all were once. Antibiotics have been tried for decades without any success. Some people have taken flagyl but it was never intended as a long term treatment. Your better approach is to reinforce the mucus barrier in the colon via phospholipid manipulation to keep the bad bugs from crossing over to the colon wall. You won't need antibiotics if this is a priority. I say so because I have picture proof of this concept I can show you but you can dig up the references here on healingwell yourself as I have posted it before in the past. Plus I place high value on fiber supplements to keep up a high production of butyrate in the colon. It is very therapeutic and anti carcinogenic to the colon wall. You should also look into incorporating antioxidants into your diet as you will find that asacol and similar drugs work along these lines as well albeit further down in the sigmoid. Dark chocolate and beans and other resistant starches along with select supplements will get you on your way to healing. However you must dial in your diet pretty tight to get all this working together in harmony for maximum effect. There are many other suggestions I could make but I have to make this short.

Please point me to the credible medical research showing the benefits of taking chocolate for UC. I found only vague statistics of poorly linked data points--no credible medical research. Please point me to significant evidence that shows eating dark chocolate will help me recover from a UC flare.

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