red meat

I've been having a real good month with my UC. Pretty much symptom free. During that time I really cut down on my sugar intake and avoided red meat. I finally gave into my temptations over the weekend and had some honest-to-goodness irish stew (ie red meat) 3 times in the last 4 days. My colon really seemed to object last night. Lots of gas, some cramps and a kinda washed-up feeling all day. I'm wondering if I've finally unearthed a food intolerance in red meat. Anyone else have issues with red meat? I really hope I havent set off my UC again. I know that food doesnt cause the disease but that it can trigger symptoms! Has the damage that UC did to my colon caused such an intolerance?

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There's a lot more in irish stew than just meat. What are all the ingredients?

q

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I did up a food diary about 2 months ago and I think I was a bit biased becasue I was assuming that dairy and wheat would be my intolerances. But I noticed that milk never gave me a problem and that it was my high sugar intake and seemingly red meat that led to my bad days. So i went off sugar and red meat for a month and things have been great. So yeah I am kinda thinking I do have IBS problems.

The stew is pretty basic Quincy. Maybe not like your grandmothers but prob doesnt as taste as good as her stew either! It's just a thin soup mixed with the red meat. I guess its got all those additives too like MSG and those sulphites.

I wonder is it possible for constant irritation of the bowel to produce inflammation. I guess this wouldnt be classified as UC but some other form of colitis. If I had some skin irritation on my hand and I kept brushing it against whatever was irritating it then it would eventually bruise and bleed. Just a thought.

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2400 mg Asacol + 500mg suppositories as needed

Acidophilus

No Stress and a positive attitude (mostly!)

 

My colon appears to be acting somewhat normal (ssssshhhhh...don't jinx it)