what kind of foods do you all eat during a flare??

Baked or grilled chicken and turkey breast, scrambled eggs, well-cooked (soft) English peas, carrots and green beans, soft, very ripe bananas, baked apples or applesauce, nut butters, Udo's, flax and olive oils.

No grains, no starches, nothing raw or lightly steamed. No nuts or seeds. No dairy other than very small amounts of butter or cheese and nothing too spicy.

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Diagnosed with ulcerative colitis spring 1999

during my flare ups i would eat baby food 6 to 7xs a day. its very healthy and easy on the intestines. i had UC for 21 years and i my colon preforated sept 5 07. i had emergency surgery in which they removed my colon. i will be going back for my reversal in dec. im glad to be off of all the medication i was on. i was scared to have the surgery before but i didnt have a choice last month. i'm glad i had to get it done and i now wonder why i didnt do this before. i was scare to have anything taken out of me but now i know i will live a med and pain free life if all goes well. 

I ate ramen noodles and drank gatoraide in the beginning of my flare-up. Didn't know what else to do since it was my first flare-up. Since then I started learing more about UC and have given up meat (except for fish) as well as caffenine and stayed away from raw fruits and vegtables, wheat, high sodium foods, deep fried foods, nuts, seeds and everything seems to be coming along okay. I'm doing fine eating Glutten-Free pasta, soup, ceral, rice cakes, vanilla ice-cream and fish. Basically anything soft and low in residue will help.

I also keep a daily jounal of what food I eat and if I had any reactions to it which helps me eliminate certain foods that cause pain during a flare-up. That has helped me a lot.

I guess my approach is not the same. I eat the same when in a flare as when I'm "normal'". I drink about 4-7 bottels of soda a day, and I eat pretty much anything I want, except corn. I eat steak,chicken(fried&spicey), potatos, vegies, and even salad. If after a few days my flare has not gone away, I eat some hot wings, and drink some Guiness beer, and within 2-3 days my flare is almost always gone. I have been doing this since I was dx in 98. I have not really changed anything with my eating habbits since I got dx with UC. Guess I'm one of the luckey ones.

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Asacol 12 per day

My theory for diet all the time, but more so around a flare is to eat foods which promote good gut flora. So my diet consists of lots of prebiotic foods such as bananas, berries, asparagus, garlic, honey, rolled oat porridge, tomato, onion and greens (except for things like brocolli as it makes me gassy which makes me feel worse and go to the toilet more).

In the way of meats I find that chicken breast and fish are both really good. I can eat small portions of minced beef, but prefer to avoid it most of the time.

Fruits and vegies, unless soft by themselves (such as bananna) need to be well cooked!

On the do-not-eat list are foods such as high fat (deep fried, cream filled, butter covered etc), high sucrose (cane sugar) or carbonated. I have found softdrink to be one of the worst things for my gut.

And finally lots of water - I make sure I get 1.25 Litres of bottled/filtered water a day.

The only other thing I really add during a flare is Sustagen Sport which is a sports suppliment to make sure I am getting an extra "meal in a cup" per day - vitamins, minerals and amino acids.