colitis diet
Colitis,
also referred to as ulcerative colitis,
is a chronic disorder in which the mucous
membranes which line the colon become inflamed and develop ulcers.
Symptoms of colitis are bloody diarrhea, pain, gas, bloating, and/or
hard stools. Since the colon muscles have to work hard to move the
hard stools the colon wall can bulge out into small pouch-like projections
called diverticula. It is in the diverticuli that stools can gather
and cause gas, bloating, and pain.
Several factors need to be addressed when
talking about a colitis diet: foods, supplements, and stress.
foods
The colitis diet involves eliminating the
following foods from your diet: wheat, rye, corn, milk, peanuts, whole
nuts and seeds (eat only ground ones such as almond butter), oranges,
grapefruit, and refined white sugar.
For information on some of these
common allergy-causing foods click here.
Other food instructions: Eat melons only
if you have an empty stomach (first thing in the morning, for example).
Limit the consumption of, or eliminate, pork, beef, and lamb.
For help eliminating wheat, milk, corn, and
refined white sugar in order to follow your colitis diet purchase
Monica Levin's three
allergy-free cookbooks.
For a personalized colitis diet call
Monica Levin at 248-656-2505 for an appointment for
food allergy testing in Wixom,
Michigan. If you are unable to have an appointment in person you can also have an
online appointment
or learn how to test yourself, as instructed in Monica's book "Your
Answers Are Within".
stress
Find an activity that is relaxing for you such
as taking a 20 minute Epsom salt bath daily or
meditating 15 minutes twice daily.
Start your colitis diet today!
Recommended Nutritional Supplements for
colitis:
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