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  1. corinne
    I have microscopic colitis (collagenous). The D from microscopic colitis is very watery (sometimes completely clear for me) and very high volume. I also get cramps, gas, nausea and vomiting. Obviously, this can only be diagnosed with a colonoscopy. If you do this, make sure you have a competent doctor who takes plenty of samples. This can only be diagnosed...
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    Apples are also high in fructose. Some people can tolerate them just fine, some can't. Unfortunately, a lot of this is trial and error. I'm recovering from the Norwalk virus (definitely not what you need with colitis) and for about a week, I ate the intro diet. I have since added well-cooked bananas, spinach, green beans, avocado and tuna. A bit boring...
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    You won't necessarily be able to eat everything on the SCD. Pears have a high fructose:sucrose ratio and that can cause gas/D. I'm just getting over a virus and I can't eat them at the moment. Can you eat bananas? They're a bit of a safer choice. Apricots (cooked + peeled) are another good choice. I usually introduce a new food for 4 days. Then I don...
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    Junket was my absolute favourite dessert as a kid. I didn't know it was still around. I wonder, can you make it dairy free?
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    I get mouth sores from gluten. Those are painful! A couple of home remedies: put a baking powder paste on the sores and leave for 5 minutes then rinse. You can also rinse with hydrogen peroxide. It stings, but they heal faster. Your dentist or doctor can also prescribe cream which numbs them and helps them heal.
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    I'm on it (1.5 years now) so let me know how things are going.
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    I have microscopic colitis (the collagenous variation). I was diagnosed 2.5 years ago. I don't have celiac disease, but my mother does. I manage the colitis with a very strict diet (a variation of the SCD -no gluten, no grains including corn and rice, no soy, no dairy, no nuts, no legumes, no raw fruit or veggies etc.). It's a tough diet to stick with...
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    I have collagenous colitis. It's the same thing as what you have, but they don't call it sprue, because for whatever reason I don't have celiac disease (although my mother does). Although a gluten free diet doesn't cure it, I do know that diet plays a big role in minimizing progression of damage. I have chosen to eat a very restricted diet (a variation...
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    Gfp - that's interesting. I did my undergrad in industrial chemistry and worked in the oil industry. I eventually decided to go back to grad school in biogeochemistry. I just started a tenure track position. I love the job - but it's a definite tradeoff in terms of $$ and workload. Just a note - organoarsenic compounds are actually non-toxic (well...
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    I'm a biogeochemist and I specialize in arsenic analysis. I focus on algae, but I have done some analysis of foods including rice. Almost all foods contain some arsenic. One poster asked about other grains. All grains can contain arsenic. Plants accumulate arsenic from the soil they are grown in. I'll be doing some fieldwork in a high arsenic area this...
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    I have collagenous colitis which can be treated by a gluten-free diet. It's too hard to explain to most people so I usually just say that eating some foods makes me sick, to someone who's interested I'll explain that I can't eat gluten and if they're interested I'll explain some more what this type of colitis is (no it's not Crohn's ...). Probably same...
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    The sugars in beans and lentils can be hard to digest when you have D (and cause D for some) even if the beans are washed well and cooked properly. I stick to bananas and applesauce. I can eat chicken so I then cautiously add boiled chicken and boiled carrots.
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    corinne replied to a topic in Related Issues & Disorders

    I actually don't eat dairy or nuts. I know that dairy is considered an important component of the diet, but so far I react very strongly to even a teaspoon of yoghurt. A number of people suggest introducing dairy only when you have been free of D for some time, at the minimum a month. I was up to stage 4 (on the pecanbread website), but going off the...
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    corinne replied to Jo.R's topic in Introduce Yourself / Share Stuff

    Funny story to maybe lighten things up. When I was 20 and naive, I went to a waterski training camp in Montana. I was a Canadian resident at the time. My parents tried to talk me into buying health travel insurance, but of course you're invincible at that age and I refused to spend the money. Three days into the camp, I wiped out and got hit over the...
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    If you missed recording it, you can always watch it on the internet. I gave up my TV when I started a new job last September and unfortunately I found that I could watch Grey's online. Now I'm addicted again.
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    Great article. Thanks. I also found the genetic tree of the grains interesting. It's interesting that rice is a shorter genetic distance to wheat (not sure whether tree is linear or logarithmic) than maize yet it seems that more people react corn than rice. It would be interesting treeing gliadin.
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    ARCHIVED Scd Diet

    corinne replied to a topic in Related Issues & Disorders

    I wondered for a while if I needed to still stay on the SCD. Well, I went on a ski trip to Tahoe with a friend 2 months ago and I decided to go off the diet while on the trip because it would be much easier. I got sick which was not fun while on the mountain (I did see a lot of nice trees though ). It took 6 weeks for the D to settle back down. That...
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    ARCHIVED Scd Diet

    corinne replied to a topic in Related Issues & Disorders

    I've been on a variation of the SCD for 1.5 years. So far so good. I have collagenous colitis not celiac disease (which also responds for many with a gluten free diet). Just gluten free didn't work for me, but the SCD does. I still can't tolerate dairy, nuts and allowed beans yet.
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    I don't have time to double-check, but when I was in Boulder, I visited Celestial Seasonings and they said that their teas may not be gluten free because of the starch used to seal the teabags. This was 3 years ago so I'm not sure if this is still true and if this is the case with all of their herbal teas.
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    Also, depending how "outdoorsy" you are and where you are (if you're driving on the interstate or whether you're in the city), a nice spot in the forest is a lot better than any reststop. I carry a few rolls of TP in the car and handwipes. I have "visited" a lot of scenic views throughout Montana when I was living there.
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    I actually don't eat any nightshades. I seem to be sensitive to almost everything and eat about 8 foods (well-cooked fruit, carrots, boiled chicken and fish) so I guess these don't have anthing to do with diet - except maybe lack of some nutrients.
  22. corinne
    I, too, am on the Paelo diet. I have collagenous colitis, not celiac, but collagenous colitis is also triggered by gluten (among other things). I started by going gluten free which helped some, but still had frequent D. I then tried the specific carb diet, but finally realized that dairy was causing problems. I finally cut out dairy too and things are...
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    RiceGuy - what is lucid dreaming? When I get sleep paralysis, I wake up completely. I can see everything in my room if it's light out (usually it happens first thing in the morning), feel the covers, but just can't move for what seems like a long time, but is probably seconds. Usually, I work on wiggling my fingers and toes and when I can move those, I...
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    I had a very mild case of chicken pox when I was 9 (less than 20 bumps). My brother came down with chicken pox when he was 22 and I volunteered to look after him for the week since I was immune. So I thought I anyways. I came down with chickenpox 10 days later. I had them everywhere (scalp, inside mouth etc.). So much for being a kind sister.
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