Ulcerative Colitis – Colitis Symptoms, Colitis Diet, Colitis Information

Hi Everybody, Good old Adam here, for those of you who are brand new, I’m the guy who started this site several moons ago, and as you guessed, I have UC too. It is now June, can you all believe that?  As crazy as it sounds, come a few more days from now, we will [...]

Hi old and new UC friends, It’s sure been a while…well over a year anyway. Apologies for the lack of communication on my behalf in Ireland. It’s been a tough journey for me the past year I just wasn’t mending and gradually getting worse to the point where I was begging my doctors to give [...]

No doubt. I saw you there. Staring me in the face. Faceless. Moment less. Lost less. Still. We met. In your time. And only yours. I touch you. And this, I cannot explain… What you meant to me. Laughter dancing inside my mind as we collide inside our essence. Come to me and take me [...]

If you guys are like me, and I know you are, you go through periods of intense research looking into UC. Has anyone read this article?  Do any of you have a sulfite allergy, or sulfite reactions? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC549081/ Basically this study concluded that sulfites and caffeine are main triggers of UC flares.  The reason sulfites [...]

The Story: I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis my last year of college in 1987. I’ve had flare ups over the last 23 years, some bad, some tolerable, and all of them HUMILIATING! As I’ve “matured” (gotten older), the flares are less and less. I’ve taken all kinds of the typical meds, prednisone being the [...]

It’s Oscar Night for some people. So I wanted to bust out a video that relates to how I’m treating my UC. Here’s the news: We have just welcomed a new family member into our home.  Her name is Honey. You are going to all have a chance to meet her, and some of you [...]

Hi Ulcerative Colitis People, I know this might be very repetitive for some, but several weeks ago I dreamed I was a big drop of yogurt, and that is the reason for all of these yogurt posts from me lately.  Actually, there is a much better reason for mixing yogurt with ulcerative colitis. For those [...]

Well, this is actually a combination of pictures from the first and fourth time I made the SCD yogurt.  I recently received my first yogurt maker in the mail about 4 weeks ago, and it has been an absolute blast making yogurt with it. The actual yogurt maker is a Waring Pro YM350 Professional Yogurt [...]

“Have You heard about the GAPS diet?” That is the message that appeared from my father today, when I woke up and looked at my telephone.  To answer his question, “Yes”, I have heard of it, but up until a few hours ago, I’d never looked into it too much.  There have been a few [...]

Avocado Dressing 1 ripe avocado 3 lemons, juiced Handful fresh cilantro leaves, 2 tablespoons 3 TBSP chopped onion (preferably red onion) 1 teaspoon coarse salt 3 tablespoons water, a couple of splashes 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil Directions Build your salad on a large platter. I usually dice up some tomato, scallions, peppers (red, orange, [...]