I'm always playing with my diet, testing out different ideas to see if something helps with my microscopic colitis. The first success I had happened years ago when I began eating a paleo diet. From that diet I found considerable relief. It wasn't a cure but my symptoms became significantly less problematic. I suspect what happened is wheat, and other grains can be ruff on the colon, and by eliminating them I felt better. Along with less trips to the rest room, I gained energy, and put on weight, around 30lbs. (Weight lifting and a trainer standing over me saying "come on, you can do it, one more rep!" helped in this department. Oh, I probably could save good money if I bought a tape recorder with that phrase.)
Here of late, over the last few months off and on, I've been experimenting with avoiding different meats. At first, for a month, all I ate was fish. To my surprise I found my gut behaving even better. Many days I found myself well! I wasn't recovered but this is what I was looking for, other than not enjoying the taste of fish all that much. So wanting more variety in animal proteins, for the last month or two I've been playing with adding and now subtracting different meats. Through trial and error I possibly might have found I have a problem with pork. Hard to say for sure as these things take so much time, but it seems pork and pork gelatin cause me to have a sore throat, inflamed gums, and more importantly a grumpy upset stomach. I should add that time will tell for sure.
I mention all this because I ran across this video of a rare condition that can cause an allergy to meats. No mention about MC is made, but considering what I seem to be finding about myself thought this interesting. What happens is a bite from the lone star tick can cause a person for some reason to develop an allergy to some meats, beef, pork, and lamb. The reaction is not immediate, it happens around 3 hours after eating the meat. Doctors have found that once bitten by the tick, the symptoms seem to last for life.
The video explains best ~
"Lone Star tick causing meat allergies?"
http://video.foxnews.com/v/1703959741001/lone-star-tick-causing-meat-allergies-/
Thought to post the video incase anyone is looking for a personal experiment to conduct to see about possibly improving their IBD condition.
Here of late, over the last few months off and on, I've been experimenting with avoiding different meats. At first, for a month, all I ate was fish. To my surprise I found my gut behaving even better. Many days I found myself well! I wasn't recovered but this is what I was looking for, other than not enjoying the taste of fish all that much. So wanting more variety in animal proteins, for the last month or two I've been playing with adding and now subtracting different meats. Through trial and error I possibly might have found I have a problem with pork. Hard to say for sure as these things take so much time, but it seems pork and pork gelatin cause me to have a sore throat, inflamed gums, and more importantly a grumpy upset stomach. I should add that time will tell for sure.
I mention all this because I ran across this video of a rare condition that can cause an allergy to meats. No mention about MC is made, but considering what I seem to be finding about myself thought this interesting. What happens is a bite from the lone star tick can cause a person for some reason to develop an allergy to some meats, beef, pork, and lamb. The reaction is not immediate, it happens around 3 hours after eating the meat. Doctors have found that once bitten by the tick, the symptoms seem to last for life.
The video explains best ~
"Lone Star tick causing meat allergies?"
http://video.foxnews.com/v/1703959741001/lone-star-tick-causing-meat-allergies-/
Thought to post the video incase anyone is looking for a personal experiment to conduct to see about possibly improving their IBD condition.