tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24304303027434955092024-03-21T16:19:39.036-07:00Colonary DelightsAlexis Joellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08314072120373723554noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430430302743495509.post-49867367399157279002016-09-19T20:49:00.000-07:002016-09-19T20:51:40.179-07:00UC Food diary Journal and Guide Coming Soon!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The veggies look FRIGHTENING right?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, not quite if you know your triggers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Managing food triggers of what exacerbates your UC symptoms is often very confusing (and may take you years to become an expert in...after all 14 years since I was diagnosed and I have figured it out about 80% of the way to stay in remission).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What you put in your body during a flare also may look very different than when you are in remission.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is why I will be providing you with the opportunity to pick up my food diary journal and guide quite soon to decipher what works, what doesn't and what you may want to consider revisiting for the nutritional benefits of calming your flares and stay in remission more frequently. </span><br />
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<br />Alexis Joellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08314072120373723554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430430302743495509.post-33942268504007450492016-02-11T23:29:00.001-08:002016-02-11T23:29:27.828-08:00What's simmering in the colonarydelights kitchen?See what herb is helping with some of the nutritional deficits us spoonies face and healing properties those with UC, like me, benefit from. All discussed here, in my next post. Stay tuned and thank you for following and sharing with others who will find value. Alexis Joellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08314072120373723554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430430302743495509.post-81202786254568985302016-01-07T07:30:00.000-08:002017-02-25T22:20:56.326-08:007 ALTERNATIVES TO MOON FACE<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Had to learn the hard way and all too well 15 years ago that prednisone is nasty stuff! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">My dad is a nephrologist (specializes in kidney health, hypertension, etc) warned me about the precautions of taking prednisone </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">He stating very, very clearly "HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO SALT! You will get salt naturally from unprocessed foods but, the limited amount for keeping your joints safe leaves no wiggle room for error." Why would my dad know that? He is not a GI ( gastroenterologist)...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Because increased salt puts you at risk for high blood pressure (Hypertension). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">I thought, okay I just won't add any salt to my meals...but then there was going out to eat</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">...yeah that wasn't fun and look who got moon face gradually!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">...I enjoyed going out to eat 2-3 times a week but my joints did not. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">When I tapered down off the prednisone dose and finally off for good, I noticed almost instantly my dominant wrist became achy all the time and so did my low back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Crap, he was right. So I also looked it up online (good idea for a 17 year old to do at the time? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Maybe not, but a former graduate student at 26 years old? Yes (a bit more realistic in knowing how to find evidence-based articles and adequate resources :) ) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Sure enough it was there in plain english then and still there now when I go back to google it: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">STEP TWO: QUESTION EVERY FOOD YOU ARE ABOUT TO CONSUME, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">LESS THAN THE ALLOTED AMOUNT FOR THE DAY</span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">UCSF Medical Center put information out that was helpful in guidelines for those restricting foods while on prednisone, however, I'll say it, careless in nature...the DILEMMA? </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">when stating indication of eating more calcium in their resources, they source a list of foods that is not 100% in alignment with a low sodium diet</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">...cheese (ah-hem sodium)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">MORAL OF THE STORY: </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It's up to us IBD warriors to really examine what we take or accept as knowledge when it comes to our meds and the food that enters our bodies. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I challenge you to empower yourself to <b><span style="font-size: large;">be your own expert</span></b> just as the new human being that enters this earth, learning to crawl, without being shown how...and doing it every day of your life.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">So here are some of the solutions I came to when reducing my salt intake temptations; low to no sodium condiment options!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: '; font-style: italic; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: '; font-style: italic; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please consult your physician along the process to determine any changes to your routine are to be safe and not conflicting with the safety of your body including adverse reaction with combination of interventions or otherwise. Coaching sessions are to share the writer's experience living with Ulcerative Colitis including education, experience and results in order to provide value to the recipient of the information and support them through their process with encouragement, however, the information does not intend to take place of medical intervention at which is recommended or prescribed by a physician. Results amongst interventions vary based on age, extent of medical conditions, genetics, cognition, environmental factors, client effort and safety in application of intervention or otherwise.</span></span></div>
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