Ulcerative Colitis Dietary Therapy

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Summary

  • Reduce sulfur-containing foods in the diet, especially red meat, cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts) and sulfur containing wine and beer. 
  • Increase foods that are high in inulin and oligofructose.
  • Use a prebiotic supplement (olgofructose enriched inulin).
  • Take a Bifido type probiotic (Bifidobacter longum)
The goal first is to increase the good bacteria in your colon and get all the health benefits they provide. The second goal is to make your colon more acidic and inhospitable for the H2S gas producing bacteria. If your flatus no longer has a malodorous smell, then the H2S producing bacteria likely are not growing.

One final point. This information has some medical research behind it. Some of it is not conclusive, but it is at this time the best we have. Finally, check with your physician. She or he knows your case best. This information is for background use only. Prebiotic and probiotic supplements are not meant to prevent, treat or mitigate any disease.
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