Jazz1,
Having HAD (what doctors called) Severe Ulcerative Colitis for 4 years myself... I can say that THE best tool for recovery was Calcium Bentonite Clay .... (drinking a teaspoon of clay, 3 x's a day in room temp water.... 1 hour away from meals)
The cause of my Colitis was initiated in my mind with feelings of Fear and anger, that then manifested into inflammation in my Sigmoid colon...... NO ONE had it as bad as I had it (and that was at age 22)
Your colon needs tonifacation and detoxing of fear and memories ..... there is no way around, only Thru !!
Also... I had to follow these suggestions (below) VERY closely. THE worst thing I could do was over eat or eat Raw food.
(Hope this helps)
Want To Get Well Quicker ?
There are a few critical 'Do's & Don'ts' - steps that I would always emphasize with in trying to get well. These involved very simple lifestyle and eating changes that were common sense suggestions which were extremely critical in a person's recovery. Steps that, if they weren't followed, would make the best organic food, the best quality supplements and treatments far less effective, if not useless.
Suggestion #1
NEVER have a meal or eat any food 4-5 hours before going to sleep. This is one of THE worst things you can do if you have cancer, or are in recovery from an illness.
Reason:
Your body regenerates and cleanses at night time when you sleep, and to eat a large or small meal before you go to bed is literally robbing yourself of that precious healing time. The body needs gravity to digest food properly, and, if you lay down, it takes 5 times the energy to push the food in your stomach through your digestive tract, and THAT TAKES ENERGY. Energy that would normally have gone to healing and regenerating yourself now has to go towards food that needs digesting.
Suggestion #2
ALWAYS drink a 12oz glass of room temperature water, before you get out of bed in the morning.
Reason:
Drinking this water immediately upon awakening initiates a cleanse in the bladder and bowels, and you will start your day off hydrated. While you were sleeping, your body had been regenerating and cleansing for the last 8 hours. You want to help this process by immediately eliminating the accumulated toxins via the bladder and colon. The water going into the stomach creates peristalsis reaction to the intestines, and evacuating the bowels first thing in the morning is essential.
Suggestion #3
NEVER put cold food or iced drinks into your stomach at mealtime, AND don't drink liquids of any kind during mealtime, only warm liquids after.
Reason:
Putting cold food or iced drinks not only paralyzes digestion, but (heat) energy has to come from your kidneys and adrenals to warm the cold stuff up. Plus, the cold liquid will solidify any oils that you have consumed with your meal. This results in the solid oily stuff being absorbed faster by the intestines than your actual meal, which will then line the intestines … and this is not good.
Drinking liquids of any kind during mealtime will disturb (paralyze) your digestion and dilute your digestive juices, which can result in belching and gas, ending up with you losing valuable regenerative energy.
Suggestion #4
NEVER EVER over-eat ! Rather, ONLY eat till you're 80% full. Leave the table still a little hungry.
Reason:
Relative to eating just before you go to sleep (laying down), it is even more taxing to the digestive system when a person over-eats, as this takes a lot of energy that is normally required to breakdown the large amount of food in the stomach, with little digestive juices to do it. This results in you being tired almost immediately after the meal, and probably wanting to lay down, which is even worse. Again, it robs you of the energy that would normally go toward healing, but can't now, since it will now be working overtime trying to digest a massive amount of food.
Suggestion #5
NEVER eat fruits too close to your main meal. Try to eats fruits 2 hours before or after a meal.
Reason:
When fruit is mixed in too close to your actual meal, the fruit sugar will stay for too long in the stomach and ferment and fruit contains simple sugars that require no digestion. Other foods, such as foods rich in fat, protein and starch, will stay in the stomach for a longer period of time because they require more digestion. This is why people experience digestive trouble when eating fruit too close to a meal.