Exclusion Diet

[chath]

Thinking about doing this.

What do you eat?

Thanks.

[webslave]

One exclusion diet is lamb and pears. But you need to get advice on this from an allergist or a book like Food Allergies and Food Intolerance : The Complete Guide to Their Identification and Treatment Jonathan Brostoff MD, Linda Gamlin

[chath]

Thank you webslave as always.

[Richie]

I used to have plain chicken or pork chops (nothing on them) and plain white rice. Both have to be plain with no seasonings, flavorings, etc. Break out the grill.

[webslave]

Pork is not a good idea on an exclusion diet. You should be eating food you wouldn't normally eat, and pork is a very commonly eaten food and quite allergenic too (for instance, I cannot eat it).

[strobers]

Diet is ultra important when you are dealing with chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome and definitively can start or prolong a flare.

Our five worst foods
#1: Coffees and Teas
#2: Cranberry & Other Fruit Juices
#3: Carbonated beverages
#4: Tomato Products
#5: Multivitamins (esp Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) and Vitamin B6)
#6: Tobacco

[webslave]

Unfortunately, the female IC website recommends an "IC Diet" that would be deadly for me, because it recommends foods like wheat bread. From what I can make out, it simply rehashes all the old advice about avoiding caffeine and acid foods, and completely neglects to mention foods we here know will irritate, like highly spiced food and preservatives like sodium benzoate (E 211).

2018 edit: new IC diet advice is here: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=8733

[User-CPPS]

Diet is ultra important when you are dealing with chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome and definitively can start or prolong a flare.

Our five worst foods
#1: Coffees and Teas
#2: Cranberry & Other Fruit Juices
#3: Carbonated beverages
#4: Tomato Products
#5: Multivitamins (esp Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) and Vitamin B6)
#6: Tobacco

What is wrong with #3 and especially #5 (which I find very disturbing!)?

[admin comment in 2014: multivitamins are acidic which is why Quercetin suppliers have created Bladder Smart (does not burn the bladder/prostate area). More here https://ucpps.men ]

[neue01]

I have noticed the major foods that I am intolerant to or flare me up are:

Coffee (but not tea)
Alcohol
Citrus juice and citrus in general
Milk, slightly (but cheese and yogurt are fine)
Flour and wheat

I basically eat a very healthy diet of pure protein and vegetables with very basic carbs made of corn or rice.

It is also important to note that as I have progressively released muscle groups in my rectal cavity and pelvic floor food has begun to bother me less and less and I can diverge into eating things that used to give me a very hard time without as much issue.

[tascam]

Diet is ultra important when you are dealing with chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome and definitively can start or prolong a flare.

Our five worst foods
#1: Coffees and Teas
#2: Cranberry & Other Fruit Juices
#3: Carbonated beverages
#4: Tomato Products
#5: Multivitamins (esp Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) and Vitamin B6)
#6: Tobacco

I take a B complex vitamin and I also eat a lot of tomatoes. Could this be causing problems for me and why?

[graeme]

Coffee a no no but Tea actually soothes my pain

[flinger123]

I've recently switched to caffeine-free tea and although I haven't noticed a change in my symptoms, I have been feeling more energetic than usual. Alcohol-free beer is going to be a tough one!