Healthy Gut Routine


Diet
Breakfast:
Steel Cut Oatmeal with Kefir & Blueberries (Kefir is homemade from raw unpasteurized whole milk)
Chicken Bone Broth -Brodino brand, purchased at farmers’ market. Drink with breakfast.
Lunch:
Kefir Smoothie (Usually made with frozen bananas, frozen strawberries, and frozen blueberries)
Scrambled Eggs (Microwave farmers’ market eggs in Pyrex dish.)
Avocado and mild salsa
Tortillas, Rice, or Farmers’ Market Sourdough Bread
Dinner:
Bison Burgers or Fish
Steamed Vegetables
Avocado and mild salsa
Tortillas, Rice, or Farmers’ market Sourdough Bread


Medicines and Supplements
Mesalamine 2.4 grams/day
Remicade/Inflectra infusions -Every 8 weeks
Vitamin D
Vitamin B
Multivitamin
Fish Oil


Lifestyle
Install pur water filter in sink in garage. Store 2 Nalgene bottles of filtered water in refrigerator
Keep a Nalgene bottle with filtered water near me as much as possible
Drink large glass of filtered water first thing in the morning
Exercise regularly as described below. 5 days a week is my goal. But I don't stress if I don't meet this goal.
    Exercise Option 1: Total body workout: 30 minutes of isometric and body weight exercises. -But I take very few breaks. It’s a miserable 30 min
    Exercise Option 2: Exercise bike: 20 minutes. Alternate 90 sec fairly easy, 90 sec difficult, for 20 min
    Exercise Option 3: Home Workout Routine: Typically I choose a P90X, Rushfit, or P90X3 workout.
    Exercise Option 4: Other Activities: Hike Mt Baldy from Manker Flats, Basketball, P90X2 Yoga, or 20 min of Flowfit
Sleep: Usually 7.5 – 8 hrs, and usually 20 min nap when I return home from work
No caffeine
1 or 2 glasses of wine per month maximum. No other alcohol
Go out to eat as little as possible. Usually 1 time per month


Interesting and Helpful Links
Wise advice from Tina Haupert, a veteran Ulcerative Colitis patient
Why kefir is vastly superior to probiotic pills
How to make your own homemade kefir from raw, unpasteurized whole milk
Harvard University Researcher who found success giving a chinese supplement, Qing Dai, to a young patient. (Skip ahead to 14 min)
Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment for acute severe ulcerative colitis. Promising phase 3 trials at Northwestern University Hospital
IBD Survey: Ulcerative Colitis patients report which foods are helpful and harmful to them